Legal Research Guides by Course: Contracts
Course Description
This course seeks to explore fully the nature and role of contract. The fundamental concepts of mutual assent, performance and remedies at common law and in a modern post-industrial economy are examined at length, with special emphasis on sales. Throughout the course, special effort is made to develop both philosophical and economic theories of contract. (6 credits) Required Course (Year Long)
Faculty Who Teach This Course
- Nicholas S. Fisfis (Professor of Law)
- Amelia M. Joiner (Assistant Professor of Law)
- John E. Murray, Jr. (Chancellor of the University and Professor of Law)
- Alfred S. Pelaez (Duquesne University Distinguished Professor of Law)
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:
Print Collection
KF801-KF1241 Contracts
Legal Research Databases
- Hein Online
- Bloomberg BNA Online
- CCH Library - Intelliconnect
- Westlaw and Lexis
- Bloomberg Law
- Legal Scholarship Network
- CVN - Contracts (audiocasefiles)
- CALI - Contracts - http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/1l-first-year-lesson-topics/contracts
- Contracts Area of Law Summary (Lexis) - http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/study/outlines/pdf/contracts.pdf
- Contracts Law (FindLaw) - http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Jan/1/241463.html
- Overview of Contract Law - http://www.maldonadomarkham.com/Contract-lawyer-San-Diego.htm
- Contract Law: An Introduction (Expert Law) - http://www.expertlaw.com/library/business/contract_law.html
- Contract Law - http://www.otto-graph.com/samples/3/contractlaw.html
- Contract: the Elements of a Contract - http://tutor2u.net/law/notes/contract-elements.html
- Contracts Prof Blog - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/
- Contract (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/contract
- Contract Law - U.S. (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/contract-law.html
- Contracts (WashLaw) - http://www.washlaw.edu/subject/contracts.html
- Contracts (AllLaw) - http://www.alllaw.com/legal_topic_index/contracts/
- Business Contracts (Nolo) - http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/contracts
- Contracts (lawschoolhelp.com - West) - http://www.west.net/~smith/kmain.htm
- Sources of Contract Law - http://law.scu.edu/FacWebPage/Neustadter/contractsebook/main/commentary/Sources%20of%20contract%20law.html
- Guide to Pennsylvania Law: Pennsylvania Contract Law - http://www.weblocator.com/attorney/pa/law/c06.html
DCLI Webpage Links
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
- Legal Research Guides: Contracts, Commercial Law
rev. 10-15-2012
Patricia Horvath