Includes Bibliographical references and Index.

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to First Edition
Acknowledgments to Second Edition
Acknowledgments to First Edition
Part 1 - Translating the Business Deal into Contract Concepts
Chapter 1 - A Few Words About Contract Drafting and This Book
Chapter 2 - The Building Blocks of Contracts: The Seven Contract Concepts
Chapter 3 - Translating the Business Deal into Contract Concepts: Part 1 (Representations and Warranties & Covenants and Rights)
Chapter 4 - Translating the Business Deal into Contract Concepts: Part 2 (Conditions, Discretionary Authority, and Declarations)
Appendix 1: Contract Concepts
Appendix 2: Summary Chart
Part 2 - Drafting a Contract’s Parts
Chapter 5 - A Contract’s Parts
Chapter 6 - Introductory Provisions: Preamble, Recitals, and Words of Agreement
Chapter 7 - Definitions and Defined Terms
Chapter 8 - Action Sections
Chapter 9 - Representations and Warranties
Chapter 10 - Covenants and Rights
Chapter 11 - Conditions to an Obligation
Chapter 12 - Discretionary Authority and Declarations
Chapter 13 - Will and Shall
Chapter 14 - Drafting the Contract Concepts—A Summary Chart
Chapter 15 - Endgame Provisions
Chapter 16 - General Provisions
Chapter 17 - Signatures
Part 3 - Drafting Clearly and Unambiguously
Chapter 18 - Legalese
Chapter 19 - Clarity through Format
Appendix: Tabulation Guidelines
Chapter 20 - Clarity through Sentence Structure
Chapter 21 - Ambiguity
Chapter 22 - Numbers and Financial Provisions
Chapter 23 - A Potpourri of Other Drafting Considerations
Chapter 24 - Deconstructing Complex Provisions
Part 4 - Drafting from the Client’s Perspective
Chapter 25 - Adding Value to the Deal
Part 5 - Putting a Contract Together
Chapter 26 - Organizing a Contract and Its Provisions
Chapter 27 - The Drafting Process
Chapter 28 - How to Review and Comment on a Contract
Appendix: Framework for Contract Analysis — Long Form
Chapter 29 - Amendments, Consents, and Waivers
Appendix 1: An Inside-the-Contract Amendment
Appendix 2: An Outside-the-Contract Amendment in Letter Format
Part 6 - Drafting Ethically
Chapter 30 - Ethical Issues in Drafting
Part 7 - Additional Exercises
Chapter 31 - Additional Exercises
Part 8 - Exemplars and Guided Reading Exercises
Chapter 32 - Exemplars and Guided Reading Exercises
Index

"Reflecting real-world transactional practice, Tina L. Stark emphasizes the importance of drafting a contract that accurately memorializes the business deal while advancing a client's interests. This timely second edition of Drafting Contracts : How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do, features many new and updated exercises, examples, and precedents"--Unedited summary from book cover. (Source: WorldCat)