Contract Law - Introduction to the Law of Contract
This page explains some contract basics. Additional notes are included in grey so that you can skim over these if you just want a general read. This is quite a long page. If you're looking for some specific information, try the student notes.
Meaning of 'contract'
Whilst it's probably impossible to give one absolute and universally correct definition of a contract, the most commonly accepted definition is:
'a promise or set of promises which the law will enforce' (Pollock Principles of Contract (13th Edn) 1)
The expression 'contract' may, however, be used to describe any or all of the following:
- that series of promises or acts themselves constituting the contract;
- the document or documents constituting or evidencing that series of promises or acts, or their performance;
- the legal relations resulting from that series
This page is concerned only with those contracts governed by English law.
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