Chapter 1
Formation of Contract
Introduction to Contract Law
- Nature, purpose, and historical development of contract law
- Freedom of contract and objective theory of contract
Offer and Acceptance
- Distinction between offer and invitation to treat
- Communication, acceptance, and termination of offers
Consideration and Promissory Estoppel
- The doctrine of consideration and its adequacy vs. sufficiency
- Modern developments in doctrine and promissory estoppel
Intention to Create Legal Relations
- Commercial vs. social and domestic agreements
- Rebuttable legal presumptions