Table of Contents

Volume One
Chapter 1
General Instructions

1.01 Cautionary Instructions
1.02 Agency
1.03 Multiple Claims

Chapter 2
Issues and Elements

2.01 Introduction to Contract Issues
2.02 Elements of Contract Claim
2.03 Definition of Burden of Proof
2.04 Clear and Convincing Evidence

Chapter 3
Undisputed Contract

3.01 Contract Duties
3.02 Good Faith
3.03 Implied Obligations
3.04 Reasonable Time to Perform
3.05 Reasonable Duration

Chapter 4
Disputed Contract

4.01 Disputed Contract
4.02 Offer
4.03 Acceptance
4.04 Consideration
4.05 Promissory Estoppel
4.06 Certainty
4.07 Form of Contract
4.08 Contingent Contract
4.09 Unformalized Agreement

Chapter 5
Disputed Contract Terms

5.01 Existence of Disputed Terms
5.02 Third Party Beneficiary
5.03 Modification
5.04 Extra Work
5.05 Customs
5.06 Search for Intent
5.07 Construction by Conduct
5.08 Construction Against Draftsman

Chapter 6
Plaintiff's Performance

6.01 Conditions Precedent
6.02 Plaintiff's Material Breach
6.03 Substantial Performance

Chapter 7
Defendant's Breach

7.01 Claims of Breach
7.02 Anticipatory Breach

Chapter 8
Affirmative Defenses

8.01 Affirmative Defenses-- Generally
8.02 Illegality
8.03 Competency
8.04 Minority
8.05 Mistake
8.06 Duress
8.07 Undue Influence
8.08 Fiduciary Relationship
8.09 Fraud
8.10 Commercial Frustration
8.11 Impossibility
8.12 Interference
8.13 Waiver
8.14 Estoppel
8.15 Rescission
8.16 Novation

Chapter 9
Damages

9.01 Introduction to Damages
9.11 Expectation Damages
9.12 Direct Damages
- A. Owner's Breach
- B. Contractor's Breach
- C. Buyer's Breach
- D. Seller's Breach
- E. Employer's Breach
- F. Employee's Breach
9.13 Special Damages
9.14 Incidental Damages
9.15 Loss Damages
9.21 Reliance Damages
9.31 Damages Regulated by Contract
9.32 Mitigation of Damages

Chapter 10
Verdict

10.01 Verdict Instructions
10.02 Special Interrogatories
10.03 Special Verdict


Volume Two

Chapter 1
The Tactical Dimensions of Jury Instructions

Chapter 2
Jury Trial and the Theory of Contract Law

Chapter 3
The Jury's Role in Applying Legal Principles

Chapter 4
The Form of Jury Instructions

Chapter 5
The Art of Drafting Understandable Instructions

Chapter 6
Existing Pattern Contract Instructions


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Published in 1995, supplemented annually. ISBN 0 - 9641465 - 0 - 9. Two softcover volumes, 1774 pages.
$165.00 (includes current cummulative supplement).
[Supplement history: 1996 -- 80 pp, $19.00; 1997 -- 152 pp, $31.00]
Published by Comerford and Boyd. Copyright 1995 by Robert E. Kehoe, Jr.