American Contract Law
Course Information
- Course Number
- L6106
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- Commercial Law and Transactions, LL.M. and J.S.D. Courses
- Type
- Lecture
- Additional Attributes
- LLM NY Bar Exam Qualifier
Section 001 Information
Instructor
Jody Kraus
Alfred McCormack Professor of Law
Section Description
Open only to LLM students who do not have a U.S. JD. JD students who register for this class will be dropped from the class.
This is a basic introductory course in contract law designed for students familiar with other legal systems. Topics include the bases for enforcing promises, the bargaining process including precontractual liability, the requirement of a writing (statute of frauds), policing bargains for unfairness, remedies for breach of contract, mistake, and unexpected circumstances.
- School Year & Semester
- Fall 2023
- Location
- JGH 106
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Monday
- Wednesday
- Points
- 3
- Method of Evaluation
- Exam
- J.D Writing Credit?
- No
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
-
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in statutory and regulatory analysis, including close reading of statutes and regulations, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in ethical and professional issues
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in judicial, legislative and/or administrative processes
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in jurisprudential considerations in legal analysis
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in the historical development of law and legal institutions
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in use of other disciplines in the analysis of legal problems and institutions, e.g., philosophy; economics, other social sciences; and cultural studies
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- Open only to LLM students who do not have a U.S. JD.