Subjects and lessons to explore.

Law

New Jersey Bar Exam (UBE) preparation

Contracts

24 lessons · 24 practice questions — Bar-exam lessons on Contracts: 24 lessons in 6 topics; 24 come with a scored practice question and its rationale. Migrated from EliExplainsLaw.org; general legal education, not legal advice.

  • Lessons
  • Practice
  • Coming soon: Vocabulary
Learn Practice

Choose a unit

Content and Meaning3 lessons

Chapter page

  1. Parol Evidence: When the Final Writing Locks Out Earlier Promises
  2. Interpretation: How Courts Decide What Contract Words Mean
  3. UCC Warranties: The Promises That Ride Along with Goods

Defenses to Enforceability6 lessons

Chapter page

  1. Statute of Frauds: Six Promises That Need Paper
  2. Capacity: Some People Can Take the Deal Back
  3. Duress: Deals Squeezed Out by Threats
  4. Unconscionability: Deals Too Unfair to Enforce
  5. Mistake: Deals Built on a Wrong Belief
  6. Illegality: Courts Won't Referee Lawbreaking Deals

Formation5 lessons

Chapter page

  1. Offers: Words That Put a Deal on the Table
  2. Acceptance: Saying Yes So It Counts
  3. Consideration: The Trade That Makes a Promise Stick
  4. Promissory Estoppel: When Leaning on a Promise Makes It Stick
  5. Battle of the Forms: When the Paperwork Doesn't Match

Performance, Breach, Discharge4 lessons

Chapter page

  1. Conditions: The "Only If" Switches in a Contract
  2. Material Breach: When a Broken Promise Frees the Other Side
  3. Anticipatory Repudiation: Quitting Before the Start Line
  4. Impossibility, Impracticability, and Frustration: When the Deal's World Collapses

Remedies3 lessons

Chapter page

  1. Contract Damages: The Money That Makes the Promise Whole
  2. Specific Performance: When a Court Orders the Deal Done
  3. UCC Remedies: The Toolkits When a Goods Deal Breaks

Third-Party Rights3 lessons

Chapter page

  1. Assignment: Handing Your Contract Rights to Someone Else
  2. Delegation: Getting Someone Else to Do Your Contract Job
  3. Third-Party Beneficiaries: When a Contract Is Made for Someone Else