Randy E. BarnettThe Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Contracts

Everything good with the Book..

Quentissential Randy Barnett. A very clear and concise book with an excellent remedy section. After reading this book, I purchased the case book written by Barnett as well. Easy to understand a complex concept. IF you are looking for more theory of contract, purchase Farnsworth's book, "Contract 4th Edition" which is rich in theory and understanding. Helped me to do better in writing my answers.

This was my secret in contracts - the "cliffnotes" version of our casebook. The author of this is also the same as the author of the casebook we used in class (Contracts: Cases and Doctrine, by Randy E. Barnett). If your professor is using that casebook, get this, period. It has almost the exact same table of contents as the casebook and matches the topics, except it's 250~ pages instead of 1,250. Anytime I didn't understand a topic from the casebook, I took a look at this and I was on top of things for each class. It even mentions relevant portions of the Restatement (Second) of Contracts and the Uniform Commercial Code. It also discusses some (not all) of the important cases and summarizes them in a short paragraph or two. I built a rough class outline from this book, and then filled in details as the class went along.

I got this book to use in conjunction with Barnett's Contracts casebook. The Oxford introductions follows the same topic progression and includes information about many of the cases in Barnett's casebook. I found this useful because my professor wasn't always clear about the big picture and this book helped to prepare for the final. It is not something that you absolutely must get, though. I did also use Barbri's video with Prof. Epstein (very helpful!) and refer to some past outlines that students who used the same book created.

I would love to take a class from Professor Barnett if he teaches as clearly and concisely as he writes. I've found this book very helpful in my own research, and I've suggested it to several colleagues as a very readable primer to a complex area of law. Bravo.

This book is written by my law school contacts professor and is really easy to read as a textbook. I liked the theory behind the law and discussions in the book about it.

A must have book

Absolutely love this book. Perfect supplement to Barrett's casebook. It summarizes everything very clearly.

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