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Corbin on Contracts
Author(s):
Arthur L. Corbin
(Author),
Timothy Murray
(Author),
John E. Murray, Jr.
(Author),
Joseph M. Perillo
(Author)
Corbin on Contracts is the authoritative, exhaustive, and influential contract law treatise relied on by lawyers and in cited in countless court decisions.
Publisher: Matthew Bender
International Order InquiryCorbin on Contracts is peerless as a contract law treatise, and is one of the most cited and influential treatises in print. The venerable 16-volume Corbin on Contracts has been hailed as "the greatest law book ever written". Corbin contracts law analysis is exhaustive, and addresses all of the rules of contract law, including exceptions and variations. No other contract treatise matches Corbin on Contracts to help you prevent disputes and keep your clients out of court. Cited in the opinions of federal and state courts literally thousands of times, this exhaustive exposition of all the working rules of contract law has helped lawyers understand what the rules of contract mean and how they can be used in daily practice for more than half a century.
Publication of the Revised Edition was directed by renowned contracts expert Professor Joseph M. Perillo. In addition to the periodic issuance of replacement volumes, the set is updated twice each year with cumulative stand-alone and pocket-part supplements prepared by noted legal scholar Dr. John E. Murray, Jr. (1932-2015), former Chancellor and Professor of Law, Duquesne University, and Timothy Murray, Partner, Murray, Hogue & Lannis, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Newly revised Volume 5 presents a top-to-bottom update with detailed analysis of dozens of recent cases. Among the enhancements, Revised Volume 5 includes:
• A cutting-edge new section on interpretation of online contractual terms.
• A new section on the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
• A comprehensive discussion of the two interpretation approaches that have long divided jurisdictions across America—the plain meaning approach and the contextualist approach.
• A detailed explanation of how interpretation and the parol evidence rule are distinct concepts.
• New sections on interpretation of terms unfamiliar to reasonable third parties: trade usage, course of performance, course of dealing, and terms where there is "shared intent" between the parties.
• Discussion of an overlooked topic: interpretation in the formation of contracts (as opposed to the performance of contracts).
• The distinction between interpretation and construction—and how courts use the terms interchangeably despite the distinction.
• New and comprehensive discussions on the canons of interpretation or construction: the principal purpose of the contract should guide interpretation; interpreting the contract as a whole; courts favor an interpretation that makes the agreement valid, lawful, reasonable, and that avoids forfeiture; specific terms have greater weight than general terms; the superiority of negotiated terms over standardized terms.
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