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Contract Law Basics

Consideration
•    Promises – the law does not enforce promises per se.
o    Promises of gifts are not enforceable.
o    The law considers the spirit of altruism rare.
•    What criteria should we use to categorize the subset of promises that attract legal enforceability?
o    What would be a sensible way to do this?
o    The promises which the law should […]

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 […]

English Contract Law

Promissory Estoppel:
•    There are 57 different types of estoppel under our legal system.
•    This is why it must be qualified as promissory estoppel.
o    Invented by Denning L. in 1940s.
o    Original formulation had in it ambiguitiy almost to the point of contradiction.
•    Para 2 on page 316
o    3 or 4 diff formulations just in that one […]

Contract Law Reliance

Mitigation
•    The victims of a broken contract must act reasonably to mitigate their losses.
•    This will reduce the damages that the D will have to pay in the case of a law suit.
o    From Chicoutimi, a victorious P is to get their expectations.
•    So in the case of a broken employment contract, the expectation would […]

Contract Law Consideration

This is the second class.  Last week’s class was replaced by visit to N.B. C.A.
Remedies:  Review from last day
•    Principle remedy for a broken contract is a money-remedy – damages
o    Again, do not confuse damages with damage.  Damage is the injury.  Damages is a technical term for the money remedy awarded by courts.
•    The traditional […]