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CHAPTER 1 DEVELOPMENT OF CONTRACT LAW
1 The development of contract law
1.1 Functions of contract and contract law
1.2 Rise and fall of free choice
1.3 New situations in the development of modern contract law
1.4 The American Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
CHAPTER 2 CONCEPT OF CONTRACT
2 Concept of contract
2.1 Contract defined
2.2 Contract classified
CHAPTER 3 ESSENTIALS OF CONTRACT
3 Offers
3.1 Offer defined
3.2 Invitation to treat
3.2.1 Invitation to treat or unilateral agreement
3.2.2 Online offer or online invitation to treat
3.3 Counter-offer and cross offers
3.4 OtTer classified
3.5 Receipt of offer
3.6 Termination of offer
3.7 Revocability of offer
3.8 Irrevocability of offer
4 Acceptancel
4.1 Acceptance defined
4.2 Means and timeliness of acceptance
4.3 Acceptance classified
4.3.1 Bilateral acceptance
4.3.2 Unilateral acceptance
4.4 Reception & mailbox rules and the CISG
5 Consideration
5.1 Consideration defined
5.1.1 Legal detriment
5.1.2 Requirement of sufficient consideration
5.1.3 Gratuitous promise
6 Contractual intention
7 Competency
7.1 Minors
7.2 Mental illness or defect
7.3 Drunkards
7.4 Company (legal person) and authorities
7.5 Prisoners and convicts
8 Reality of consent
8.1 Mistake
8.2 Misrepresentation and fraud
8.2.1 Misrepresentation defined
8.2.2 Misrepresentation classified
8.3 Duress and undue influenceI
CHAPTER 4 INTERPRETATION AND THE PAROL EVIDENCE RULE
9 Interpretation
10 Parolevidenee rule
10.1 Scope of application
10.2 Integration of contract
CHAPTER 5 PARTIES
11 Third party beneficiaries
11.1 Direct and incidental beneficiaries
11.2 Privity
12 Assignment of rights
12.1 Limitations on assignment
12.2 Forms of assignment
12.3 Effectiveness and irrevocability
12.4 Defenses of the obligor
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CHAPTER 6 PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER 7 REMEDIES
Appendix I Glossary
Appendix Ⅱ Forms of contract