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What is Law ?
The law is a set of legal rules that governs the
way members of a society act towards one
another. Law is that portion of the
established habit and thought of mankindwhich has gained distinct and formal
recognition in the shape of uniform rules
backed by the authority and power of the
Government.
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NEED FOR LAW
Without law, life and business would become
a matter of survival, not only of the fittest but
also of the most ruthless. Laws are required
in society to regulate the behavior of theindividual, to correspond with what is
acceptable to the majority of individuals, Law
is the potential tool of social change. If fact
law and society are complementary. Nosociety can exist without law. It is essential for
up keeping of peace in the society.
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BRANCHES OF LAW
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
CRIMINAL LAW CIVIL LAW,
COMMERCIAL LAW
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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Is the law which
regulates the structure of the principal organs
of the government and their relationships to
one another and determines their principalfunctions. The rules consist both of legal rules
and of usages, commonly called conventions,
which without being enacted are accepted as
binding by all concerned with the government
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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW It is the law that
governs the executive branch of the
government. It is as old as the executive.
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CRIMINAL LAWS
CRIMINAL LAWS Are the laws which wrong
doers are punished. At the same time, civil
laws are those laws with which the private
rights of an individual are enforced
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MERCANTILE/BUSINESS LAWS
It is a laws concerning trade, industry &
commerce. Business law refers to those rules
& regulations which governs the formation &
execution of business transactions made byvarious persons in the society.
Business law includes laws relating to
contract, sale of goods, negotiable
instruments, partnership, company & manyother economic laws having a bearing on
trade, industry & commerce.
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SCOPE OF BUSINESS LAW
The scope of the business law hasenormously widened due to the increasingcomplexities of the modern business world.
It usually covers topics of contracts,bailment, Agency, sale of goods,partnerships, companies, negotiableinstruments, insurance, pollution control etc.
These and other topics are covered bylegislations enacted by Central and StateGovernments.
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Introductory Law
Ignorantia juris non excusat
As citizens, we're expected to know and obey
all of these laws, in addition to state and localstatutes and the relevant court opinions that
interpret the breadth and depth of all of those
laws.
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The Law of Contract
In India, the law of contract is contained in the
Indian Contract Act 1872. It extends to whole
of India except the state of J & K and came
into force on 1st
sept 1872.
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Contract Act
Contract act deals with Juris in Personem
rather than Juris in Rem
A judgment rendered against individual iscalled as Juris in Personem.
A judgement rendered against the thing,
property, or a right is called as Juris in Rem
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Definition of Contract
Contract - An agreement enforceable by law
is a contract.
All agreements are contracts if they are madeby the free consent of parties competent to
contract, for a lawful consideration and with a
lawful object, and are not hereby expressly
declared to be void.
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Definition of Contract
Contract = An Agreement + Its
Enforceability
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Agreement
Every promise & every set of promises
forming the consideration for each other is an
agreement.
What is Promise ?
A proposal when accepted becomes a promise.
Agreement = Proposal (offer) + Acceptance.
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Definations.
Proposal - When one person signifies to
another his willingness to do or to abstain
from doing anything, with a view to obtaining
the assent of that other to such act orabstinence, he is said to make a proposal.
Promise - When the person to whom the
proposal is made signifies his assent thereto,
the proposal is said to be accepted. Aproposal, when accepted, becomes a
promise.
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The person making the proposal is called the
"promisor and the person accepting the
proposal is called the It promisee
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Agreement
Al l Ag reements are no t Contracts But all
contracts are Agreements
a. Social Agreement
b. Legal Agreement
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Kinds of Contract.
Void contract A contract which ceases to beenforceable by law becomes void when itceases to be enforceable.
Executed contract Where both the partieshave performed their obligations, it isexecuted contract.
Executory Contract - Where neither of the
parties have performed their obligations, ieboth the parties are yet to perform theirpromises, the contract is executory.
