法律英語-合同法教程文件

法律英語--合同法2023/2/7法律英語2ContractDefinitionAcontractisbasicallyanagreementbetweentwoormorepeoplewhichcreatesanobligationtodo,ornotdo,something.Theagreementcreatesalegalrelationshipofrightsandduties.Iftheagreementisbroken,thenthelawprovidescertainremedies.

2023/2/7法律英語3ThreeFactorsTherearethreefactorsnecessarytocreateacontract:

1)anoffer,2)acceptance,and3)consideration.Onepartymakesanoffer,thesecondpartymust

accepttheofferandtheremustbeconsiderationexchanged.Considerationhastobesomethingofvalue.2023/2/7法律英語4ExampleofContractsEmploymentcontractsServiceContracts

InsuranceContractsSaleofIntangibles(stocks,bonds,patents,copyrights,etc)2023/2/7法律英語5ContractlawContractlawcoversthelegalimplicationsofacontract.Forinstance,contractlawdetermineswhatisandisnotconsideration,whetheracontractwasactuallyintended,ifthepartiesmakingthecontractwerelegallycompetent,whethertherewasfraudorduressinvolved,orhowacontractisterminated.2023/2/7法律英語6BackgroundUniformCommercialCodeConsumerProtectionStatutesLaborLawInsuranceLaw涉及合同問題2023/2/7法律英語7美國合同法由法律保證執(zhí)行強(qiáng)制執(zhí)行的限度法律補(bǔ)救方法Expectationdamages

Agreeduponremedies

Equitablerelief

2023/2/7法律英語8relief

in

the

form

of

specific

performance

the

injunctionthe

development

of

so

calledmaxims

of

equity

law

Special

characteristics

of

equity

law：2023/2/7法律英語9However,

equitable

relief

regularly

will

lie

only

when

the

common

law

relief

isinadequate.

2023/2/7法律英語10For

instance,

specific

performance

for

the

purchase

of

real

propertywill

be

granted

because

common

law

damages

are

deemed

to

be

inadequate

since

they

cannot

compensate

the

buyerin

view

of

the

uniqueness

attributed

toreal

property.

2023/2/7法律英語11Supposethatavendorofhousebacksoutonthedeal.Thevendeemaysuefordamagesundercommon-lawprinciples,butifhewantsacourttoforcethesellertosell(specificperformance)heusesprinciplesdevelopedinequity.2023/2/7法律英語12“ordinary”

common

law

relief

of

damages

普通法規(guī)定的賠償金救濟(jì)“extraordinary”

equity

remedy

of

specific

performance

衡平法規(guī)定的特定履行救濟(jì)2023/2/7法律英語13

Contract——anagreementbetweentwoormorepersons.NotmerelyasharedbeliefAcommonunderstandingastosomething2023/2/7法律英語14ContractDocumentThesetofpapersinwhichsuchagreementissetforth.文件——陳述契約的一系列文件。2023/2/7法律英語15ForlawyersContract----anagreementthathaslegaleffect.Itcreatesobligationsforwhichsomesortoflegalenforcementwillbeavailableifperformanceisnotforthcomingaspromised.2023/2/7法律英語16Threeelementsinatransaction

——contract1.Theagreement-in-fact

2.Theagreement-in-written

3.Thesetofrightsandduties……2023/2/7法律英語17THEWAYS

訂立協(xié)議和執(zhí)行協(xié)議的方法Theroleoflawyersandjudges1.Increatingcontracts；2.indeci