LibGuides: 1L Resources, Tips and Tools: Contracts

Selected CALI Lessons: Contracts

The following is a sampling of CALI lessons that cover issues addressed in Contracts classes. CALI requires users to log in. Feel free to contact askthelibrary@brooklaw.edu or to text (718) 734-2432 for assistance.

Acceptance
This lesson deals with one aspect of contract formation: acceptance. In this lesson, you will learn how a party can accept an offer at common law, issues such as the manner of acceptance, who can accept, silence as acceptance, rejection and counter-offer. The lesson ends with a short analysis exercise on the subject of acceptance.
Accord and Satisfaction
This lesson explores discharge of a debt by accord and satisfaction. It can be run either as an introduction to the study of accord and satisfaction or as a review after you have completed your study.
Bilateral and Unilateral Contracts
This lesson explores the distinction between bilateral contracts (where both parties make promises) and unilateral ones (where only one party makes a promise) and the effect on the obligations of the parties resulting from the classification. This lesson ends with an analysis exercise on unilateral and bilateral contracts.
Consideration: The Basics of Consideration and the Bargain Theory
This lesson reviews basic aspects of the contractual element of consideration.
Defenses
This lesson provides an overview of the subject of defenses and introduces the user to the lessons that follow: Void, Voidable, and Unenforceable Contracts; Illegal Promises; Lack of Capacity; Duress and Undue Influence; Unjust Terms (Unconscionability); Fraud and Misrepresentation; Misunderstanding and Mistake; and Statute of Frauds.

Casebooks: Contracts

Contract and Related Obligation: Theory, Doctrine, and Practice by Robert Summers, Robert Hillman & David Hoffman
Call Number: KF801.A7 S95 2021 (2 copies on Reserve)
Publication Date: 8th ed. [2021]
The Story of Contract Law: Formation (v. 1 of 2) by Val Ricks
Publication Date: 4th ed. June 2021
This is an open-access CALI e-textbook. CALI requests a user's name, email & law school to access this e-textbook.

The Story of Contract Law: Implementing the Bargain (v. 2 of 2) by Val Ricks
Publication Date: Dec. 2017
This is an open-access CALI e-textbook. CALI requests a user's name, email & law school to access this e-textbook.
Contracts: A Context and Practice Casebook by Michael Hunter Schwartz & Adrian J. Walters
Call Number: KF801.A7 S329 2020 (On Course Reserve)
Publication Date: 3rd ed. [2020]
Contracts: Cases and Materials by Larry Garvin. E. Allan Farnsworth, Carol Sanger, Neil B. Cohen & Richard Brooks
Call Number: KF801.A7 K478 2019 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 9th ed. [2019]
Co-authored by BLS Prof. Neil B. Cohen.
Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials by Charles L. Knapp, Nathan M. Crystal & Harry G. Prince
Call Number: KF801.A7 K5 2019 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 9th ed. [2019]
Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do by Tina L. Stark
Call Number: KF807 .S73 2014 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 2nd ed. [2014]
Contracts and Sales: Contemporary Cases and Problems by William M. McGovern, Lary Lawrence & Bryan D. Hull
Call Number: KF801.A7 M39 2013 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 3rd ed. [2013]

Treatises & Hornbooks: Contracts

Treatises:

Farnsworth on Contracts - Farnsworth & Wolfe (treatise) by E. Allan Farnsworth & updated by Zachary Wolfe
Call Number: KF801.A1INTERNET
4th ed. w/ Oct. 2023 update. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - WOLTERS KLUWER. Subscription supports multiple simultaneous users.

Note: If you are not on campus or in a BLS residence: you will need to implement the BLS proxy server instructions for 1 web browser to use Kluwer's version of Farnsworth.

