Very good book Short answers - flow charts - exam tips
All to the point

There is too much in this book to help in preparing your outline. There are other study aids which give better examples or explanations.

This study aid has been incredibly helpful. It is great to refer to it after reading a case in your casebook. It has a lot of helpful tips in writing exams as well. I would definitely recommend Emanuel Contracts to anyone taking Contracts!

This book spoke of a lot of the same cases that my professor talked about and made them understandable. Definitely recommended if the material is the same.

This is the best outline for contracts for a 1L student. It has very helpful examples and is very well organized. It is definetly worth the $.

if you need a quick lifesaver and a way to sort out a mess of notes at the end of the semester, then this book is for you!

I bought this outline and also Gilbert's contracts outline, and this one was better in several important ways. One that sticks out in my mind is UCC provision 2-207, which relates to "battle of the forms," which is one of the most difficult topics to master in Contracts. While the surface-level issues may be apparent to everyone, the more subtle implications are not covered well in Gilbert's or in the official comments in the UCC (despite substantial text). If you don't know 2-207 extremely well going into your final, you should be worried at a minimum. Emanuel's treatment of this and most other topics is quite good, and it is consistently better than Gilbert's for Contracts.

This review is for Emanuel's outline, not Crunch Time (though Crunch Time for Contracts is also excellent). This is the best Contracts supplement out there and probably the best Emanuel's outline as well (rival = Emanuel's on Con Law). VERY thorough (almost like a hornbook in this respect). This is what you need for Contracts. Someone sent me this by accident after I had been using Gilberts for a few months. I thought I didn't want it because I already had Gilberts and some other supplements, so I put it on the backburner for awhile while I used Gilberts. Then I started taking a look at it once every so often when I was still confused after reading Gilberts (and other stuff). I started to realize that this book was much better than Gilberts, so I put Gilberts on the backburner. (Gilberts is good, but this book is much more thorough and just better overall.) One of the most necessary law school supplements.

I like the Emanuel Outline because it spells out the rules for you and what you need to know. I read the cases, then go back and read the section it relates to - its really helpful for class if you get called on, and for preparing an outline. I have tried 2 other types of study guides - I find I like this format the best.

Just want to clarify how to use the Emanuel Contracts book:

I recommend it as a semester-long guide. This will help you flesh out the varied topics and clarify them as you are reading your casebook. This book recommends reading your casebook first, then referring to the same topics in this volume to ensure you understand the material--this should be done before you encounter the material in class, preferably.

If you're looking for something to pick up midway during the semester or just before finals, I think the Crunchtime series by the same publisher is a better choice.

I have bought many many supplements, but these Emanuel Outlines (and this one in particular) are the best. By the best I don't mean give you the best in-depth understanding of the nuances of the law and how we got to it, but certainly a comprehensive overview of everything you could be tested on.

Using this in conjunction with your casebook will help get you adequately prepared for class and for your exam.

I give this book as strong a recommendation as possible.