Law 1 - Contracts

Description of Class Syllabus
Due Dates
updated: 1-07-06
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Due Date
are due on
Tuesdays at 11:30 pm

 

 

 

 

Reference Materials

 

 

 

 

Topic

 

 

 

 

Assignments

 

 

 

 

Quiz

 

 

 

 

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1/10/06
Tuesday

 

 

 

 

reference: Summary of Contract Law - click here

Chapter outlines - click here

Chapter Powerpoint slides - click here

lecture notes
Nature and Terminology


Chp. 9 textbook

 

 

 

 

Introduction

Read Chp. 9

Nature and Terminology of Contracts



 

 

 

read syllabus, order textbook, read about etudes - click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

#1
introductions
#2
how to study law
#3
good legal writing
#4
readling like a lawyer



 

 

 

 

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1/10/06
Tuesday

 

 

 


Agreement lecture notes

Chp. 10 textbook

 

 

 


Read Chp. 10 Agreement

 

 

 


#5
Chp. 9 nature of contracts
posting

#6
Chp. 10
Offer & Acceptance
posting

 

 

 


#A
Chp. 9
Terminology Quiz

 

 

 

 

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1/10/06
Tuesday

 

 

 


Consideration
Lecture Notes



chp. 11 textbook

 

 

 



Read Chp. 11 Consideration

 

 

 

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#7
Draft Contract #1

 

 

 


read how to improve your score results on the quizzes

#B
Chp. 10
Agreement Quiz

 

 

4

 


1/17/06
Tuesday

 

 


Capacity lecture notes


 

 


Read Chp. 12
Capacity

 

 


#8
Chp. 11 Consideration posting

 

 


#C
Chp. 11 Consideration Quiz

 

 

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1/17/06
Tuesday

 

 

 

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#9
Chp. 12
Gambling Contracts

 

 

 

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1/17/06
Tuesday

 


Genuiness of Assent Lecture Notes

 


Read Chp. 13
Genuiness of Assent

 


#10
Chp. 13
Misrepresentation

 


#D
Chp. 12 Capacity Quiz

 

 


7








1/17/06
Tuesday

 

 



Statute of Fraud Lecture Notes

 

 


Read Chp. 14
Statute of Frauds

 


#11
Chp. 14
Statute of Frauds posting


#12
Draft Contract #2



#E
Chp. 13 Assent Quiz


8




1/24/06
Tuesday

 


3rd Party Rights
Lecture Notes

 


Read Chp. 15
3rd parties rights
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# F
Chp. 14 Statute of Frauds Quiz

 

 

 

 

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1/24/06
Tuesday
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#13
Chp. 15
Assignment posting

 

 

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#G
Chp.
15 3rd Party Rights Quiz

 

 

 

 

 

 


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1/24/06
Tuesday

 

 


Performance and Discharge Lecture Notes

 

 


Read Chp. 16
Performance and Discharge

 

 


#14
Chp 16
Substantial Performance

 

 


#H
Chp. 16 Perfmance and Discharge quiz

 

 

11





1/31/06
Tuesday

 


Breach of Contract Lecture Notes

 


Read Chp. 17
Breach of Contract


#15
Recission posting


#16
Draft Contract#3

 


#I
Chp. 17 Breach of Contract Quiz

 


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1/31/06
Tuesday

 

 



Formation of Sales Contracts' Notes

 




Read Chp. 19
Formation of Sales Contracts
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# J
Chp. 19
Formation of Sales Contracts

 

 

 


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1/31/06
Tuesday

 

 

 



Breach of Sales Agreements' Notes

 

 

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Read Chp. 22
Remedies for Breach of Sales Agreements

 

 

#17
Chp. 17
Negotiable Instruments
(problem 24-9, page 464 of the textbook)

#18
Draft Contract #4

 

 

 


#K
Chp. 22 Remedies for Breach of Sales Agreements

 

 

 

 

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2/05/06
Sunday

 

 

 

 

Negotiable Instruments lecture notes

 

 

 



Read Chp 24
Negotiable Instruments

 

 

 




#19
Draft Contract #5

 

 

 


#L
Chp. 24
Negotiable Instruments Quiz


 

 

 

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2/05/06
Sunday

 

 

 

Agency Lecture Notes

 

 

 



Read Chp. 31
Agency

 

 

 

#20
Principal Duties to agent

#21
Draft Contract #6

 

 

 


#M
Chp. 31 Agency Quiz

 

 

 

 

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