American Law Institute, Restatement of the Law, Second: Contracts 2d (Call Number: KF 801 R47 1981 LAW RESERVE) The full text of the Restatement (Second) of Contracts including notes, illustrations, and cases.

John Edward Murray, Jr., Murray on Contracts (4th ed. 2001) (Call Number: KF 801 M87 2001 LAW OPEN RESERVE) This text includes the text of the CISG and selected UCC articles.

Selected Commercial Statutes (2001 ed.) (Call Number: KF 879 A2 2001 LAW OPEN RESERVE) Has text of UCC.

Uniform Commercial Code, with the official text of the Uniform Commercial Code but not the comments. (From Cornell's Legal Information Institute.)

Uniform Commercial Code (2005 ed.) (Call Number: KF 879 A15 U55 LAW STACKS) Has the official text and comments of the Uniform Commercial Code.

United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)

Arthur Linton Corbin, Corbin on Contracts (rev. ed. 1993, regular updates) (Call Number: KF 801 C65 1993 LAW STACKS) Note: Until all volumes of the revised edition have been released, you will still need to look at volumes of the original edition.

E. Allan Farnsworth, Farnsworth on Contracts (3d ed. 2004, regular updates) (Call Number: KF 801 F362 2004 LAW STACKS)

Howard O. Hunter, Modern Law of Contracts (1993, regular updates) (Call Number: KF 801 H85 1993 LAW STACKS) A one-volume treatise on contract law; chapter 23 of this treatise is devoted to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

James J. White, Robert S. Summers, Uniform Commercial Code (4th ed. 1995) (Call Number: KF 890 W45 1995 LAW OPEN RESERVE)

Samuel Williston, A Treatise on the Law of Contracts (4th ed. 1990, regular updates) (Call Number: KF 801 W5 1990 LAW STACKS)

John D. Calamari & Joseph M. Perillo, Calamari and Perillo on Contracts (5th ed. 2003) (Call Number: KF 801 C26 2003 LAW OPEN RESERVE)

E. Allan Farnsworth, Contracts (4th ed. 2004) (Call Number: KF 801 F36 2004 LAW OPEN RESERVE) Somewhat more extensive than a hornbook is commonly thought to be, this is a one-volume edition of the author's three-volume treatise on contracts.

Robert A. Hillman, Principles of Contract Law (Concise Hornbook Series) (Call Number: KF 801 H525 2004 LAW OPEN RESERVE) A brief, paperback hornbook.

John Edward Murray, Jr., Murray on Contracts (4th ed. 2001) (Call Number: KF 801 M87 2001 LAW OPEN RESERVE) Comparable to Farnsworth's text, this text also includes the text of the CISG and selected UCC articles.

James J. White & Robert S. Summers, Uniform Commercial Code (5th ed. 2000) (Call Number: KF 890 W45 2000 LAW OPEN RESERVE) A one-volume edition of the multi-volume treatise.

Brian A. Blum, Contracts: Examples and Explanations (4th ed. 2007) (Call Number: KF 801 B58 2007 LAW OPEN RESERVE and LAW RESERVE) Contains an introduction to each area of contracts law, followed by sample problems accompanied by explanations of their answers.

Richard Craswell & Alan Schwartz, Foundations of Contract Law (1994) (Call number: KF 801 A7 F65 1994 LAW OPEN RESERVE and LAW STACKS)

Marvin A. Chirelstein, Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts (4th ed. 2001) (Call Number: KF 801 C44 2006 LAW OPEN RESERVE)

Jeffrey Thomas Ferriell & Michael Navin, Understanding Contracts (Call Number: KF 801 Z9 F46 2004 LAW OPEN RESERVE and LAW RESERVE)

Henry D. Gabriel & Linda J. Rusch, The ABCs of the UCC: Article 2: Sales (Call Number: KF 915 Z95 G33 1997 LAW STACKS) This text deals only with contracts for the sale of goods under the Uniform Commercial Code.

William H. Lawrence & William H. Henning, Understanding Sales and Leases of Goods (Call Number: KF 915 L395 1996 LAW OPEN RESERVE) This text deals only with contracts for the sale of goods under the Uniform Commercial Code.

Carolyn J. Nygren, Starting Off Right in Contracts (Call Number KF 801 Z9 N94x 1998 LAW OPEN RESERVE)

Claude D. Rohwer, Anthony M. Skrocki, Contracts in a Nutshell (5th ed. 2000) (Call Number: KF 801 Z9 R62 2000 LAW OPEN RESERVE)

Keith A. Rowley, Questions and Answers: Contracts: Multiple Choice and Short Answe rQuestions and Answers (LexisNexis, 2006) (Call Number KF 801 Z9 R69 2006 LAW CIRCULATION)

Outlines for downloading (in Contracts and other subjects) from the Internet Legal Research Group

"Area of Law Outlines" (also called "Capsule Summaries") in Contracts and other subjects, from LexisNexis. Each outline is available in Word, PDF, or HTML format. (Students do not need LexisNexis IDs to view or download these outlines.)

