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Chapter 8 Introduction to Contract Law
Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should understand the following:
- Why and how contract law has developed
- What a contract is
- What topics will be discussed in the contracts chapter of this book
- What the sources of contract law are
- How contracts are classified (basic taxonomy)