Introduction to Contracts

Author:   Diane Baldwin ,  Frances Whiteside
Publisher:   Pearson
Edition:   4th edition
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9780929563558


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 January 2000
Format:   Paperback
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Using short, easy-to-read chapter, this introduction to contracts focuses on the procedural as well as substantive aspects of contract law and the Uniform Commercial Code. It teaches essential elements of a contract and gives examples for analysis of a Stock Purchase Agreement, Property Agreement Between Spouses, Employment Agreement, and Sample Residential Lease.KEY TOPICS: Foundation of the Contract. Elements of Formation. Problems of Formation. Discharge of the Contract. Remedies When the Contract Is Not Honored. Formation of the Sales Agreement. Discharge of the Sales Agreement. Remedies under the Sales Agreement. UCC Financing Statements. Reviewing a Contract. Contract Language. CommercialPaper. MARKET: For Paralegals.

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Author:   Diane Baldwin ,  Frances Whiteside
Publisher:   Pearson
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   4th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9780929563558


ISBN 10:   0929563557
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 January 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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 1. The Study of Contract Law. COMMON LAW.  2. Foundation of the Contract.  3. Elements of Formation, Part I.  4. Elements of Formation, Part II.  5. Problems of Formation.  6. Discharge of the Contract.  7. Remedies When the Contract Is Not Honored. THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.  8. Formation of the Sales Agreement.  9. Discharge of the Sales Agreement. 10. Remedies under the Sales Agreement. 11. UCC Financing Statements. APPLICATION IN HE WORKPLACE. 12. Reviewing a Contract. 13. Contract Language. 14. Commercial Paper. APPENDICES. A. Sample Stock Purchase Agreement. B. Sample Property Agreement Between Spouses. C. Sample Employment Agreement. D. Sample Residential Lease. Sources. Internet Sites. Index.

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Diane M. Baldwin, Esq., is an educator, attorney and literacy advocate in Dallas, Texas. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington and holds a J.D. from Southern Methodist University School of Law in Dallas. Baldwin is on the faculty of the Dallas public schools and teaches in the paralegal studies baccalaureate degree program at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas. She has written for the State Bar of Texas' Journal, the Dallas Bar Association's Headnotes, and the American Association for Paralegal Education's Educator. Frances Beall Whiteside is editor of the National Paralegal Reporter, published by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA). A practicing corporate paralegal from 1984-1998, she was president of her local professional association in Dallas, Texas, and named its 1994 Paralegal of the Year. She has taught in three paralegal studies programs and has been a speaker for numerous seminars around the nation on paralegal ethics and nontraditional careers for paralegals. She edits the study manual for PACE (Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam). In 1997 the Health and Legal Studies Division at El Centro College in Dallas named her its outstanding adjunct instructor. Whiteside edits textbooks and contributes to the newsletter of Pearson Publications. She holds M.L.A. and B.A. degrees from Southern Methodist University and a paralegal certificate from California State University at San Bernardino. She can be reached at editor@paralegals.org. The authors also wrote Introduction to Business Organizations, a companion book, now in its second edition.

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