Origin and overview of the restatement project -- The duties of the principal to the surety and the surety's rights -- The surety's rights of restitution and subrogation -- Suretyship defenses -- Effect on surety of obligee's release or principal : a critical look at the rules in the restatement -- Finding the duties of the obligee in the restatement -- Multiple secondary obligors; cosuretyship and subsuretyship under the Restatement of the Law (Third), suretyship and guaranty -- The statute of limitations, the effect of judgments in actions between the parties, legally mandated bonds, and miscellaneous provisions