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PART I COMMON LAW OF CONTRACTS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.Contracts and Contract Law
1.1 Definition of "Contract".
1.2 Sources of the Law of Contract
2.Classifications of Contracts
3.Case 1: Hawkins v.McGee
Review Questions
CHAPTER 2 FORMATION OF CONTRACT
1.Offer
1.1 Elements of Offer
1.2 Case 2: Carlill v.Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.
1.3 Invitation to Make an Offer
1.4 Case 3: Lefkowitz v.Great Minneapolis Surplus Store
1.5 Termination of Offer
1.6 Case 4: Ardente v.Horan
2.Acceptance
2.1 Elements of Acceptance
2.2 Effectiveness of Acceptance
3.Consideration
3.1 Elements of Consideration
3.2 Case 5: Hamer v.Sidway
3.3 Case 6.Harris v.Time, Inc.
3.4 Invalid Consideration
3.5 Case 7.Slattery v.Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp.~
3.6 Promissory Estoppel
3.7 Case 8.Ricketts v.Scothorn
Review Questions
CHAPTER 3 DEFENSES
1.Misrepresentation
2.Mistake
3.Duress
4.Undue Influence
5.Capacity of Parties
6.Illegality
7.Statute of Frauds
8.The Parol Evidence Rule
Review Questions
CHAPTER 4 SELECTED TOPICS ON (X)MMON LAW OF CONTRACT
1.Performance
2.Remedies
3.Assignment of Contract Rights and Delegation of Duties
4.Third Party Beneficiaries
Review Questions

PART II COMMON LAW OF TORTS
CHAPTER 5 INTRODUCTION TO TORT LAW
1.Torts vs.Crimes
2.Torts vs.Breach of Contracts
3.Classifications of Torts
4.Remedies
Review Questions
CHAPTER 6 INTENTIONAL TORTS
1.The General Elements of Intentional Torts
2.Intentional Torts to the Person
2.1 Battery and Assault
2.2 False Imprisonment
2.3 Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
3.Intentional Torts to Property
3.1 Trespass and Nuisance
3.2 Conversion
4.Defenses to Intentional Torts
4.1 Case 19.Katko v.Briney
4.2 Case 20.Courvoisier v.Raymond
5.Intentional Torts to Economic and Dignitary Interests
5.1 Defamation
5.2 Invasion of Privacy
Review Questions
CHAPTER 7 TORTS OF NEGLIGENCE
1.Duty
1 The General Duty
2 To Whom the Duty of Care Owed
3 Standard of Care
4 Duty Owed by Owners and Occupiers of Land
5 Affirmative Duty to Act
6 Case 26.Tubbs v.Argus
2.Breach
3.Damage
4.Causation
4.1 Case 28: Lyons v.Midnight Sun Transportation Services
4.2 Case 29: Palsgraf v.The Long Island Railroad Co.
5.Defenses to Negligence
Review Questions
CHAPTER 8 STRICT LIABILITY
1.A Prima Facie Case
2.Products Liability
3.Defenses to Strict Liability
Review Questions
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