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RECOGNIZING WHAT CONSTITUTES A CONTRACT is the key to understanding many legal
questions. Very often a dispute centers not on whether someone has violated a contract, but whether
there was a contract in the first place. Other disputes center on whether a change in circumstances
has made the contract unenforceable. This chapter contains five sections. The first section, "A
Contract Defined," outlines what contracts are and how people form them. The second section,
"What a Contract Is Not," looks at cases where the necessary parts of a contract are missing, and
discusses your defenses to other people's claims that they have a contract with you. The third
section, "Practical Contracts," focuses on contracts in daily life and highlights issues of interest to
consumers. The fourth section, "Special Types of Contracts," discusses leases, warranties,
advertising, door-to-door sales, and other special types of contracts. The fifth section, "Breaches
and Remedies," discusses ways to deal with disputes arising out of contractual relationships.