WEEK 3 – THE FORMATION OF CONTRACTS Apply Your Knowledge (EXERCISE 4 – CONTRACT OR NOT?) Review the essential elements of a valid and enforceable contract and decide whether a valid‚ void or voidable contract has been formed in each of the following situations. Provide a legal explanation for your decision. 1. Last year‚ Smith‚ the owner of a retail business‚ in an attempt to reduce employee absenteeism due to illness‚ offered to give any employee who quit smoking for a year a $500
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CheckPoint#2: Ramifications of Participation Contracts Kristina LaShon Collins HCR/230 February 23‚ 2012 Sean Willingham Week 1 CheckPoint#2: Ramifications of Participation Contracts Participation contracts can represent financial opportunities in many ways for providers as these contracts define what the providers’ responsibilities are within the medical relationship. Though one may argue that providers can only benefit from participation contracts when the insurer does not require write offs
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Contracts Cyril made two contracts. The first was to have his house painted one month from the date of the written contract. The second was for his neighbor’s 1957 Ford Thunderbird. Each contract was definite and clear in all respects. As to the house painting‚ Cyril inquired with the painter as to when the work could begin. The painter explained that he was extremely busy and was not sure if he could fulfill the contract. Cyril flew into a rage and immediately hired someone else
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Social Contract Theory of John Locke Jerome Green Jr. CJA/530 June 30‚ 2010 Instructor: Ms. Marie Romero-Martinez John Locke was one of the preeminent philosopher’s of his time. In one of his most successful works‚ the Two Treaties of Government‚ Locke asserted that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch (Tuckness). Locke argued that people have rights‚ such as the right to life‚ liberty‚ and property. Locke’s Social
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THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT‚ 1872 ACT No. 9 OF 1872 1* [25th April‚ 1872.] Preamble.WHEREAS it is expedient to define and amend certain parts of the law relating to contracts ; It is hereby enacted as follows - PRELIMINARY 1. Short title. 1.Short title.-This Act may be called the Indian Contract Act‚1872. Extent‚ Commencements.-It extends to the whole of India 2*[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]; and it shall come into force on the first day of September‚ 1872. 3* Nothing herein contained
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FREDERICK UNIVERSITY Civil Engineering Course of Study Engineering Contracts and Specifications Assignment CEC 438 Fall 2011-2012 Part A ENP Construction Co. as a general contractor has the responsibility to make a project successful . At the first project who obtain the erection of school he make a contract with PATIHA an electrical subcontractor . Their contract states that PATIHA "shall install the electrical wiring as soon as ENP finishes
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Privity of Contract LGST101 Business Law Professor George Shenoy Group Members: Ue Mu En‚ Esther Goh Yue Lin‚ Sylvia Fong Li Chu Sabina Sun Chao Ng Shi Ya 1 Content Page 1. Case Summary 2. Can Brad sue Jennifer? 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Validity of Contract Breach of Contract Brad cannot sue Jennifer Brad can sue Jennifer 3. Can Angelina sue Jennifer? 3.1 3.2 Angelina cannot sue Jennifer Angelina can sue Jennifer 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 Contract (Rights of
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Law Accepted Paper Series FROM FREEDOM OF CONTRACT TO FORCING PARTIES TO AGREEMENT R.J.P. Kottenhagen• Published in From Freedom of Contract to Forcing Parties to Agreement. On the Consequences of Breaking Off Negotiations in different Legal Systems‚ 12 Ius Gentium‚ Journal of the University of Baltimore Center for International and Comparative Law 2006‚ 61 – 95 • Associate Professor of Law Erasmus University Rotterdam . 1 FROM FREEDOM OF CONTRACT TO FORCING PARTIES TO AGREEMENT Address to
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there is binding contract between the two parties‚ Baldcure Ltd. and Gary Knudenut‚ and consequently whether Gary can sue under that contract. Rule A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties. To be valid‚ a contract must comprise of the following elements: - agreement (offer + acceptance) - intention - consideration - capacity to contract - consent - legality In order to establish whether there is a binding contract between Gary and
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valid contract is that the parties entering the contract are those who have the competency to contract. This is based on section 10 (1) of the Contract Act 1950 which states: “All agreements are contracted if they are made by the free consent of parties competent to contact‚ for a lawful consideration and with a lawful object‚ and are not hereby expressly declared to be void.” Competency refers to the capacity of being an adult‚ having a sound mind and not forbidden by law to enter any contract (e.g
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