Contracts Step by Step

An analytical first-year contracts book for engineers and CS readers, with one simple source-pinned preview per page and full doctrine in words: formation, defenses, form, interpretation, performance, excuse, remedies, third parties, obligation schemas, insurance, and a traced capstone. Volume: First-Year Core

What a Contract Is

Mutual Assent

Consideration and Its Substitutes

Defenses to Formation

The Statute of Frauds

Interpretation, Parol Evidence, and Implied Terms

Conditions, Performance, and Breach

Excuse: Mistake, Impracticability, and Frustration

Remedies

Third-Party Beneficiaries, Assignment, and Delegation

Obligation Schemas

Insurance Contracts as a Worked Domain

Capstone: Obligation Model with Breach and Remedy Trace