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Drafting contracts : how and why lawyers do what they do / Tina L. Stark.
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| Authors: |
Stark, Tina L., 1953-
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New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, c2007.
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| Description: |
xxiv, 461 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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| Topics: |
Contracts -- United States. Contracts -- United States -- Language. Legal composition. |
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Includes index.
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| Language: |
English |
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9780735563391 073556339X |
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A few words about contract drafting and this book -- The building blocks of contracts: the seven contract concepts -- Translating the business deal into contract concepts: Part 1 (representations and warranties & covenants and rights) -- Translating the business deal into contract concepts: Part 2 (conditions, discretionary authority, and declarations) -- A contract's parts -- Introductory provisions: preamble, recitals, and words of agreement -- Definitions and defined terms -- Action sections -- Representations and warranties -- Covenants and rights -- Conditions to an obligation -- Discretionary authority and declarations -- Will and shall -- Drafting the contract concepts--a summary chart -- Endgame provisions -- General provisions -- Signatures -- Legalese -- Clarity through format -- Clarity through sentence structure -- Ambiguity -- Numbers and financial provisions -- A potpourri of other drafting considerations -- Deconstructing complex provisions -- Adding value to the deal -- Organizing a contract and its provisions -- The drafting process -- How to review and comment on a contract -- Amendments, consents, and waivers -- Ethical issues in drafting -- Additional exercises.
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| Bib number: |
6617108 |
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http://lens.lib.uchicago.edu/?itemid=|library/marc/uc|6617108 |
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XXKF807.S73 2007 c.1 |
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Due date: 01/08/2010 Recall item |
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Purchased through the Kellstadt Foundation Law Library Fund honoring Leo H. Arnstein
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