国际商法Contract1.ppt

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1、ContractLawCaseDandPhaddinnertogether.Attheendofthemeal,DofferedtosellfarmtoPfor$50,000.Twodayslater,whenPdemandedD’sperformentofthecontract.Dclaimedhewasdrunkatthetime,kiddingandPknewthat.Dthoughtthattherewasnocontract.CaseLucyv.Zehmer(1954)DefinitionofContract

2、Dictionarydefinition:EnglishlawFrenchlawTheUnitedStatesPICCCISGChinaContractLawFormofContractOralorWrittenImpliedContractorExpressContractBilateralContractorUnilateralContractConditionalContractorUnconditionalContractFormationofContractElementsofacontractValidit

3、yofacontractSectionAFormationofContracts1.Theessentialelementsofabindingcontractualagreement:(a)offer(要约)(b)acceptance（承诺）(c)consideration（对价）(d)capacity(订立合同的能力）(e)intentiontocreatlegalrelations(创立合同关系的意图）SectionAFormationofContracts2.BasicPrinciplesofContractL

4、awAutonomyGoodfaithandhonestyFairnessLegitimacySectionAFormationofContracts(1)offer--Anofferisapromise,whichiscapableofacceptance,tobeboundonparticularterms.--Anofferdiffersfrom:(a)amerestatementofintention(b)ameresupplyofinformation(c)aninvitationofoffer(要约引诱）S

5、ectionAFormationofContractsAnadvertisementofferstosellaringfor$1tothefirstcustomerinline.Plaintiff(P)sentatelegramtodefendant(D)askingforthelowestpricefortencarloadsofMasongreenjars. DsentatelegrambackonApril23rdstatingthepricesfor“immediateacceptance”.Paccepted

6、thisofferonthesamedayandsentinthespecificationsthatcalledfor“strictlyfirstqualitygoods”. DrespondedthatitcannotmeetP’sorderbecauseoutputisallsoldout.SectionAFormationofContracts--Whataretherequirementsforanoffer?Clearexpressionofcontractualintentiondefiniteconte

7、nttobecontainedinacontractsuccessfulcommunicationtotheoffereeSectionAFormationofContracts--legaleffectofanofferIngeneral,anofferhasbindingeffectontheofferor.Anoffershallnotbealteredorwithdrawn.(continentallawsystem)Ingeneral,theofferorisnotboundbytheofferunlessi

8、tissignedandsealed.(commonlawsystem)Anofferisrevocable.Buttheofferorisliableforthedamagescausedbytherevocation.SectionAFormationofContractsTerminationofoffer:revocati