Product Description

Tracing the development of contract law in the English and American common law traditions, Contracts features authoritative discussions and notes and focuses on significant cases. The casebook also provides opportunities for teachers to put before students the ethical responsibilities of attorneys and the consequences of neglecting such responsibilities. Highlights of the seventh edition include: Revised selections with more Restatement and a special section providing leading cases Modest updating with new cases to refresh the book in response to adopters' expressed preferences More sophisticated but still accessible textual material on the economics of contract law. Revised introduction to provide for smoother transition into materials on damages.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #100184 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1031 pages

About the Author
Professor of Law, Columbia University

Customer Reviews

Legendary Contracts Book
You probably have no choice whether to purchase this book or not as it is likely required and if it was not what in the world would you be doing buying one of these?

Yet if you are required you are in luck. Farnsworth's book is legendary. The selection of cases hits all the right points from drunken farm sales, to conniving socialites, and a classic selection of King's Bench tales.

Not only are the cases well selected, but the budding law student gets to read Farnsworth's wry commentary and always salient observations. The only downside is his inclusion of foreign contract law representing his love of travels around the world but this is a minor flaw.

There is but one legend of Contract Case Books and his name is Farnsworth!

Don't buy the updated 7th editon
I have the 6th edition. When the semester started I found I was not on track with the class which was using the 7th, SO, I spent big bucks for the 7th ed.
Turns out it was thrown out money. Check the table of contents, there are very few new cases. In the beginning of the book some cases are just in a different order.

In the first 200 pages, I had found 6 typos in the 6th ed. FIVE are not corrected in the 7th.

$75-150 for the 7th ed.
$3 up for a used 6th ed.......
It's a no brainer, save your money. Spend $5 photcopying the missing cases in the library, or find them free on line.

Sometimes, a new edition has important changes. This edition seems to be an attempt to kill the market in used textbooks for this course.

Product stands by itself
This is a law book that many 1L's will come across this year and years to come. Having said that if you're reading this review you probably are shopping for a law book because it is on a reading list for a class. When I purchased this book through Amazon, with the expedited 2 day shipping, it was still cheaper than other comparable law websites (lawbooks.com, barristerbooks.com etc). Having said that the book was the right edition and brand new for a price that was slightly less than what I would have paid at the bookstore (considering I was in NY and the law school was in MA that wouldn't have been prudent). So if you are wary of buying used; stressing day-in-day-out whether the seller is going to send the book or if they'll send the right edition or numerous other problems that may run through your mind when purchasing a used book from an anonymous source without even seeing the product, then buy this new edition. You'll be happy to know you got a great product for a reasonable price. Plus without the notes or highlight marks that may distract some readers (present company included)