Social Contract Theory Social contract theory‚ nearly as old as philosophy itself‚ is the view that persons’ moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live. Socrates uses something quite like a social contract argument to explain to Crito why he must remain in prison and accept the death penalty. However‚ social contract theory is rightly associated with modern moral and political theory and is given its first full
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do not know much about contract law. Actually‚ we are signing contracts everyday. For example: Buying candies in a shop. There are two types of contract (written and verbal agreement). A contract is made by orally‚ by conduct and in writing. It also consists of an agreement‚ consideration and legally binding. There are eight elements of contract law‚ namely offer‚ acceptance‚ consideration‚ capacity‚ legal relations‚ legality and agreement. In this essay‚ I am going discuss the offer and acceptance
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AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT 1. Introduction Dear students‚ welcome to the lecture series on Business Regulatory Frame Work. Today we are going to discuss the Indian Contract Act 1872. Before I start my discussion on the contract‚ I would like to make you aware that the Indian Contract Act 1872 came enforced on the 1st day of the September 1872. It is applicable to whole of the country except the State Jammu & Kashmir. The course related to the law is designed to impart the knowledge to the student
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MEMORANDUM TO: Dr. Doe FROM: Francis Stein‚ President Giant Drug Company DATE: 10th September 2013 RE: Consultation regarding contract Validity FACTS 1. On May 1‚ Doe signed and sent Stein the following letter: I will accept a position as vice-president in charge of research for a period of four years at a salary of $500‚000 per year. 2. On May 3‚ Stein received Doe’s letter and called Doe and stated: “Your salary request is too high. Will you reduce it to $300
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NOTES FOR THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BUILDING AN INTRODUCTION TO CONTRACT LAW OR (GETTING IN AND OUT OF A CONTRACT) Thursday 14 June 2012 by Keith Blizzard‚ Partner‚ Shakespeares Legal LLP BSc(Hons) DipArb FRICS FCIOB FCIArb FFB MEWI Chartered Quantity Surveyor‚ Chartered Builder‚ Chartered Arbitrator‚ Panel Adjudicator‚ Accredited and Panel Mediator‚ Forensic Surveyor and Lecturer Somerset House Temple Street Birmingham B2 5DJ t 0121 237 3000 d 0121 631 5221 f 0121 237 3030 e keith
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the four elements of a contract. Consideration is something of value in a contract or agreement between two parties. Both parties must be providing something of value to the other party. It is an act or promise to do (or not to do) something in return for value and the value given is enforceable. All the law need is ‘valuable consideration ’. For example‚ if Jack has offered to pay S$10 for a hammer worth S$100‚ that is considered valuable consideration. There are three types of consideration in law:
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Science (Construction Contract Management)‚ especially my supervisor – Encik Norazam Othman‚ for their guidance during the writing of this master project. Without their supervision and advice‚ this project could not be completed on time. Secondly‚ I would like to express my gratitude to my dearest parents and brother for their support and advice during these few months. Not forgetting my classmates‚ a token of appreciation goes to them for giving lots of advice on how to complete and write
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A PROJECT REPORT ON AN ANALYTICL STUDY OF DERIVATIVES IN FUTURES WITH REFERENCE TO UNICON SECURITIES Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the Master of Business Administration [pic] I‚ under signed here by declare that the project report entitled “AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF DERIVATIVES IN FUTURES WITH REFERENCE TO UNICON SECURITIES”‚ and this project is submitted to XXXXXX‚ affiliated to XXXX‚ is drafted by me and is original work of my own.
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Breach of Contract & Remedies 1 Breach of contract Nature of breach A breach of contract occurs where a party to a contract fails to perform‚ precisely and exactly‚ his obligations under the contract. This can take various forms for example‚ the failure to supply goods or perform a service as agreed. Breach of contract may be either actual or anticipatory. Actual breach occurs where one party refuses to form his side of the bargain on the due date or performs incompletely. For example: Poussard
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A standard form contract (sometimes referred to as an adhesion contract or boilerplate contract) is a contract between two parties that does not allow for negotiation‚ i.e. take it or leave it. It is often a contract that is entered into between unequal bargaining partners‚ such as when an individual customer is given a contract by the salesperson of a multinational corporation. The customer is in no position to renegotiate the standard terms of the contract and the company ’s representative usually
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