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The Pros And Cons Of Contract Law

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The modern contract action can be traced to the English common law writs of debt, detinue, and covenant, which were created in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
The fundamental concern of the law of contracts is the enforcement and promissory obligations, that are determined under the contract. The liability of the conctracts can be formed as an express promise, in which the rules of the contract are fully performed, or through the implied in facts promise, where the acceptance or understanding of the contract is showed according to the acts of the party. A contract is a legally enforceable agreement containing one or more promises. Not every promise is a contract—only those promises enforceable by law. Although the word contract is often …show more content…

The contract law is considered as the state law, rather than it is considered as the federal law. Althought, the contract law is considered more as the case law, there are many numbers of statutes that are consisted of rules and regulations of particular problems of the contract law. The examples of the rules that are occupied with the contractual problems, are the Uniform Comercial Code (sale of goods) and the Tucker Act (one of the most imortant statutes on the federal level in the field of the contractual law). Every single rule made by the case law or by the statutory law is mandatory (which means that it must be follwed by the court), but other laws that are not regulated by these two kinds of laws are …show more content…

The definition of the contract is stated like the promise which is given for the breach, for which the remedy is supposed to be given. All promises made by the parties are not enforceable by the court, because the law has criteria that must be included in order to make the contrast legaly enforceable. Some of the contracts have to be in particular form, written or oral. For example, the Statutes of Frauds (1677) dictates the rule, in which all contract must be in written form to be enforceable in the law. The most common kinds of contracts covered by these statutes are contracts between merchants to sell goods, 6 contracts to sell land, contracts of suretyship, and contracts not to be performed within a year. Apart from the form of the contract, if the contract doesn 't have the consideration between the parties, the contract is enforceable. Consideration on the part of both parties is an essential element of a contract. One party’s promise (or consideration) must be bargained for and given in exchange for the other’s act or promise (his consideration). The bargain cannot involve something that is prohibited by law or that is against the best interests of society. And, finally, certain contracts, to be enforceable, must be evidenced

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