Formation of Contract

Introduction to Contract Law

• Nature, purpose, and historical development of contract law
• Freedom of contract and objective theory of contract

Offer and Acceptance

• Distinction between offer and invitation to treat
• Communication, acceptance, and termination of offers

Consideration and Promissory Estoppel

• The doctrine of consideration and its adequacy vs. sufficiency
• Modern developments in doctrine and promissory estoppel

Intention to Create Legal Relations

• Commercial vs. social and domestic agreements
• Rebuttable legal presumptions