A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts
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A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts is a pioneering casebook on contract law by Christopher Columbus Langdell that helped establish the case method of legal education in American law schools.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3411629 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts Context triple: [Christopher Columbus Langdell, hasWrittenWork, A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts]
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A.
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
Restatement (Second) of Contracts is a highly influential legal treatise that systematically summarizes and clarifies U.S. contract law principles for courts, practitioners, and scholars.
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Restatements of the Law
Restatements of the Law are highly influential scholarly syntheses that clarify and organize common law principles in the United States for use by courts, lawyers, and scholars.
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C.
Copyright: Cases and Materials
"Copyright: Cases and Materials" is a leading law school casebook on U.S. copyright law, co-authored by Jane C. Ginsburg and widely used for teaching and scholarly reference.
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D.
Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws
The Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws is a highly influential legal treatise that systematically sets out modern U.S. choice-of-law principles and rules for resolving disputes involving multiple jurisdictions.
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E.
Law of Obligations
The Law of Obligations is a core area of civil law that governs legal relationships arising from contracts, torts, and other sources of duties between private parties.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts Target entity description: A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts is a pioneering casebook on contract law by Christopher Columbus Langdell that helped establish the case method of legal education in American law schools.
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A.
Restatement (Second) of Contracts
Restatement (Second) of Contracts is a highly influential legal treatise that systematically summarizes and clarifies U.S. contract law principles for courts, practitioners, and scholars.
-
B.
Restatements of the Law
Restatements of the Law are highly influential scholarly syntheses that clarify and organize common law principles in the United States for use by courts, lawyers, and scholars.
-
C.
Copyright: Cases and Materials
"Copyright: Cases and Materials" is a leading law school casebook on U.S. copyright law, co-authored by Jane C. Ginsburg and widely used for teaching and scholarly reference.
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D.
Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws
The Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws is a highly influential legal treatise that systematically sets out modern U.S. choice-of-law principles and rules for resolving disputes involving multiple jurisdictions.
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E.
Law of Obligations
The Law of Obligations is a core area of civil law that governs legal relationships arising from contracts, torts, and other sources of duties between private parties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
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| instanceOf |
book
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law casebook ⓘ legal textbook ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Christopher Columbus Langdell ⓘ |
| author | Christopher Columbus Langdell ⓘ |
| contains |
edited court decisions
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judicial opinions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field | contract law ⓘ |
| focusesOnJurisdiction | United States contract law ⓘ |
| genre | academic literature ⓘ |
| hasFormat | print ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
modern law school curricula
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teaching of contracts in the United States ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts self-link ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | pioneering American contracts casebook ⓘ |
| inAcademicDiscipline | law ⓘ |
| inAcademicSubdiscipline | private law ⓘ |
| influenced | case method in legal education ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| methodologicalInnovation | systematic use of appellate cases for instruction ⓘ |
| notableFor | helping establish the case method of legal education ⓘ |
| pedagogicalApproach | case method ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | contracts ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
law students
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legal scholars ⓘ |
| teachesConcept |
breach of contract
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consideration ⓘ offer and acceptance ⓘ remedies for breach of contract ⓘ |
| usedFor | legal education ⓘ |
| usedIn | American law schools ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts Description of subject: A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts is a pioneering casebook on contract law by Christopher Columbus Langdell that helped establish the case method of legal education in American law schools.
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A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts
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A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts
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