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The Law of Contract
Mock test
1. Translation of legal phrases - 2 points per line
2. Definitions - 3 points each
3. Two questions – 5 points each
All in all – 59 points
To pass – you need at least 70%, i.e. 41 points
CONTRACTS
definition:
Contract can be defined as a binding
agreement between two or more
parties that is enforceable by law.
Essential Elements of a Contract
Legal intention
Právní záměr
Offer and acceptance
Nabídka a její přijetí
(Valuable) Consideration
(Hodnotové) Protiplnění
Certain terms
Jasné/konkrétní smluvní
podmínky
Legal subject-matter
Capacity
Zákonný předmět smlouvy
Právní způsobilost
Types of contract
Unilateral contract
Jednostranná
Bilateral contract
Dvojstranná
Valid
Platná
Invalid (null and void)
Neplatná
Voidable
Zrušitelná
Oral
Ústní
Written
Písemná
Executed
Splněná
Executory
Dosud nesplněná
Cotract terms
Conditions
Smluvní podmínka
zakládající odpovědnost z
porušení
Warranties
Vedlejší ujednání,
subsidiární podmínka
Express
Výslovná podmínka
Implied
Skrytá/mlčky
předpokládaná podmínka
Platnost a účinnost
Platnost
Účinnost
Force, validity
Effect
The contract goes into force The contract is effective as
The contract is in force from from…
…
To be authorized to enter
into a contract
Být způsobilý uzavřít
smlouvu
According to a contract
Podle smlouvy
Listening p.5 ex.7
1. agreement
2. consideration
3. legal
4. negotiations
5. accepted
6. price
7. communicated
8. silence
9. price
10.binding
11.consideration
Drafting a Contract
Prepare a contract between you as a group of
students and me as your teacher.
Make sure it meets the formal recquirements
(using the prompts from the Blue Dart contract)
Put in any clauses you like
One of you is a chair and manages the meeting:
OK, the first issue on today’s agenda is…
Share your findings with the whole group:
1. One person describes the contract
2. One person shares the team’s legal opinion on
the validity, ticking off all the essential
elements on the list
Legal intention
Offer and acceptance
(Valuable) Consideration
Certain terms
Legal subject-matter
Capacity
Situations p.4 ex.4
a.
At an auction, the auctioneer says, “What am I bid for this antique clock?” One of the
bidders in the room says, “100 euro.”
100 euro is the offer, no acceptance yet
b. Ann’s father makes a promise to pay her 2,000 pounds on the day she turns 18. On her
eighteen’s birthday she seeks the money promised to her.
Gratuitous promise
under English law enforceable if it is made by deed (legal instrument in writing)
c. John says to Paul, “I’m going to sell my bike for 100 pounds.” Paul cries out, “All right, here
is the money. I’ll take it.”
Offer by Paul not John, John has to accept it
(John´s offer would have to be: I will sell my bike to you for …)
d. The citizens of a town collect 2,000 pounds offering it as a reward for catching a suspected
criminal. A WPC, member of the local police force, apprehends the suspect and seeks the
reward.
Unilateral contract
e. Standing at one end of a long bridge, Sarah says to Louise, “I’ll give you three pounds if
you walk across the bridge.” Without saying a word Louise starts walking across the
bridge.
Oral contract, acceptance by conduct
f. Adam offers Ken 10 dollars to steal four beer mugs from their favorite pub. Ken steals the
mugs, brings them to Adam and asks for the money.
Illegal subject-matter, invalid contract
Summary of Introduction to the law of contract
p.4 ex.5
1. Obligation
9. Property
2. Agreement
10. Breach
3. Consideration
11. Damages
4. Capacity
12. Performance
5. Fraud
13. Terms
6. Illegal
7. Oral
8. Signed
True/False p.5 ex.6
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vii.
viii.
ix.
x.
xi.
xii.
xiii.
T
T
T
F
F
F
T
T
F
T
F
F
T