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CHAPTER 1 DEVELOPMENT OF CONTRACT LAW 1

1 The development of contract law 1

1.1 Functions of contract and contract law 1

1.2 Rise and fall of free choice 2

1.3 New situations in the development of modern contract law 6

1.4 The American Uniform Commercial Code(UCC) 10

CHAPTER 2 CONCEPT OF CONTRACT 13

2 Concept of contract 13

2.1 Contract defined 13

2.2 Contract classified 17

CHAPTER 3 ESSENTIALS OF CONTRACT 30

3 Offers 30

3.1 Offer defined 30

3.2 Invitation to treat 34

3.2.1 Invitation to treat or unilateral agreement 35

3.2.2 Online offer or online invitation to treat 37

3.3 Counter-offer and cross offers 38

3.4 Offer classified 41

3.5 Receipt of offer 42

3.6 Termination of offer 43

3.7 Revocability of offer 46

3.8 lrrevocability of offer 49

4 Acceptance 53

4.1 Acceptance defined 53

4.2 Means and timeliness of acceptance 56

4.3 Acceptance classified 59

4.3.1 Bilateral acceptance 60

4.3.2 Unilateral acceptance 63

4.4 Reception＆mailbox rules and the CISG 64

5 Consideration 66

5.1 Consideration defined 66

5.1.1 Legal detriment 68

5.1.2 Requirement of sufficient consideration 70

5.1.3 Gratuitous promise 76

6 Contractual intention 80

7 Competency 83

7.1 Minors 83

7.2 Mental illness or defect 86

7.3 Drunkards 87

7.4 Company(legal person)and authorities 87

7.5 Prisoners and convicts 91

8 Reality of consent 91

8.1 Mistake 91

8.2 Misrepresentation and fraud 99

8.2.1 Misrepresentation defined 99

8.2.2 Misrepresentation classified 100

8.3 Duress and undue influence 106

CHAPTER 4 INTERPRETATION AND THE PAROL EVIDENCE RULE 108

9 Interpretation 108

10 Parol evidence rule 113

10.1 Scope of application 113

10.2 Integration of contract 117

CHAPTER 5 PARTIES 122

11 Third party beneficiaries 122

11.1 Direct and incidental beneficiaries 122

11.2 Privity 128

12 Assignment of rights 133

12.1 Limitations on assignment 133

12.2 Forms of assignment 134

12.3 Effectiveness and irrevocability 139

12.4 Defenses of the obligor 141

12.5 Defenses of the assignees 143

13 Delegation of duties 144

14 Rights of the parties to a valid delegation 146

CHAPTER 6 PERFORMANCE 148

15 Breach of contract 148

15.1 Breach of condition 148

15.2 Excuse of condition 153

15.3 Breach of warranty 157

15.4 Major and minor breaches 158

15.5 Breach of intermediate terms 159

15.6 Present and anticipatory breaches 161

15.6.1 Present breach 161

15.6.2 Anticipatory breach 161

16 Termination and discharge of contractual duties 164

16.1 Impossibility of performance 164

16.2 Frustration of purpose,force majeure and clausula rebus sic stantibus 166

17 Performance of contracts for the sale of goods 171

17.1 Buyer's right to reject 171

17.2 Rejection of goods in installment contracts 171

18 Discharge of contract 173

CHAPTER 7 REMEDIES 178

19 Damages 178

19.1 Introduction 178

19.2 Types of damages 179

19.3 Mitigation 184

19.4 Liquidated damages 185

19.5 Damage in the absence of a bargain 188

20 Other remedies 189

Appendix Ⅰ Glossary 194

Appendix Ⅱ Forms of contract 206