Drafting contracts : how and why lawyers do what they do /

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Author / Creator:Stark, Tina L., 1953-
Imprint:New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, c2007.
Description:xxiv, 461 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6617108
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ISBN:9780735563391
073556339X
Notes:Includes index.

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505 0 |a 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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