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Continued
Implied Contract The terms of a contract
are inferred from the conduct or dealings
between the parties. When proposal or
acceptance of any promise is made otherwisethan in words, the promise is said to be
implied. Such implied promise leads to
Implied Contract.
Quasi Contract Certain relations resemblethose created by a contract. Certain
obligations which are not contracts in fact but
are so in contemplation of law are Quasi
Contracts.
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Contingent Contract - It is a contract to do or
not to do something, if some event, collateral
to such contract, does or does not happen.
Voidable Contract A contract is voidablewhen one of the parties to the contract have
not exercised their free consent.
Speciality Contract It is a contract which is
in writing, signed, sealed & delivered by the
parties.
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Essential elements of a Valid Contract.
1. Proposal & Acceptance.
2. Consideration.
3. Capacity of parties to contract.
4. Free Consent.
5. Agreement should not be expressly declared
void.
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6. Writing & Registration, if so required by law.
7. Legal Relationship.
8. Certainity.
9. Possibility of Performance.
10. Enforceable by law.
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Proposals
Proposal - When one person signifies to
another his willingness to do or to abstain
from doing anything, with a view to obtainingthe assent of that other to such act or
abstinence, he is said to make a proposal.
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Essentials of Proposal:
1. Beyond expression of willingness, there must
be something in the nature of a request.
2. Proposer cannot dictate terms.
3. An offer must be intended to create &
capable of creating legal relations.
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Communication of proposals.
The communication of a proposal is complete
when it comes to the knowledge of the
person to whom it is made. Eg - A proposes, by letter, to sell a house to
B at a certain price. The communication of
the proposal is complete when B receives the
letter.
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Acceptance
When one person to whom the proposal is
made signifies his assent thereto, the
proposal is said to be accepted. Proposal when accepted becomes promise.
The person making the proposal is called the
Promisorand person accepting the proposalbecomes Promisee.
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Essentials of Acceptance.
1. Acceptance must be absolute and
unqualified.
2. It must be expressed in some usual &
reasonable manner.
3. Mental Acceptance is not sufficient in Law.4. Acceptance must be communicated to the
offerer.
5. Acceptance must be by a certain person.
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6. Acceptance must be given within a
reasonable time.
7. Acceptance must be given before the offer
lapses or is revoked or is withdrawn.8.Acceptance of proposal is acceptance of all
terms.
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Communication of an acceptance
The communication of an acceptance iscomplete, -
as against the proposer, when it is put in acourse of transmission to him, so as to be outof the power of the acceptor; as against theacceptor, when it comes to the, knowledge, ofthe proposer.
Eg : B accepts A's proposal by a letter sent bypost. The communication of the acceptanceis complete, as against A when the letter isposted as against B, when the letter isreceived by A.
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Revocation of proposals and
acceptances
Revocation of proposals and acceptances.
A proposal may be revoked at any time
before the communication of its acceptance iscomplete as against the proposer, but notafterwards.
An acceptance may be revoked at any
time before the communication of theacceptance is complete as against theacceptor, but not afterwards
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Capacity of parties to Contract.
An agreement becomes a contract if it is
entered between the parties who are
competent to Contract.
Every person is Competent to contract
1. Who is of the age of majority according to the
law.2. Who is of sound mind.
3. Who is not disqualified by any law.
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Free Consent
"Free consent" - Consent is said to be freewhen it is not caused by
1) coercion,
2) undue influence3) fraud,
4) misrepresentation,
5) mistake.
Consent is said to be so caused when itwould not have been given but for theexistence of such coercion, undue influence,fraud, misrepresentation or mistake.
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Coercion
Coercion is the committing, or threatening to
commit, any act forbidden by the Indian Penal
Code, or the unlawful detaining, or threatening
to detain, any property, to the prejudice of anyperson whatever, with the intention of causing
any person to enter into an agreement.
Eg - A, on board an English ship on the high seas,
causes B to enter into an agreement by an actamounting to criminal intimidation under the
Indian Penal Code.