Corbin on Contracts (multi-volume treatise) by The late Arthur L. Corbin, Joseph M. Perillo (ed. of the Rev. Ed.), John E. Murray, Jr. (supplement author) & contributing authors
Publication Date: Rev. ed updated through June 2023 (updated two times per year: Spring & Fall)
In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - LEXIS/NEXIS. Enter your Lexis username/password.
Williston on Contracts (multi-volume treatise) by Richard A. Lord (author of 4th ed.)
4th ed. w/ May 2023 update. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - WESTLAW. Enter your Westlaw username/password.

Hornbooks:

Principles of Contract Law (Concise Hornbook series) by Robert Hillman
Call Number: KF801 .H525 2023 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 5th ed. [2023]
Contracts (Hornbook series) by Joseph M. Perillo
Call Number: KF801 .C262 2014 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 7th ed. [2014]

Study Aids Containing Multiple-Choice Questions & Short-Answer Questions: Contracts

Contracts (Emanuel Law Outlines series) by Steven L. Emanuel
Publication Date: 12th ed. [2023]
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.
Includes: "Exam Tips" at end of each outline chapter. Also includes "Quiz Yourself" short-answer questions throughout each chapter. Each "pod" of "Quiz Yourself" questions also is highlighted in the table of contents. Also provides Flowcharts, Issue Checklists and Recap Tables.
Questions & Answers: Contracts: Multiple-Choice and Short-Answer Questions and Answers by Scott J. Burnham
Call Number: KF801.Z9 R69 2020 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 3rd ed. [2020]
1 copy is available in Lexis Digital Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - LEXIS/NEXIS DIGITAL LIBRARY. Enter your BLS username/password.The digital copy circulates for 3 days (b/c the vendor currently does not accommodate 2-hour loans).
1 print copy also is available on Reserve.
The Glannon Guide to Contracts: Learning Contracts Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis by Theodore Silver & Stephen Hochberg
Call Number: KF801.Z9 S49 2019 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 3rd ed. [2019]
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.
1 print copy also is available on Reserve.
Contracts: Objective (Exam Pro series) by Robert Brain
Call Number: KF801.Z9 B736 2014 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 2014

Additional Study Aids: Contracts

Understanding Contracts by Jeffrey Ferriell
Publication Date: 5th ed. [2023]
2 copies of the 5th ed. [2023] are available in Lexis Digital Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - LEXIS/NEXIS DIGITAL LIBRARY. Enter your BLS username/password. The digital copy circulates for 3 days (b/c the vendor currently does not accommodate 2-hour loans).
Uniform Commercial Code in a Nutshell by Bradford Stone & Kristen David Adams
Call Number: KF889.3 .S73 2023 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 9th ed. [2023]
Acing Contracts: A Checklist Approach to Contracts by Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus
Call Number: KF801.Z9 D37 2022 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 2nd ed. 2022
Contracts in a Nutshell by Claude Rohwer, Anthony Skrocki & Michael Malloy
Call Number: KF801.Z9 S3 2022 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 9th ed. [2022]
Contracts (Examples & Explanations series) by Brian A. Blum
Call Number: KF801 .B58 2021 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 8th ed. [2021]
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.
1 print copy also is available on Reserve.
Contracts (Gilbert Law Summaries) by Melvin Eisenberg & Shawn Bayern
Call Number: KF801.Z9 E37 2021 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 15th ed. [2021]
Format: Outline
Most current available ed. = 15th ed. (2021). 1 print copy of 15th ed. is available on Reserve.
1 copy of 14th ed. also is available in Lexis Digital Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - LEXIS/NEXIS DIGITAL LIBRARY. Enter your BLS username/password. The digital copy of the 14th ed. circulates for 3 days (b/c the vendor currently does not accommodate 2-hour loans).
A Short and Happy Guide to Contracts by Bruce A. Markell, David Epstein & Lawrence Ponoroff
Publication Date: 2019
1 copy of this ebook is available. This ebook circulates for 2 hours (like a print book on Reserve). In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - EBSCO. Remote access requires implementation of the BLS proxy instructions for 1 web browser.