Contract Law

Provides sample boilerplate clauses and explains their meaning with a legal framework. Demonstrates the underlying historical common law and equitable principles that gave rise to the use of boilerplate clauses and analyzes the judicial treatment of those clauses. Addresses practical issues that may rise with the use of boilerplate clauses and makes recommendations on drafting them.

Provides commentary and precedent for and on each aspect of a corporate, real estate or other commercial contract.

Provides tools and information for designing and drafting an effective ADR/ arbitration clause. Canvasses the various forms of ADR, including ones on the cutting edge, such as "collaboration" and "cybersettle.com" and considers some of the pitfalls and dangers in poorly drafted clauses.

Analyzes the major issues that arise in outsourcing agreements. Guidelines and clauses help with the basic questions of when outsourcing is an appropriate solution to a situation and what issues must be addressed when contracting with a supplier.

Litigating a contract issue is very different from reviewing and negotiating a contract in the commercial context. The Contracts Handbook: A Practical Guide to Reviewing, Revising, and Negotiating Commercial Contracts takes a new approach that examines contract law from a commercial perspective with a focus on helping legal professionals protect the business interests of their clients. This is an eBook.