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The Fifth Edition of Farnsworth's Contracts features rich and varied text and note materials in addition to significant cases. Select cases are introduced by text. "Mistake as a ground for avoiding a contract" now appears in Chapter 8, in conjunction with material on commercial impracticability and frustration. The Fifth Edition also carries forward, and enhances, opportunities for teachers to put before students the ethical responsibilities of attorneys and the consequences of neglecting such responsibilities.