Publisher's Synopsis
K: A Common Law Approach to Contracts is a highly focused, case-based contract law text from the distinguished writing team of George and Korobkin. In addition to offering a comprehensive treatment of the basic issues of contract law, this stimulating casebook emphasizes development of analogical reasoning skills throughout. Each section is limited to three types of materials — brief narrative, judicial opinions and discussion problems — and is designed to teach students how to read opinions, analyze issues, distinguish material from immaterial facts, and apply holdings to similar problems.
Features:
- Highly regarded author team has written more than 50 law journal articles and several legal texts.
- Lean, focused, case-based text can be taught in a one-semester course.
- Comprehensive treatment of first-year contract law.
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Each section organized to promote methods of legal reasoning ,
including:
- A brief narrative that states a basic, fundamental proposition of contract law and guidance as to the second order doctrinal issues raised.
- Edited judicial opinions.
- Provocative discussion problems, designed for analysis from the perspectives of the judge and the opposing parties.
- Judicial opinions include classic and contemporary cases in contract law.
- Discussion problems simulate the fact patterns students will be given in final exam.
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A comprehensive Teacher’s Manual includes:
- Step-by-step discussion of how to teach cases through the Socratic method
- PowerPoint slides that provide a framework for discussion of core concepts.
- Hypotheticals and discussion problem answers.
