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    contract law agreement: objective test of intention to agree offer must be matched by other’s acceptance requirement of certainty of agreement parties have intention to create legal relations enforce promise: consideration promise is contained in a deed promissory estoppel (claimant has relied on defendant’s promise) reliance theory: consistent with the harm principle (prevent harm on others) restitution interest

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    Q&A 2 Certainty of terms and intention Introduction Contractual certainty If businessmen are often not overly-concerned with the niceties of offer and acceptance it follows that their contracts may not be all-embracing and complete in every respect. The parties may have reached an agreement in principle and then prefer to rely on experience from previous dealings‚ business practice and goodwill. The law’s overall policy is to uphold bargains wherever possible and although businessmen tend to

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    Society: A Review of Social Contract Theory The Social Contract Theory works as a rule of moral constraints in society for the common good. For Rachels’ perspective‚ “The Social Contract Theory: The right thing to do is to follow the rules that rational‚ self-interested people would agree to follow for their mutual benefit.” (Rachels 158) Based on “self-interested” criteria‚ people “need another enforceable agreement” to last harmonies which are built on this social contract. (Rachels 88) However

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    shown socially‚ technologically‚ and economically. With the introduction of a new role for women‚ new technology‚ introduction of credit. Although the 1920’s had some impacts from a conservation revolution‚ the majority of the revolution was innovated. While the Roaring Twenties was more of a revolution of innovation (change or new)‚ the 1920’s also was a revolution of conservation (favors traditions). With alcohol becoming more popular‚ it was seen as wrong. With the passing of the 18th Amendment

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    Assessments‚” and Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ in The Social Contract‚ each try to determine this structure‚ and they both assume that stability is vital to an ideally functioning society. Nevertheless‚ when it comes to the government’s power‚ Madison and Rousseau have little in common. Madison believes that the government is bound by a “great Barrier” which defends the individual’s’ rights and that any government breaching this barrier becomes a tyrant. In stark contrast‚ Rousseau claims that when people join

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    PAPER – CONTRACT 1 Define contract. Explain the essentials of valid contract. A voluntary‚ deliberate‚ and legally binding agreement between two or more competent parties. Contracts are usually written but may be spoken or implied‚ and generally have to do with employment‚ sale or lease‚ or tenancy. 1. Essentials of a valid contract All agreements are not contracts. Only that agreements which is enforceable at law is a contract. An agreement which is enforceable at law cannot be contract. Thus

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    final edited version of the Declaration of Independence. The members of the Continental Congress made only two minor changes in the opening paragraphs of Jefferson’s draft declaration. Most scholars today believe that Jefferson derived the most famous ideas in the Declaration of Independence from the writings of English philosopher John Locke. Locke wrote that all individuals are equal in the sense that they are born with certain inalienable natural rights. That is‚ rights that are God given and can

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    Thomas Fernandez Professor Rachel K Cremona Intro to Political Science January 24‚ 2013 The “Free” Citizen Freedom is defined as “the power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one wants.” (Oxford Dictionaries) Although the United States of America and many other countries pride themselves on being “free” this is not entirely the case. There is currently no such thing as an entirely free country anywhere on this planet. There are on the other hand many free countries that preach freedom

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    Journal of Organizational Behavior J. Organiz. Behav. 24‚ 537–559 (2003) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/job.205 Psychological contract development during organizational socialization: adaptation to reality and the role of reciprocity ´ ANS DE VOS1*‚ DIRK BUYENS2 AND RENE SCHALK3 1 Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School‚ Gent‚ Belgium Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School and Ghent University‚ Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

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    Partner From: Noelle Milburn Date: August 2‚ 2010 Re: Angela Woodside vs. Doyle Construction 1. Has Doyle Contractors breached its contract with Angela Woodside? Explain your answer fully. 2. Does Ms. Woodside have to wait until after April 1‚ 2008 to sue Doyle Contractors for breach of contract? Explain your answer fully. 3. Assuming a breach of contract has or will occur‚ what remedies does Ms Woodside have after the breach? 4. What defenses might Doyle Contractors raise in the event

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