Drafting contracts : how and why lawyers do what they do / Tina L. Stark.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Aspen coursebook series.
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Table of Contents:
- TRANSLATING THE BUSINESS DEAL INTO CONTRACT CONCEPTS: 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)
- DRAFTING A CONTRACT'S PARTS: 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.
- DRAFTING CLEARLY AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY: Legalese
- Clarity through format
- Clarity through sentence structure
- Ambiguity
- Numbers and financial provisions
- A potpourri of other drafting considerations
- Deconstructing complex provisions
- DRAFTING FROM THE CLIENT'S PERSPECTIVE: Adding value to the deal
- PUTTING A CONTRACT TOGETHER: Organizing a contract and its provisions
- The drafting process
- How to review and comment on a contract
- Amendments, consents, and waivers
- DRAFTING ETHICALLY: Ethical issues in drafting
- ADDITIONAL EXERCISES: Additional exercises
- EXEMPLARS AND GUIDED READING EXERCISES: Exemplars and guided reading exercises
- Exhibit : Escrow agreements.