Law of Contract - I

SNDT Women's University · LL.B. Semester 1 · 1002

Unit I — Module I (1 credit): Formation of Contract

Meaning and nature of contract · Offer / Proposal: definition, communication, revocation, general/specific offer, invitation to treat · Acceptance: definition, communication, revocation, tenders/auctions

Unit II — Module II (1 credit): Consideration and Capacity

Consideration: definition, essentials, privity of contract · Capacity to enter into a contract: minor's position, nature/effect of minor's agreements

Unit III — Module III (1 credit): Validity, Discharge and Performance of Contract

Free Consent · Coercion, undue influence, misrepresentation, fraud, mistake · Unlawful consideration and object · Effect of void, voidable, valid, illegal, unlawful and uncertain agreements · Discharge of contracts · Performance; time and place of performance · Impossibility of performance and frustration · Breach: anticipatory and present

Unit IV — Module IV (1 credit): Remedies and Quasi Contracts

Remedies: damages (kinds, remoteness etc.), injunction, specific performance, quantum meruit · Quasi Contracts (Sections 68-72)