PART I COMMON LAW OF CONTRACT
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1. Contracts and Contract Law
1.1Definition of “Contract”
1.2Sources of the Law of Contract
2. Classifications of Contracts
3. Case 1: Hawkins v. McGee
Review Questions
CHAPTER 2 FORMATION OF CONTRACT017
1. Offer
1.1Elements of Offer
1.2Case 2: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.
1.3Invitation to Make an Offer
1.4Case 3: Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis SurplusStore
1.5Termination of Offer
1.6Case 4: Ardente v. Horan
2. Acceptance
2.1Elements of Acceptance
2.2Effectiveness of Acceptance
3. Consideration
3.1Elements of Consideration
3.2Case 5: Hamer v. Sidway
3.3Case 6: Harris v. Time, Inc.
3.4Invalid Consideration
3.5Case 7: Slattery v. Wells Fargo Armored ServiceCorp.
3.6Promissory Estoppel
3.7Case 8: Ricketts v. Scothorn
Review Questions
CHAPTER 3 DEFENSES
1. Misrepresentation
2. Mistake
3. Duress
4. Undue Influence
5. Capacity of Parties
6. Illegality
7. Statute of Frauds
8. The Parol Evidence Rule
Review Questions
CHAPTER 4 SELECTED TOPICS ON COMMON LAW OF CONTRACT
1. Performance
2. Remedies
3. Assignment of Contract Rights and Delegation ofDuties
4. Third Party Beneficiaries
PART II COMMON LAW OF TORTS
CHAPTER 5 INTRODUCTION TO TORT LAW
1．Torts vs. Crimes
2．Torts vs. Breach of Contracts
3．Classifications of Torts
4．Remedies
Review Questions
CHAPTER 6 INTENTIONAL TORTS
1．The General Elements of Intentional Torts
2．Intentional Torts to the Person
2.1Battery and Assault
2.2False Imprisonment
2.3Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
3．Intentional Torts to Property
3.1Trespass and Nuisance
3.2Conversion
4．Defenses to Intentional Torts
4.1Case 19：Katko v. Briney
4.2Case 20：Courvoisier v. Raymond
5．Intentional Torts to Economic and DignitaryInterests
5.1Defamation
5.2Invasion of Privacy
Review Questions
CHAPTER 7 TORTS OF NEGLIGENCE
1．Duty
1.1The General Duty
1.2To Whom the Duty of Care Owed
1.3Standard of Care
1.4Duty Owed by Owners and Occupiers of Land
1.5Affirmative Duty to Act
1.6Case 26：Tubbs v. Argus
2．Breach
3．Damage
4．Causation
4.1Case 28：Lyons v. Midnight Sun TransportationServices, Inc.
4.2Case 29：Palsgraf v. The Long Island RailroadCo.
5．Defenses to Negligence
Review Questions
CHAPTER 8 STRICT LIABILITY
1．A Prima Facie Case
2．Products Liability
3．Defenses to Strict Liability
Review Questions
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