General Principles of Law of Contact
University of Calcutta · LL.B. Semester 1
Unit 1 — Historical development of law of contract in India
Historical development of law of contract in India · Definition · Essentials of contract · Agreements which are not contracts- Void and voidable contracts, Standard form of Contract
Unit 2 — Offer
Offer · Essentials · Kinds of offer · Invitation to offer · Lapse of offer · Acceptance · Essentials-Communication of acceptance- Contract through post-Provisional acceptance of acceptance
Unit 3 — Consideration
Consideration · Definition and essentials · Past, present, and future consideration · Privity of contract
Unit 4 — Capacity to contract
Capacity to contract · Contracts by or with Minors, lunatics, drunken, alien enemies, foreign sovereigns, insolvents, convicts, and lawyers
Unit 5 — Free consent
Free consent- Coercion -Duress-Undue influence-Misrepresentation · Fraud -Mistake
Unit 6 — Lawful object
Lawful object- Unlawful agreements- Agreements opposed to public policy-Recovery of things given under an illegal agreement · Wagering contract · Contingent contract –Uncertain agreement
Unit 7 — Discharge of contract
Discharge of contract · By performance · By impossibility of performance · By novation –By breach- Remedies for breach-Rules relating to damages
Unit 8 — Quasi-contract
Quasi-contract- Theories-Kinds of quasi-contract
Unit 9 — Specific Relief –Recovery of possession of immovable and movable property -Specific perfor
Specific Relief –Recovery of possession of immovable and movable property -Specific performance of contract · Injunctions · The above issues are to be studied with special reference to the Indian Contract Act, 1872, Specific Relief Act, 1963, and relevant case laws on the subject.