Law of Contracts I

Module – I            Formation of Contract

• Definitions of Agreement, Contract, Void Agreement, Voidable Contract & Illegal Agreement
• Essentials of a Valid Offer & Acceptance
• Revocation of Offer & Acceptance
• Standard Form Contracts

Module – II           Consideration & Capacity

• Definition, Essentials & Kinds of Consideration
• Privity of Contract & its Exceptions
• Exceptions to the Rule that Agreement without Consideration is Void
• Nature & Ratification of Minor’s Agreement
• Return of Benefit secured by a Fraudulent Minor
• Minor’s liability for Necessaries

Module – III         Free Consent

• Coercion
• Undue Influence
• Fraud
• Misrepresentation
• Mistake
• Lawful Consideration & Object

Module – IV         Unlawful, Void Agreements & Contingent Contract

• Void Agreements

• Agreements in Restraint of Marriage
• Agreements in Restraint of Trade
• Agreements in Restraint of Judicial Proceedings – Agreement by Way of Wager
• Unlawful Agreements
• Contingent Contracts 

Module – V           Discharge of Contract 

• Discharge by Performance
• Discharge by Breach of Contract
• Discharge by Impossibility of Performance
• Discharge by Novation
• Quasi Contract
• Remedies for Breach of Contract

Suggested Reading: 

1. Avtar Singh, Law of Contract and Specific Relief, Eastern Book Company, 2013 (11th Edn)
2. Pollock & Mulla, Indian Contract and Specific Relief Act, Lexis Nexis, 2013(14^thEdn)
3. Anson, Law of Contract , Oxford University Press, 2010 (29th Edn)
4. Cheshire and Fifoot, Law of Contract, Lexis Nexis, 2010 (10th Edn)
5. Dutt, Contract- The Indian Contract Act, 1872, Eastern Law House, 11^th Edition, 2013
6. MLJ, Law of Contract and Specific Relief, Lexis Nexis, 2009