Essentials of Contract Law

Martin A. Frey, BSME, JD, LLM,is a Professor Emeritus at The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Senior Adjunct Settlement Judge for the United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern Districts of Oklahoma, and was the Reporter for the Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. He was a professor at Drake and Texas Tech Universities and a visiting professor at the University of Maine, Washington University (St. Louis), the University of Alabama, Wake Forest University, Stetson University, and Florida International University. When teaching, Professor Frey served on a number of site visitation teams for the Section on Accreditation and Admission to the Bar of the American Bar Association. Professor Frey currently volunteers with the Financial Crimes Unit of the Tulsa Police Department. He is the author or co-author of The Little Black Book, A Do-It Yourself Guide for Law School Competitions" (Carolina Academic Press, 2002); "Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution" (Delmar Learning Thomson, 2003); "Introduction to the Law of Contracts, 4th Edition (Delmar Cengage Learning, 2008); "Introduction to Bankruptcy Law, 6th Edition (Delmar Cengage Learning, 2013); and "Essentials of Contract Law," 2nd Edition (Cengage Learning, 2015)."

INTRODUCTION. A Road Map for Analyzing the Law of Contracts.
PART I. Contract Law under the Common Law.
1. Step One: Establishing the Method of Dispute Resolution, Selecting the Venue, and Determining the Applicable Law in the Event of a Dispute.
2. Step Two: Contract Formation -- The Offer, the Events between Offer and Acceptance, and the Acceptance.
3. Step Three: Contract Enforceability.
4. Step Four: The Plaintiff's Allegation of the Defendant's Breach.
5. Step Five: The Defendant's Response to the Plaintiff's Allegation that the Defendant Has Breached the Contract.
6. Step Six: The Plaintiff's Remedies for the Defendant's Breach.
7. Third-Party Interests.
PART II. The Sale of Goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
8. Contracts that Involve the Sale of Goods and Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
PART III. The Relationship between Federal Law and State Contract Law.
9. Federal Preemption of Private-Sector Contract Law.
PART IV. Contracts that Involve the International Sale of Goods.
10. Contracts that Involve the Sale of Goods and the United Nations' Convention on the International Sale of Goods.
Glossary.