Contracts Part II Rachel Wellman Unit 5 Case Study Business Law November 6‚ 2010 Millie contracted to sell Frank 10‚000 bushels of corn to be grown on Millie’s farm. Due to a drought during the growing season‚ Millie’s yield was much less than anticipated‚ and she could deliver only 250 bushels to Frank. Frank accepted the lesser amount but sued Millie for breach of contract. Can Millie defend successfully on the basis of outcome impossibility of performance? Explain. Discuss the elements
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Short Paper: Living Ethically through a Social Contract Olivia Harris ETHC 445N: Principles of Ethics Living Ethically through a Social Contract Scenario 1: The Mayor of a large city was given a free membership in an exclusive golf club by people who have received several city contracts. He also accepted gifts from organizations that have not done business with the City but might in the future. The gifts ranged from $200 tickets to professional sports events to designer watches and jewelry
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Breach of Contract BUS311: Business Law Instructor Katheryne Rogers 3/18/2011 Breach of Contract Breach of contract can happen by a party intentionally breaching the contract or because of unexpected delays. In this paper I will discuss the contract my brother had with an in home appliance sales company. My brother and his wife purchased all of their appliances for their new home from an appliance company. The written agreement was that payment for the appliances was to be made upon delivery
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OUTLINE OF LECTURE IN LAW ON CONTRACTS (Defective Contracts) 1. Defective contracts a. Rescissible contract – valid until rescinded; b. Voidable contract – valid until annulled; c. Unenforceable contract – cannot be sued upon or enforced unless ratified; d. Void contract – no effect at all‚ cannot be ratified or validated 2. Rescission Rescission is the remedy granted by law to the contracting parties and sometimes even to third persons in order to recover indemnity
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1. Introduction Breach of contract is when one or both parties‚ who came to a mutual agreement‚ do not fulfil their contractual agreement i.e. interfering in the other party’s performance or non-performance by one or both parties. These are only two of the possible five forms of Breach of Contract. The five types of Breach of Contract will now be discussed in detail. 2. There are five different forms in which Breach of Contract can take place: a. Default of the debtor (mora debitoris) i. Explanation
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is address the issue of turnaround time in contract negotiations. We will present recommendations on how to streamline the contract negotiation process by implementing a change in the current process and creating a standard contract. Background Liferay‚ Inc. is a software and service oriented company who has an open-sourced product. It was founded in 2004 in response to growing demand for Liferay Portal‚ the market’s leading independent portal product that was garnering
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Team Contract: Team Name__ Definition of group and objectives. Team __ shall be comprised of and organized by _______________________________. It will be the aim of said team to successfully complete CS 1 with the maximum of grade performance and to ensure the understanding of all tenets‚ facts‚ and errata connected with the study of the CS 1 curriculum for all group members. Each team member will be assigned specific roles (Manager‚ Recorder‚ Skeptic) and the roles will rotate during the
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What is a contract? A business contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties to do or not to do certain things. For example‚ a business contract could be for the sale of goods or supply of services at a certain price. There are many different types of contracts including: the sale and purchase of a business agreement; partnership agreements; leases of business premises; leases of plant and equipment; and employment agreements. The process for creating a contract generally
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Cases Walker v Northumberland County Council (1995) This case is notable as one of the first successful claims for work-related stress. Mr Walker was employed by Northumberland County Council as a senior social worker. At the time of the case‚ he had worked for the authority for 17 years‚ dealing mainly with cases of child abuse. In the 1980s‚ his workload gradually increased to such an extent that in 1986 he suffered a nervous breakdown. This was diagnosed by his GP who recommended time off work
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and disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent and how judges may make new law. Include 1 case where judges have made new law. The doctrine of precedent is an important feature of judge-made law (common law). This doctrine means that similar disputes should be decided by reference to the same legal principles‚ and that lower courts are bound to follow the decisions of higher courts within the same court hierarchy. There are both advantages and disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent and the way
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