Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract
Charles Fried, former Harvard Law professor and one of the field's leading authorities on contracts, walks through how a promise becomes a legally enforceable contract, what happens when one side breaks that promise, and the doctrines courts use to decide the difference. The eight-week course is heavy on real case studies rather than abstract doctrine, running three to six hours a week, and covers offer and acceptance, consideration, breach, and remedies as they actually played out in disputed agreements. It is aimed at anyone curious about contract law, not just prospective lawyers, and requires no legal background to start. The audit track opens every lecture and case reading for free; only the verified certificate, priced separately, requires payment.