John D. Calamari & Joseph M. Perillo, Contracts (Black Letter Series, 3d ed. 1999) (Call Number: KF 801 Z9 C27 1999 LAW OPEN RESERVE and LAW RESERVE)

Steven L. Emanuel, Contracts (7th ed.) (Call Number: KF801 Z9 E56 2003 (at Zief Law Library Circulation/Reserve Desk). This outline does not deal with the CISG. This outline does have sample essay exam questions and sample answers.

Michael B. Kelly, Contracts (Roadmap Law Course Outlines, 1997) (Call Number: KF 801 Z9 K45 1997 LAW OPEN RESERVE) This outline has sample essay questions along with sample answers and comments. This outline does not deal with the CISG.

CALI Lessons in Contracts are available from the CALI Web site.

CALI (Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) Exercises are short (around 1 hour in length) exercises that can be downloaded to your computer or run on the web. There are exercises for many law school courses, including Contracts. Law students who want to download or run these exercises will need to register with CALI using the law school's CALI authorization codes. To get USF's CALI authorization codes, visit the Zief Library reference desk.

There are several items at the Zief Law Library Circulation⁄Reserve Desk that can be used to prepare for exams.

Some professors have placed their old exams on reserve at the Zief Library's Circulation/Reserve Desk. Ask at the desk by course name or professor's name.

Since Contracts is both a California Bar Exam essay topic and a Multistate Bar Exam topic, some bar examination preparation material is also listed here. Note that some of the bar examination material may have a different focus than what your professor may be looking for. Some of the resources in the "Outlines" section of this guide also have exam preparation material.

BarPassers Multistate Practice Questions and Simulated Multistate Bar Exam (Call Number: KFC 76 B379 1999 LAW CIRCULATION)

Emanuel, Steven L. , Contracts (CrunchTime Series, 2d ed., 2003). Essay tips, flow charts, and multiple choice, short answer and essay questions and answers. (Call Number: KF 801 Z9 E563 2003 LAW OPEN RESERVE)

Essay Questions and Selected Answers: From the California Bar Examination (Call Number: KFC 76 E87 LAW RESERVE for latest 5 years; older exams in LAW COMPACT STORAGE) Essay questions and answers from the California Bar Examination. Check the front of each booklet to see if contracts was an essay topic for that exam.

Beginning with the July 2001 bar exam, the State Bar's web site also has essay questions and selected answers. From the home page of the State Bar of California, follow the path: "Home > Bar Exam > Examination Results⁄Statistics."

Multistate Questions - PMBR Multistate Workbook (Call Number: KF 388 M82 LAW CIRCULATION) A set of workbooks with multiple-choice questions and answers designed to prepare test takers for the Multistate Bar Examination.

Brian N. Siegel & Lazar Emanuel, Siegel's Contracts: Essay and Multiple Choice Questions and Answers (Siegel's Series, 2005). LAW OPEN RESERVE

Authorized Lexis users may find selected contracts sources on Lexis.com in the "Search Advisor."

Once you log on to lexis.com, click on the link for the "Search Advisor," then scroll down for the legal topic "Contract Law."

Researchers can find more contracts sources on Lexis by following this path in the "Legal" tab of the "Look for a Source" directory:

Area of Law - By Topic > Contracts

The Restatement (Second) of Contracts, Corbin on Contracts, Farnsworth on Contracts and the text and comments of the UCC are all available on Lexis. Authorized Lexis users may use any of these publications by following these paths in the "Legal" tab of the "Look for a Source" directory:

Secondary Legal > Restatements > Contracts > The Restatement (Second) of Contracts

Secondary Legal > Matthew Bender > Area of Law > Contracts > Corbin on Contracts

Secondary Legal > Aspen Publishers > Farnsworth on Contracts

Area of Law - By Topic > Contracts > Statutes & Legislative Materials > "Official Text and Comments of the UCC - Contract Law"
[UCC provisions applicable to contract law.]

Authorized users will find these contracts materials on Westlaw -

The Restatement (Second) of Contracts is on Westlaw in the database REST-CONTR.

The treatise Williston on Contracts, 4th ed., is on Westlaw in the database WILLSTN-CN.

The law of contracts is the law governing promises between two parties. What is a contract? What happens if one party doesn't do what they're supposed to do under the contract? An introduction to the issues involved in Contracts can be found in Jay M. Feinman, Law 101, 2d ed, Chapter 6 "When is a Deal a Deal?: Businesses, Consumers, and Contract Law" (2006) (Call Number: KF 387 F45 2006 LAW OPEN RESERVE).