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Business Law

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3 branches of government   executive, legislative, judicial  
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Legislative   Makes laws: Congress, House of Representatives, Senate  
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Executive   Carries out laws: President, Vice President, Cabinet, Federal Agencies  
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Judicial   Evaluates laws: Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, District Courts  
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Types of Courts   US Supreme courts, State Supreme Courts, State Appellate Courts, State District Courts, Courts of Limited Jurisdiction, US Circuit Courts of Appeal, Federal District Courts, Specialty Courts  
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Statutes    
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Common Law    
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Precedents    
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Equity    
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Plain meaning    
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Standing to sue    
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Classifications of Law   Civil, Criminal  
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Functions of Law   Peacekeeping, gov. power/ personal freedom, reasonable expectations, economic growth, social justice, protecting environment  
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Kansas Courts   KS Supreme Court, KS Court of Appeals, District Courts, Small claims - Municipal Courts - Traffic/ other  
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Civil procedure   Summons, Pleading, Discovery, Summary Judgment, Pretrial Conference, Trial, Appeal  
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Pleading   Complaint, Answer, Reply  
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Discovery   Interrogatories, Request for Admission, Request for Production  
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Settlement    
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Arbitration    
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Court-Annexed Arbitration    
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Mediation    
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Summary Jury Trial    
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Minitrial    
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Nature of Contracts (CH9)    
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Elements of a Contract   1) Offer/ Acceptance, 2) Voluntary/ Capacity, 3) Legal/ Consideration  
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Bilateral Contract    
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Unilateral Contract    
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Valid Contract    
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Enforceable Contract    
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Voidable Conract    
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Void Contract    
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Express Contract    
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Executed Contract    
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Executory Contract    
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Implied Contract    
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Uniform Commercial Code - Art. 2   Sale of goods & tangible, movable property  
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Common Law   Services, intangible goods, real estate  
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Hybrid Contracts    
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Duty of Good Faith    
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Unconscionable Contract    
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Merchant v. Nonmerchant    
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Restatement of (2nd) Contracts    
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Quasi-Contract   Unjustly enrich, Matter of Law, Reasonable Value  
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Promissory Estoppel   Promisor induces reliance, injustice  
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Contract   voluntary agreement, enforce promise  
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1st step in contract formation (CH 10)    
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offeror vs offeree    
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Intent to Contract    
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Definiteness    
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Common Law Standard    
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UCC Standard    
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Advertisements    
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Rewards    
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Auctions    
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Bids    
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Contract problem areas   Adverstisements, rewards, auctions, bids  
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Offer termination   terms, lapse of time, revocation, rejection, death/ insanity, destruction of subject matter, intervening illegally  
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Evidence of 3 factors, courts look for (CH11)   1) Offeree intended to enter contract, 2) Offeree accepted terms from offeror, 3) Offeree communicated acceptance to offeror.  
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Acceptance must be   mirror image of the offer. Any attempt to add or change terms is considered a counteroffer.  
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Material variences btw offer and acceptance   counteroffer  
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UCC change for mirror image rule applied to sale of goods   Contract may be formed even when some variance btw terms, applying to preprinted forms would frustrate parties' true intent  
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Communication of acceptance bilateral contract   offeree must communicate his intent to be bound by the offer, promise, can be expressed or implied.  
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Communication of acceptance unilateral contract   offeree must perform required act to accept an offer, Offeror cannot revoke once performance has begun.  
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Stipulation   offeror has power to specify: time, place, manner - in which acceptance must be communicated  
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Instantaneous contract acceptance   face-to-face, telephone - "I accept"  
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Noninstantaneous contract acceptance    
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Mailbox rule - traditional   Authorized (effective on dispatch), express or implied, non authorized (effective on receipt)  
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Mailbox rule - modern   effective on dispatch, any reasonable means  
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Mailbox rule under UCC   Acceptance by any reasonable means effective upon dispatch, attempted acceptance by unreasonable means is effective upon dispatch if it is received w/in reasonable time  
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Silence as acceptance   silence w/o more is not an acceptance, offeror cannot impose a duty to respond to the offer  
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Acceptance of Ambiguous Offers   Offer may be accepted in any reasonable manner when offer is unclear concerning manner of acceptance.  
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Acceptance upon shipment   a prompt promise to ship, prompt shipment of conforming or nonconforming goods  
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Consideration is   legal value, bargained for and given in exchange for an act or promise  
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Legal value   does/ agrees to do something w/ no prior duty to do, refrains from/ agrees not to do something w/ legal right to do, doesn't always have $ value.  
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adequacy of consideration   Courts don't care how much $, don't disguise a gift as consideration  
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Exchanges that fail to meet consideration requirements   Illusory promises, preexisting duties, forbearance to sue, past consideration, moral obligation  
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output contract   obligates one party to buy all of the output of the other party  
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requirements contract   obligates one party to buy all of its requirements  
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effect of exclusive dealing contract   gives distributor exclusive right to sell a mfg's products in particular territory. Duty to use best effort on seller, duty to provide goods by mfg.  
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preexisting duties   As general rule, performing or agreeing to perform a preexisting duty is not a consideration. Not committing a crime, not consideration - performance of his public resp. by a public official not consideration.  
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preexisting duty & contract modification under common law   an agreement to modify requires some new consideration to be enforceable  
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preexisting duty & contract modification under UCC   agreement to modify requires no new consideration to be enforceable, subject to principles of good faith & unconscionability.  
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Exceptions to consideration rule    
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Promissory estoppel    
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Contracts induced by these are voidable   misrepresentation, fraud, mistake, duress, undue influence  
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If contract ______, the protected party has power to _______ the contract   voidable - rescind  
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misrepresentation   an assertion that is not true  
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fraud   misrepresentation that is made with scienter (knowledge)  
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An untrue assertion of a fact   must be of a past or existing fact rather than an opinion or prediction  
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Requirements for rescission   untrue assertion of fact, fact material or assertion fraudulent, actual & justifiable reliance, economic injury if suing for damages for deceit  
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Requirements for rescission for fraud   committed knowingly w/ intent to deceive  
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untrue assertions of fact   Concealment, nondisclosure  
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untrue assertion of fact, concealment   through some active conduct is equivalent to a fraudulent assertion.  
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untrue assertion of fact, nondisclosure   when there is a duty to disclose may constitute a fraudulent assertion.  
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actual/ justified reliance   There must be a causal relation between the assertion and the decision to enter the contract (reliance).  
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mistakes & contracts   Under certain mistaken circumstances, parties may avoid their contracts  
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Requirements for mistake   Relates to basic assumption of contract, has material effect upon exchange, adversely affected party did not bear risk of mistake  
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Requirements for mistake, unilateral adds 2 elements   Nonmistaken party caused or knew, unconscionable to enforce the contract  
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Requirements for unilateral mistake to avoid contract   prove essential elements of mutual mistake PLUS nonmistaken party caused or knew of mistake OR unconscionable to enforce the contract  
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Duress   wrongful coercion that induces a person to enter or modify a contract. Contract voidable, plaintiff may rescind the contract  
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Physical duress   voids contract  
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undue influence   unfair persuasion or susceptible individual : relationship of trust/ confidence or dominance, persuasion unfair, person being influenced justifiably believes other looking out for best interest  
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