Contracts Examples & Explanations | 
 enlarge | Author: Brian A. Blum
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 5526
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
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Pages: 804
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 1.6
ISBN: 0735562415
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.7302
EAN: 9780735562417
ASIN: 0735562415
Publication Date: March 28, 2007
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 I Think You Can do Better Than This February 10, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm not being law-snobby, I promise.
I bought the book because I was struggling to get my head around remedies, and although it helped, I ended up buying Lexis' "Understanding Contracts," too.
I should disclaim that what follows is based on the remedies section (that's all I used it for). That's a big piece of contracts, but maybe the rest of the book, which I didn't explore, is better.
Okay, here goes:
I found the E&E book to be imprecise with some concepts and vocabulary. It could be my own quirkiness, but to me that imprecision was maddening. In one paragraph, a plaintiff had "moved," "pled" and also "applied" for summary judgement. Applied??? SJ isn't a credit card! And it's not a pleading for that matter, either.
If you find these types of imprecision trivial, the book might be for you. They left me wondering if there were any important issues being confused, as well. We all know that law exams ask us to identify doctrinal issues, weight them, and (if the opportunity presents itself) apply the particular policy analysis that our respective professors find endearing. The extent to which a secondary source like E&E leads us astray on the doctrine is the same extent to which we will be led astray on our exams.
If you are like me, you should buy "Understanding Contracts" from the corporate mongers at Lexis. I felt like the concepts and vocabulary were applied in a more precise, crisp way. It will save you from trying to infer what the author is trying to say from what the author did say, and it will save you from writing snooty remarks and question marks in the margin -- time you could be spending learning Contracts.
 Made me love contracts November 1, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
...that was the most surprising thing to come out of buying and reading the book. It's a great read - clearly written and actually entertaining. It gives a very solid foundation of knowledge.
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