Contracts in the United States

Contract Clauses Legal Materials

For collectively bargained employment contracts, see BNA’s Collective Bargaining: Negotiations and Contracts or Basic Patterns in Union Contracts, CCH’s Union Contract Clauses and/or Drafting the Union Contract.

For entertainment industry contract clauses, see volume 4 of Selz & Simensky’sEntertainment Law and/or a treatise called Entertainment Industry Contracts.

For a variety of business contracts, see Business Laws, Inc.’s Model Agreements for Corporate Council. or just American Jurisprudence Legal Forms. In addition, business contracts are often attached to SEC filings as Exhibits. You can find some of these Exhibits posted free at oncle. Otherwise, use LIVEDGAR or one of the other searchable databases discussed in the Filings section of the “Securities and Exchange Commission” entry.

Government Contracts

For information about the government contracting field see here, including Finding RFPs, Identifying Companies That Receive Government Contracts, Forms, Case Law (Judicial and Administrative Decisions), Regulations,Treatises and Other Research Resources.

Futures Contracts

A futures contract is an agreement to sell or buy something at a future date. In most cases, that “something” is a specific quantity of a commodity, such as “10,000 barrels of crude oil.”

Names, addresses and phone numbers of the world’s futures exchanges are listed in the Numa Directory of Futures & Options Exchanges. An electronic edition of the Numa Directory (www.numa.com/ref/exchange.htm) is posted on the Internet.

Contracts: Summary

In this entry, Contracts covers:

Sources of Contract Law
Classification of Contracts
Elements of an Enforceable Contract
Remedies for Breach of Contract

Contracts: Main Elements

The coverage of Contracts includes the following main elements:

Sources of Contract Law

Find out an overview of this topic, in relation to Contracts, in the legal Ecyclopedia.

Classification of Contracts

There is information on this basic subject in the legal Ecyclopedia.

Elements of an Enforceable Contract

Find out an overview of this issue following this link (topic).

Remedies for Breach of Contract

There is information on this basic subject matter in this legal reference.

References

Contracts (Finds)

This section introduces, discusses and describes the basics of contracts. Then, cross references and a brief overview about Finds is provided. Finally, the subject of Admiralty Law in relation with contracts is examined. Note that a list of cross references, bibliography and other resources appears at the end of this entry.

Contracts (Internet Business)

This section introduces, discusses and describes the basics of contracts. Then, cross references and a brief overview about Internet Business is provided. Finally, the subject of Internet Law in relation with contracts is examined. Note that a list of cross references, bibliography and other resources appears at the end of this entry.

Contracts (Salvage)

This section introduces, discusses and describes the basics of contracts. Then, cross references and a brief overview about Salvage is provided. Finally, the subject of Admiralty Law in relation with contracts is examined. Note that a list of cross references, bibliography and other resources appears at the end of this entry.

Contracts (Towage)

This section introduces, discusses and describes the basics of contracts. Then, cross references and a brief overview about Towage is provided. Finally, the subject of Admiralty Law in relation with contracts is examined. Note that a list of cross references, bibliography and other resources appears at the end of this entry.

Finding the law: Contracts in the U.S. Code

A collection of general and permanent laws relating to contracts, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines contracts topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.

Contracts

In Legislation

Contracts in the U.S. Code: Title 18, Part I, Chapter 23

The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating contracts are compiled in the United States Code under Title 18, Part I, Chapter 23. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Crimes and Criminal Law (including contracts) of the United States. The reader can further narrow his/her legal research of the general topic (in this case, Contracts of the US Code, including contracts) by chapter and subchapter.

Contracts

Contracts in the United States

Contract Clauses Legal Materials

Government Contracts

Futures Contracts

Contracts: Summary

Contracts: Main Elements

Sources of Contract Law

Classification of Contracts

Elements of an Enforceable Contract

Remedies for Breach of Contract

References

See Also

Contracts (Finds)

Contracts (Internet Business)

Contracts (Salvage)

Contracts (Towage)

Finding the law: Contracts in the U.S. Code

Contracts

In Legislation

Contracts in the U.S. Code: Title 18, Part I, Chapter 23

Resources

See Also

Further Reading (Books)

Further Reading (Articles)

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