1Introduction: The Life of Contract 1
2Contract as Promise 7
Promise 9
The Moral Obligation of Promise 14
What a Promise is Worth 17
Remedies in and around the Promise 21
3Consideration 28
4Answering a Promise: Offer and Acceptance 40
Promises and Vows 41
Acceptance and the Law of Third-Party Beneficiaries 44
The Simple Circuitry of Offer and Acceptance 45
Rejections， Counteroffers， Contracts at a Distance， Crossed Offers 49
Reliance on an Offer 54
5Gaps 57
Mistake， Frustration， and Impossibility 58
Letting the Loss Lie Where It Falls 64
Parallels with General Legal Theory: An Excursion 67
Filling the Gaps 69
6Good Faith 74
“Honesty in Fact” 77
Good Faith in Performance 85
7Duress and Unconscionability 92
Duress 93
Coercion and Rights 95
Property 99
Hard Bargains 103
Unconscionability， Economic Duress， and Social Justice 103
Bad Samaritans 109
8The Importance of Being Right 112
You Can Always Get Your Money Back 113
Conditions 118
Waivers， Forfeitures， Repudiations 123
Notes 135
Index 157