LAW COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

LAW-101 Contracts Prof. Carter G. Bishop, Prof. Steven Ferrey, Prof. Jeffrey Lipshaw, Prof. Elizabeth Trujillo, Prof. Jeffrey D. Wittenberg, 5 credits day; 5 credits evening. Contracts defined and classified; capacity of parties; nature and legal effect of offer and acceptance; consideration; fraud, mistake and undue influence; statute of frauds; types of illegality; interpretation of language; operation of law; effect of express and implied conditions; performance of conditions; waiver of conditions; rescission of contracts; performance; excuses for nonperformance, including novation, alteration and impossibility of performance, breach of contract and remedies; damages, nominal and compensatory; quasi contracts, introduction to the Uniform Commercial Code; professional responsibility of the lawyer in contract law. Contracts is offered as 2 credits in the fall semester and 3 credits in the spring.

Required Course

Final Exam Required

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