Contract Law Past Consideration
Consideration:
• Number of plausible ways to look at the different types of agreements that the law will enforce
o In common law, we enforce almost none of these
o Consideration: The type of promises that we enforce end up coinciding with what would be looked at if we said we would enforce “serious promises”, etc.
• Requires evidence […]
Contract Law Entitlement
Assignment #1
There are some agreements that seem to have the outwards signals of a contract – offer, etc. There are some agreements to look like contracts, but courts do not enforce.
For example, “I’ll make supper tonight if you make supper tomorrow night.” There we have offer, acceptance and consideration. However, if the person did not […]
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 […]
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