Contracts: Examples and Explanations

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Summary: Not bad...but
Review: Blum has a tendency to be too wordy (ie. 30 pages on a subject, when 10-15 would have worked), especially when Blum doesn't take into consideration that most of these principles involve common sense. And now I appreciate Glannon's Torts and Civil Procedure hornbooks so much more. Glannon got to the point and gave frequent, relevant, excellent examples. Also, Blum gives good Examples to mull over, but lousy, meandering Explanations.

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Summary: Great as usual!
Review: Buy this and High Court summaries keyed to your casebook and you're set. I also used the Gilberts and Sum and Substance 1L tapes while commuting to school--the best preparation with the least effort. AWESOME!

This book made a dry 1L subject VERY interesting and it held my attention better than the Civ Pro E & E for instance.
Great examples, good material, written in EASY to understand language--why don't we get that in the stuffy casebooks??

BUY it, it will make the concepts easier to understand and remember. Strongly recommended buy!

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Summary: This is a good one
Review: Good book, lots of fun, makes contracts... well, not easy, but not so tedious. Recommended by the prof, too.

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Summary: This is a good one
Review: Good book, lots of fun, makes contracts... well, not easy, but not so tedious. Recommended by the prof, too.

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Summary: Great Contracts Supplement
Review: I found this book very useful to help understand both the law and how it applies to real world situations. I always found myself going to it after class and after reading, which in turn helped me get the grade I wanted. It makes the subjects a lot easier to understand. I also really liked the charts, which can easily help you visualize how a certain concepts work (especially UCC 2-207).
I would highly recommend this to any 1L.

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Summary: An excellent supplement to any contracts class
Review: I highly recommend this book to anyone in Contracts, it provides an excellent summary of the blackletter law, and the examples and explanations do a great job of testing your knowledge and embellishing it.

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Summary: Contracts and your In-Laws
Review: I loved this book. Within just two weeks of reading this book I had a contract out on my mother in law and two contracts out on my brother in law. The book gives numerous ideas on how to contact nefarious italian guys and negotiate contracts at a reasonable cost.

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Summary: Taught me Contracts!
Review: I was not particularly impressed w/Blum. I feel that contracts is a complicated subject, but this did not assist me at all in my course. Granted, it could've been my teacher, but I feel that Blum essentially contradicted what my teacher said, which I found confusing about contract law, considering that it's supposedly cut and dry. I got a little use of it when learning restitution and reliance, and a friend told me it helped her w/the parol evidence rule, but I can honestly say most of it just presented huge questions that my teacher was not even raising in class or through the reading. So if you choose a contracts supplement, use it w/caution...you could go down a very bad road by choosing and relying upon the wrong supplement.

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Summary: Thought this would be Glannon-esque...
Review: I was not particularly impressed w/Blum. I feel that contracts is a complicated subject, but this did not assist me at all in my course. Granted, it could've been my teacher, but I feel that Blum essentially contradicted what my teacher said, which I found confusing about contract law, considering that it's supposedly cut and dry. I got a little use of it when learning restitution and reliance, and a friend told me it helped her w/the parol evidence rule, but I can honestly say most of it just presented huge questions that my teacher was not even raising in class or through the reading. So if you choose a contracts supplement, use it w/caution...you could go down a very bad road by choosing and relying upon the wrong supplement.

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Summary: This book is not out of print!
Review: I'm not sure why this book is labeled as out of print. It is available at other major bookstores online and in retail locations. Amazon, please review the status of this book. It is an excellent resource!