CONTRACTS
Restatement of the Law, Contracts
The original work on this subject is now out of print. It has been replaced by Restatement of the Law Second, Contracts.
Restatement of the Law Second, Contracts
Contracts 2d (vols. 1-3) & Appendix (vols. 4-10)
vol. 1 xxiv, 492 pp., 1981, Order Code 5625, $63.50 -- Order this item
vol. 2 xxii, 477 pp., 1981, Order Code 5485, $63.50 -- Order this item
vol. 3 xxii, 405 pp., 1981, Order Code 5486, $63.50 -- Order this item
Appendix vol. 4 xlii, 670 pp., 1982, Order Code 5626, $65 -- Order this item
Appendix vol. 5 xliv, 688 pp., 1982, Order Code 5487, $65 -- Order this item
Appendix vol. 6 xlii, 694 pp., 1982, Order Code 5488, $65 -- Order this item
Appendix vol. 7 xxxix, 797 pp., 1986, Order Code 5797, $65 -- Order this item
Appendix vol. 8 xxxix, 690 pp., 1990, Order Code 5316, $65 -- Order this item
Appendix vol. 9 xli, 814 pp., 1993, Order Code 5417, $67 -- Order this item
Appendix vol. 10 xli, 681 pp., 1997, Order Code 6058, $72 -- Order this item
Appendix vol. 11 xliii,, 588 pp., 2002, Order Code 02AXCT11, $84 -- Order this item
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Restatement Second, Contracts, constitutes a thorough revision and updating of the original 1932 Restatement. It embodies additions inspired by the Uniform Commercial Code and improves the black-letter formulations by altering the order or scope of topics to enhance clarity or reduce redundancy. Moreover, many parts have been redrafted in the interests of simplification, precision, or refinement of analysis. No less significant is the inclusion of new and extensive commentary, Reporter's Notes canvassing the leading authoritative sources, and the description and analysis of despread statutory development.
Volume I of Contracts Second covers the meaning of terms; formation of contracts-parties and capacity; formation of contracts-mutual assent; formation of contracts-consideration; the Statute of Frauds; mistake; and misrepresentation, duress, and undue influence. Volume II includes unenforceability on grounds of public policy; the scope of contractual obligations; performance and non-performance; impracticability of performance and frustration of purpose; discharge by assent of alteration; joint and several promisors and promisees; and contract beneficiaries. Volume III deals with assignment and delegation and remedies.
Volumes 4, 5, and 6 are Appendix Volumes containing digests of state and federal cases citing both the original Restatement and Contracts Second through December 1977, as well as cross-references to ALR Annotations and West Digest System Key Numbers. Volumes 7 and 8 update Volume 6 and contain case citations to Contracts Second and §§ 422-End of the original Restatement through June 1989. Volume 9, updating Volumes 4, 5, and 8, compiles in a single volume citations to both Contracts and Contracts Second through June 1991. Volume 10 updates Volume 9 and contains citations to Contracts and Contracts Second through June 1996. Volume 11 contains all case citations to §§ 1-End of the original Restatement of Contracts and the Restatement Second of Contracts that have been reported to the Institute from July 1996 to June 2001. The case citations in the Appendix Volumes are updated annually by a cumulative pocket part.
Reporters: Robert Braucher, Associate Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, formerly Professor of Law, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Chapters 1-5, 9 [Topics 1-4], 13-15) [to 1971]; E. Allan Farnsworth, Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York (Chapters 6-8, 9 [Topic 5], 10-12, 16) [from 1971].
Consultant: Arthur L. Corbin, Hamden, Connecticut [Deceased 1967].
Advisers: Robert Braucher [from 1971]; Charles D. Breitel, Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals (Retired), New York, New York; Daniel Robert Coquillette, Boston, Massachusetts, formerly of Boston University School of Law [from 1977]; Harold C. Havighurst, Alexandria, Virginia, formerly of Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois; E. Allan Farnsworth [from 1970 to 1971]; Carlos Israels, New York, New York [Deceased 1969]; Harry W. Jones, Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York; Stewart Macaulay, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin; Carl McGowan, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Washington, District of Columbia; Ellen A. Peters, Associate Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court, formerly of Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; Walter V. Schaefer, Justice, Supreme Court of Illinois (Retired), Chicago, Illinois; Dad Schwartz, Trial Judge, United States Court of Claims, Washington, District of Columbia [from 1973]; Arthur T. von Mehren, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Charles H. Willard, Guilford, Connecticut; Robert B. Williamson, formerly Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, Augusta, Maine [Deceased 1976].
Tentative and Other Annual Meeting Drafts
Tentative Draft No. 3: Contract Beneficiaries; Assignment of Contractual Rights and Delegation of Contractual Duties or Conditions xii, 292 pp., 1967, Order Code 5145, $8 -- Order this item
Tentative Draft No. 5: The Scope of Contractual Obligations ix, 208 pp., 1970, Order Code 5148, $7.50 -- Order this item
Tentative Draft No. 6: The Scope of Contractual Obligations: Effect of Adoption of a Writing, Scope as Affected by Usage ix, 87 pp., 1971, Order Code 5149, $4 -- Order this item
Tentative Draft No. 7: Chapter 9. The Scope of Contractual Obligations: Conditions xi, 79 pp., 1972, Order Code 5150, $5 -- Order this item
Tentative Draft No. 10: Chapter 12. Mistake xi, 98 pp., 1975, Order Code 5155, $5 -- Order this item
Tentative Draft No. 11: Chapter 13. Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence xii, 185 pp., 1976, Order Code 5156, $8 -- Order this item
Tentative Draft No. 12: Chapter 13. Misrepresentation, Duress, and Undue Influence; Chapter 14. Unenforceability on Grounds of Public Policy xv, 359 pp., 1977, Order Code 5157, $12 -- Order this item
Tentative Draft No. 14: Chapter 16. Remedies: Topic 1. In General; Topic 2. Enforcement by Award of Damages; Topic 3. Enforcement by Specific Performance and Injunction; Topic 4. Restitution; Topic 5. Preclusion by Election and Affirmance. Revisions of: § 18C. Mental Illness or Defect; § 292, § 300. Relief Including Restitution; Supplying a Term; § 18B, Infants. Appendix: Pertinent sections of first Restatement xii, 307 pp. plus 245 pp. app., 1979, Order Code 5159, $17.50 -- Order this item