General Principles of Contract
University of Kota · LL.B. Semester 1 · Paper 2
Unit 1 — Contract
(a) Meaning, elements and characteristics of contract · (b) Basis of Contract · (c) Classification of contract, including the standard form of contract.
Unit 2 — Proposal
(a) Meaning, elements, characteristics and kinds of proposal, distinction between proposal and invitation to Proposal. · (b) Acceptance: Meaning, Modes and Characteristics of Acceptance. · (c) Communication, revocation and termination of proposal and Acceptance.
Unit 3 — Consideration
(a) Meaning, definition and Elements of consideration · (b) Significance and adequacy of consideration · (c) Unlawful consideration and object. · (d) Concept of stranger to contract.
Unit 4 — Capacity to contract
(a) Who cannot make a contract, who is minor and the place of minor under the law of contract. · (b) Person of unsound mind, nature of contract ‗by person of unsound mind · (c) Persons deprived of the capacity to contract.
Unit 5 — Free Consent
(a) Meaning of consent and free consent · (b) Factors rendering consent not free and their affect upon the validity of contract.
Unit 6 — Void Agreements
(a) Agreements in restraint of marriage: freedom of trade and right to initiate legal proceedings. · (b) Agreements involving uncertainty :. wager and impossibility. Contingent Ccgitract: Certain relations resembling to those created by contract (Quasi contract).
Unit 7 — Performance of Contract
(a) Who is liable to perform, joint rights and joint liability and performance of reciprocal promises. · (b) Time, place and manner or performance · (c) Discharge from liability to perform the contract.
Unit 8 — Breach of Contract
(a) Maning and kinds. · (b) Remedies for breach of contract. · (i) Damages - Measure of damages and remoteness of damages. · (ii) Specific performance of contract and injunction under Specific Relief Act. i.