Introduction to Contracts

Introduction to Contracts

This module covers some basic concepts in Contract Law. What are the necessary parts of a contract? When might a contract be unenforceable?  What role do contracts play in a common law system? How do contracts help individuals and society develop products and services that would otherwise be too difficult? 

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14 of 14: What Makes a Contract Enforceable? [No. 86]

Professor Todd Zywicki outlines the basic factors that make a contract enforceable. All parties must show that they intended to be legally bound by the contract, according to the assumptions of an ordinary reasonable person. Professor Zywicki then su ... Professor Todd Zywicki outlines the basic factors that make a contract enforceable. All parties must show that they intended to be legally bound by the contract, according to the assumptions of an ordinary reasonable person. Professor Zywicki then summarizes the two factors required for a legal contract - “consideration” and “offer and acceptance.”

Professor Todd J. Zywicki is George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, and Research Fellow at the GMU Law & Economics Center.

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