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Undue influence
A contract is said to be induced by "undueinfluence where the relations subsisting betweenthe parties are such that one of the parties isin a position to dominate the will of the other
and uses that position to obtain an unfairadvantage over the other.
Eg - A had given advance money to his son B duringhis minority, upon B's coming of age obtains, bymisuse of parental influence, a bond from B for agreater amount than the sum due inrespect of the advance. Here A employs undueinfluence.
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Fraud
"Fraud" means and includes any of the following
acts committed by a party to a contract, or with his
connivance, or by his agent, with intent to deceiveanother party thereto of his agent, or to induce
him to enter into the contract
1) the suggestion, as a fact, of that which is
not true, by one who does not believe it to be true;
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2) The active concealment of a fact by one
having knowledge or belief of the fact.
3) A promise made without any intention of
performing.4) Any other act fitted to deceive;
5) Any such act or omission as the law
specially declares to be fraudulent.
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Misrepresentation
"Misrepresentation" means and includes
1) the positive assertion, in a manner not
warranted by the information of the person
making it, of that which is not true, though hebelieves it to be true.
2) any breach, of duty which, without an intent to
deceive, gains an advantage to the person
committing it, or any one claiming under him, by
misleading another to his prejudice or to the
prejudice of any one claiming under him.
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3) causing, however innocently, a party to an
agreement to make a mistake as to the
substance of the thing which is the subject of
the agreement.
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Contingent contract
"Contingent contract" defined
A "contingent contract" is a contract to do or
not to do something, if some event, collateralto such contract, does or does not happen.
Essential characteristics of a contingent
Contract
1. There should be existence of a contingency,
happening or non happening of some event
in future.
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2. Contingency must be uncertain.
3. The event must be collateral, for example,
incidental to the contract.
EgA contracts to pay B Rs 10,000 if Bs
house is burnt. This is a contingent contractas A will pay B only if his house burns and not
otherwise.
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Waggering Contracts.
It is agreement by mutual promises, each of
them conditional on the happening or not
happenning of an unknown event.
All wagers are contingent but all contingent
contracts are not wagers.
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Quasi Contracts
Quasi Contract is an obligation resembling
that created by a contract.
It is implied Contract. The essentials of formation of contracts are
absent.
There is no agreement at all.
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Types of Quasi Contracts.
Where a person supplies neccessaries to a
person incapable of contracting, he is entitled
to be reimbursed from that property of such
incapable person.A person who is interested in the payment of
money which another is bound by law to pay
is entitled to be reimbersed by other.
A person to whom money is paid by mistakeor under coercion, must repay or return it.
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When a person lawfully does anything not
intending to do so gratuitously & other person
enjoys benefit thereof, the later is bound to
make compensation to the former.A person who finds the goods belonging to
another is subject to the same liabilities as a
bailee of goods. He is entitled to retain the
goods until he receives the lawful charges orcompensation.
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Discharge of Contract.
Discharge means termination of a contract.
The contract may be discharged in any of
following ways1. By performance.
2. By death.
3. By refusing tender of performance.
4. By breach of Contract.
5. By impossibility of performance.
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6. By agreement or by consent.
7. By promisee failing to offer facilities for
performance.
8. By operation of law.9. By unauthorized material alteration of a
contract.
10. Discharge by lapse of time.
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Breach of Contract
Breach of contract is non performance of
contract.
Remedies for breach of contract to
Aggrieved party.1. Suit for specific performance The court
directs party commiting breach to perform the
promise according to the terms of the contract.
2. Suit for injunction An injunction is an order of
Court directing person to do or refrain from
doing some act which is subject matter of
contract.
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3. Suit for damages, for the loss sustained In
case of breach of contract, injured party can
claim for damages caused due to breach.
4. Quantum meruit Quantum meruit means as
much as earned or deserved or as much as is
merited. A person can claim payment for thework done or goods supplied.
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