| About the Book
The substance of this book is
derived from lectures presented to working paralegals as the fourth
in a series of “foundation courses” intended to supplement their
prior education and experience and to enhance their ability to more
competently
deal with
tasks usually handled by lawyers. The course focuses
on the many meanings of “consideration” and, through the use of case
law, attempts to show the conceptual and societal underpinnings of
contract formation and the legal basis for recognition and
enforcement of promises.
The perspective departs from the
normal contracts course in that, first - The element of consideration
is taken up in historical detail. Second - The use of consideration as
the integrating factor leads to a critical analysis intended to show
that some black letter law is of dubious origin,
and that rules are
often malleable when they
meet the vagaries of diverse fact patterns. Third - Some
suggestions of “what it means” are advanced
that expand upon what is traditionally found in
textbooks.
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