- Hardcover: 1135 pages
- Publisher: Foundation Pr; 6th edition (May 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1587784882
- ISBN-13: 978-1587784880
- Product Dimensions: 25.7 x 19.6 x 4.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.9 Kg
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Classic Volume, Jan 3 2006
By Kurt Hunt - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Studies in Contract Law (Hardcover)
It is a very rare thing when when words coil around your soul and leave you breathless and clear-eyed. Few books have the power or brilliance to be transforming, and even fewer are brave enough to launch entirely new ways of thinking about literature.And then comes "Studies in Contract Law: Sixth Edition," the newest book from renowned legal philosopher Murphy Et Al. A quick glance at its faux-leather cover and embossed title and you might cast it aside as yet another heavy, meandering read. But, as is often true, the adventurous will be rewarded with delights heretofore unknown to modern readers.
"Studies" covers a startling range of topics, from the high-powered world of business to the disintegration of families throughout various eras of American history. It even briefly delves into poetry, quoting what it describes as "one of the delights of legal literature," namely the immortal Professor Brainerd Currie's "Aberlone, Rose Of." In the discussion of a presumed barren cow on page 490, the recitation of lines like "Ah me!--Ah moo! / Respectively their quidsome balm / How mournfully they chew!" grips us with longing and wistfulness.
The frenetic pace of the text is filled with endless cliffhangers; nervous readers should take warning. Will Roscoe ever find his true father? Will the theft of Mrs. Hooper's gardenias ever be solved? Will Alaska Northern Development, Inc prevail over Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. regarding the applicability of the parol evidence rule of the Uniform Commercial Code, section 2-202, codified as AS 45.02-202? Subplots and intrigue twist throughout the book until page 1121, where a single sentence rings as sharp and true as any in history.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." "Call me Ishmael." "To be or not be." And now, from the sublime mind of Murphy Et Al: "The idea which ruled this case--that where a person for a consideration paid to him by another agrees to pay a sum of money to a third person, a stranger to the transaction, the latter does not thereby become possessed of the absolute right to the benefit of the promise, nor until he accepts the same in some way; and that while he is ignorant of the promise, or thereafter, at any time before he assents to the transaction, it may be rescinded,--we must admit is well supported in the books."
If the poetry of this sentence does not immediately seize you, consider yourself a hopeless wreck on the shores of The New Literature.
2 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Why don't we just study from Gilberts?, Mar 20 2007
By sherbert - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Studies in Contract Law (Hardcover)
Short review while I study contracts out of this book. The book is poorly written, where oftentimes the question of law is presented before the facts. Facts, though not what you should take with you, focus you to the event. Law with no facts is meaningless, and we might as well read out of the Restatement book. Sometimes the cases are pointlessly long, sometimes elusively short. Always confusing, never well written. Why put in 1st restatement when we are on the 3rd? Why tell the story out of order? Why give the procedural history before the facts? My questions go unanswered. However, as Contracts go, some of the cases they choose are interesting. Imagine if every single case was about breach of renter's agreement, or arbitration clause. At least there are some fun wheeling and dealings in here.
0 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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As Expected, Sep 20 2010
By Nimit - Published on Amazon.com
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The product reached on time as given by the Buyer. the condition was very good.
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