Contract Law Briefs
Writing
• Contracts do not have to be either written or oral
o They can be party written or party oral.
• All common law jurisdictions have adopted some form of the Statute of Frauds
• To what does the statute of Frauds apply?
o What contracts are caught by the contracts?
o What contracts are within the statute?
o Chiefly 2 […]
Contract Law Requirments
[It’s been awhile…]
page 311 – review Foakes v. Beer
…long line of sorrows springing from this case…
• Pinnel’s Case: A debtor’s promise to pay a creditor a lessor sum is not consideration
• Foakes v. Beer not altogether satisfactory – note that judges both express sheepishess at their ruling.
• Note 1 page 311 – Mercantile Law Amendment […]










