LAW OF CONTRACT Thursday 9:00 Summer Term‚ 2014 Lecturer and Module Co-ordinator: John Halladay Texts: Poole‚ Textbook on Contract Law McKendrick‚ Contract Law Casebook: Both Poole and McKendrick have casebooks which are very good. There are also many others on the market. Statute book: There are not many statutes in the course but there are some and this will be useful for the exam. Any Contract or Commercial Law statute book should do. A. WHY CONTRACT? A
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Hobbes and the Hypothetical Contract In dealing with the problem with political authority Thomas Hobbes proposes that state’s derive their power from a hypothetical social contract that is made between a government and its citizens. It attempts to solve the problem with political legitimacy and political obligation; the right to rule and the reason citizens obey those in power. Hobbes believes that the only way to get out of a wild and unjust “state of nature” is to collectively give up some of
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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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Futures contract In finance‚ a futures contract is a standardized contract between two parties to exchange a specified asset of standardized quantity and quality for a price agreed today (the futures price or the strike price) but with delivery occurring at a specified future date‚ the delivery date. The contracts are traded on a futures exchange. The party agreeing to buy the underlying asset in the future‚ the "buyer" of the contract‚ is said to be "long"‚ and the party agreeing to sell the asset
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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS type of contract definition permanent contract An employee who has been hired and paid directly by that employer for a position without a predetermined time limit. contract with employer period benefits yes without time limit all from employer yes time limit: date rarely‚ in NL all except pension in some cases yes time limit: date‚ task‚ project‚ by law (maternity leave f.e.) rarely yes time limit rarely no‚ work agency
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Question Martina owns two houses in Loughchester. In May‚ she entered into a contract with Loughchester University for it to rent the houses for the coming academic year for use as student accommodation. The University paid Martina £750 straight away‚ with the rent to be paid to Martina by the University monthly in arrears. Martina then engaged Roger Roofers Ltd to carry out repairs on the roofs of the houses‚ to be completed by 23 September‚ in time for the arrival of the students. She paid Roger
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studies are concerned with the Law of Contract‚ specifically the formation of a contract and the differences between an invitation to treat and a contract. We will investigate each consumers’s specific contract or lack thereof individually and advise Bruce on his legal position. A contract is an agreement between two or more parties which in Scotland does not need to take a specific form‚ as a spoken agreement is still equally as enforceable as a written contract in certain circumstances such as in
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OPTIONAL QUESTION: Advise: (A) Mr. Neft given that Mr Browne has failed to appoint him to Chief of Police. The first issue is whether the contract between John Browne and Mr. Neft was illegal by common law. At common law an illegal contract is determined based on public policy and results in the contract being unenforceable. In the case of Enderby Town FC Ltd v Football Association‚ Lord Denning referred to public policy as an ‘unruly horse’‚ due to its broad character and its subjectivity to
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Payment‚ similar to consideration‚ is one of 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
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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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