CHAPTER 11 NATURE AND CLASSES OF CONTRACTS CHAPTER OUTLINE A. NATURE OF CONTRACTS 1. DEFINITION OF A CONTRACT general rule. A contract is a legally binding agreement. Stated another way‚ "a contract is a promise or a set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy‚ or the performance of which the law in some way recognizes as a duty." (Restatement‚ Contracts‚ 2d) study hint. The essence of a contract is that (1) by mutual agreement (2) parties create obligations
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Part 1 A contract is an agreement between two or more parties‚ which can be legally enforceable. A contract maybe written or oral‚ although an oral agreement can be difficult to prove in court. In order for a contract to exist it must include four elements‚ that being offer‚ acceptance‚ intention and consideration. (Sweeney & O’Reilly 2007 pg 160). A contract only exists when an offer has been accepted‚ an offer has the intention to be legally binding and the willingness to contract on certain conditions
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Sample contract of employment Statement of main terms and conditions of employment Employer’s name: Belgian Post Group Employee’s name: x Date of commencement of employment: 22/10/2012 Main place of work: UNIT A1 PARKWAY CRANFORD LANE HESTON TW5 9QA Job title: Mail Sorter Duties and responsibilities: Mail sorters must accept and check in
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We all live under certain sets of rules that govern our behaviour in society‚ this is commonly referred to as the norms of culture. But what happens when we decide for whatever reason to break or breach the cultural norm. How do we feel before‚ during and after the event? What way are we perceived in our cultural society after carrying out this act? All very interesting questions to ask. To find out a little more on this topic I decided to carry out an act of breaching the cultural norm. This was
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Voidable contract is a contract that has legal effect and force when it is made‚ but is liable to be subsequently annulled or set aside by the courts through the process of recission. Due to the section 10 of the Contracts Act provides‚ all agreements are contracts if they are made by the free consent of the parties competent to contract. As what i’ve been thought and my understanding‚ there are five causes which lead to the voidable contract. They are : 1. Coercion (S.15) 2. Undue influence (S.16)
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ont Contract Paper Michael Labbe University of Phoenix Business Law HRM 531 Donna Ross January 28‚ 2013 Contract Paper Contracts regardless if they are written or verbal have the same basic components. The four components are (1) Mutual assent‚ (2) Agreement‚ (3) Exchange‚ and (4) Non-violation of public law. If the key components of a contract are met they will be enforceable in a court of law. In modern society it is more commonplace for contracts to be written so all parties
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exchange for his agreement to play hockey. (b) Reed has again failed to identify a breach of any specific provision. Court’s Rationale Reed has not identified a breach of a specific contractual provision despite being given the opportunity to do so through discovery. While Reed speculates that colleges have a duty to protect the health of their athletes‚ he fails to demonstrate how such duty is grounded in contract. Reed asserts the release is not enforceable‚ because it was not supported by consideration
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Business 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
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Sample Contract Exercise Contracts are the bloodline of business. Thus it is absolutely crucial that you understand what you are or your business is signing. We have looked at some common clauses found in contracts like restraint of trade clauses‚ exclusion clauses and liquidated damages clauses. In addition to these‚ there are many other common clauses and the purpose of this exercise is to highlight these clauses as well. If you do a simple search in the Internet you will realize that many of
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CONTRACT LAW NOTES It is a legal enforceable agreement entered into by two or more different persons with legal capacity. The parties should have serious intention to create legally binding obligations. Their agreement needs to be within parities’ contractual capacity. Furthermore‚ parties should communicate such intention without vagueness each to the other and being of the same mind to the subject matter. Essentials of a contract a) it should be lawful b) possible of performance c) within
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