Law | Contract Analysis | Westwood College | Eric Givens 2/12/2013 | Contract Analysis A contract is a legal document between two or more parties. There are several elements that are necessary in order to make a contract enforceable. The specifics of these various elements may differ from state to state‚ but all seven of the elements must be present in order for the contract to exist. As such‚ if one of these elements is missing‚ a contract can be voided and the parties may not
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Introduction – What is a Contract? 1.1 Definitions Not all agreements will be contract enforceable in law - social arrangements‚ for example‚ or contracts which offend against public decency and public policy and those which involve criminal activity. ‘A contract is an agreement giving rise to obligations which are enforced or recognised by law. The factor which distinguishes contractual from other legal obligations is that they are based on the agreement of the contracting parties.’ Treitel
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of a Contract “A contract is an agreement that can be enforced in court. It is formed by two or more parties who agree to perform or to refrain from performing some act now or in the future.” (pg 208) Recently I was faced with a situation regarding a contract that was not in writing and I had to explain that as long as a verbal contract contains the four essential elements of a contract it is binding. We are so accustomed to seeing contracts in writing that many people assume that a contract must
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DISCHARGE OF A CONTRACT Normally the completion of a contract is straightforward as parties carry out their tasks as required. There are four main different ways of ending a contract: a) Discharge by performance b) Discharge by agreement c) Discharge by breach d) Discharge by frustration DISCHARGE BY PERFORMANCE For this the courts expect performance to be exact and complete. This means that it must match contractual obligations RE MOORE AND LANDAUER (1921) If requiring a contract to be complete
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Terms The content of a contract are made up of terms (or ‘clauses’ as they are called in the case of written contracts) which may be express or implied. The express terms are the terms which the parties actually stipulated for themselves when making the contract‚ whether orally or in writing. In addition to the express terms‚ the courts sometimes‚ for a variety of reasons‚ imply certain terms into the contract. Implied terms are terms that are not expressly stated in the contract but are deemed to be
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Why did Athens lose the Peloponnesian Wars? What impact did the wars have on Greece? A good portion of blame for Athens losing the Peloponnesian Wars can be laid at the feet of two men: Alcibiades and the Spartan king‚ Lysander. Alcibiades was the nephew of Pericles. He was very charismatic and the young people of Athens loved him. But he had a glaring flaw; he lost his parents at a young age and became something of a sociopath‚ not caring what his deeds resulted in. As stated before
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Formation of contract‚ requirements of writing and personal bar (formative written exercise) The main point of this scenario is whether Alana‚ the previous inhabitant of the home‚ and Edwina‚ the current inhabitant‚ had formed a contract whereby the right of ownership had been passed over to Edwina. After two days of Edwina living in the house she received a letter from Alana telling her they had not formed a contract and that she would have to leave the premises. Over the course of this essay
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Contracts II Outline Fall 2005 Professor Jean Powers Cited to Crandall & Whaley’s Contracts‚ 4th Edition I) Damages (227) A) Introduction (227) 1) General Rule – Contract damages should put the π in as good of a position as if the contract was fulfilled. 2) No action on a contract need be present for damages to be proper. An executory contract will suffice. B) Measuring Expectation Damages (229) 1) Expectation = Expected Value + Costs – Expenses Mitigated 2) Repair Theory – Damages should
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Contract With America In the historic 1994 midterm elections‚ Republicans won a majority in Congress for the first time in forty years‚ partly on the appeal of a platform called the Contract with America. Put forward by House Republicans‚ this sweeping ten-point plan promised to reshape government. Its main theme was the decentralization of federal authority‚ deregulation‚ tax cuts‚ reform of social programs‚ increased power for states‚ a balanced federal budget were its chief ambitions. With
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Contract Creation and Management Simulation LAW/531 In the contract creation and management simulation involving Span Systems and Citizen-Schwarz AG (C-S) the conflict involved and possible resolutions could be beneficial or catastrophic for both companies. Legal risks for corporations in the process of implementation and development of a program are many. To prevent this there must be direct‚ quantifiable benchmarks that are acknowledged by all parties involved. Any contract ambiguity that
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