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Casebooks: Contracts

A Practical Guide to Drafting Contracts: From Concept to Closure by Cynthia M. Adams & Peter K. Cramer
Call Number: K840 .A9257 2025 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 2025
Contract Doctrine, Theory & Practice
Publication Date: 2nd ed. 2024

This is an open-access CALI e-textbook. CALI requests a user's name, email & law school to access this e-textbook.
Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do by Tina L. Stark & Monica L. Llorente
Call Number: KF807 .S73 2024 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 3rd ed. c2024
Contract Law: An Integrated Approach by Martha Ertman, William Sjostrom Jr. & Debora Threedy
Call Number: KF801 .E78 2023 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 2nd ed. 2023
Contracts: Cases and Materials by E. Allan Farnsworth, Carol Sanger, Neil B. Cohen, Richard R.W. Brooks & Larry T. Garvin
Call Number: KF801.A7 K478 2023 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 10th ed. c2023

Co-authored by BLS Prof. Neil B. Cohen.
Contracts in Context: From Transaction to Litigation by Nadelle Grossman & Eric A. Zacks
Call Number: KF801.A7 G76 2023 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 2nd ed. 2023
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. c2021
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.
Contract Law: An Integrated Approach by Martha M. Ertman, William K. Sjostrom Jr. & Debora L. Threedy
Call Number: KF801 .E78 2020 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: c2020
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. c2020
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. c2019
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:

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 2025 (updated two times per year: Spring & Fall)

In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - LEXIS/NEXIS. Enter your Lexis username/password.
Farnsworth on Contracts - Farnsworth & Wolfe (treatise) by E. Allan Farnsworth & updated by Zachary Wolfe
Call Number: KF801.A1INTERNET

4th ed. w/ Oct. 2025 update. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - WOLTERS KLUWER. Subscription supports multiple simultaneous users.
Williston on Contracts (multi-volume treatise) by Richard A. Lord (author of 4th ed.)
4th ed. w/ May 2025 update. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - WESTLAW. Enter your Westlaw username/password.

Hornbooks:

Principles and Possibilities in Common Law: Torts, Contracts and Property (Concise Hornbook Series) by Shawn Bayern
Call Number: KF394 .B39 2023 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 2023
Principles of Contract Law (Concise Hornbook series) by Robert Hillman
Call Number: KF801 .H525 2023 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 5th ed. c2023
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

Questions and Answers: Contracts by Scott Burnham
Call Number: KF801.Z9 R69 2025 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 4th ed. 2025

1 print copy is on Reserve.
Excerpt from book's summary: "This study guide includes 203 multiple-choice and short-answer questions covering both common law contracts and the Uniform Commercial Code. These questions are arranged topically for ease of use during the semester. In addition, there is an additional set of 47 questions comprising a comprehensive 'practice exam.' All questions are written in the format used on the traditional bar exam, with some using the format of the new NextGen bar exam."
The Glannon Guide to Sales: Learning Sales Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis by Scott J. Burnham & Daniel Keating
Publication Date: 5th ed. c2025

Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN.
"Closers" sections (shown in table of contents) provide multiple-choice questions/answers.
The Glannon Guide to Contracts: Learning Contracts Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis by Theodore Silver
Publication Date: 4th ed. 2024

Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN.
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.
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]
Contracts: Objective (Exam Pro series) by Robert Brain
Call Number: KF801.Z9 B736 2014 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 2014

Additional Study Aids: Contracts

Contracts (Examples & Explanations series) by Brian A. Blum
Call Number: KF801 .B58 2025 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 9th ed. 2025

Access through Aspen Learning Library. 1 print copy also is on Reserve.
A Short and Happy Guide to Contracts by David Epstein, Bruce Markell & Lawrence Ponoroff
Call Number: KF801.Z9 E674 2025 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 3rd ed. c2025
Understanding Contracts by Jeffrey Ferriell
Call Number: KF801.Z9 F46 2023 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 5th ed. [2023]
Uniform Commercial Code in a Nutshell by Bradford Stone & Kristen David Adams
Call Number: KF889.3 .S73 2023 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 9th ed. c2023

BLS Library provides 1 digital copy (which circulates for 2 hours like a Reserve book) + 1 print copy on Reserve.
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. c2022

BLS Library provides 1 digital copy (which circulates for 2 hours like a Reserve book) + 1 print copy 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
1 print copy of 15th ed. is available on Reserve.
Starting Off Right in Contracts by Carolyn J. Nygren & Howard E. Katz
Call Number: KF801.Z9 N94 2014 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 2nd ed. 2014

Recommended by BLS Prof. Naveen Thomas.

Selected Rules: Contracts

Rules of Contract Law: Selections from the Restatement (Second) of Contracts and Other Restatements, the Uniform Commercial Code, the CISG, and the UNIDROIT Principles, with Materials and Commentary on Electronic Contracting, Contracting, Commercial... by Charles L. Knapp, Nathan M. Crystal & Harry G. Prince, eds.
Call Number: KF801 .R85 2019 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 2019 ed.

History & Critique: Contracts

Foundations of American Contract Law by James Gordley
Publication Date: 2023

In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - EBSCO. BLS Library provides 1 copy of this ebook.

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.