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1.Identifythedifferentelementsofacontract.Givean
exampleofeach.
a.CapablePartiesisanindicationthatonepartywould
liketoenterintoacontractonspecifictermswithanother
anotherparty.Thereisnoofferunlessthereisenough
specificityfortheotherpartytoacceptthoseterms
withoutfurtherclarification.Forexample,ifPartyA
simplystatestoPartyBthathewouldliketosellhis
bicycle,PartyAhasnotmadeanoffertoPartyBbecausehe
hasnotspecifiedthemostimportanttermofanypotential
contract:price.However,ifPartyAstatesthathewould
liketosellhisbicycletoPartyBfor$100,PartyAhas
madeanoffertoPartyBwithenoughspecificitythatParty
Bcannowaccepthisofferwithoutanyfurther
clarification.
b.MutualAssentisaclearindicationthattheotherparty
hasacceptedtheoffer.Thisacceptancemustbeobjectively
clearwithnoconditionsattached.Iftheotherpartyhas
notacceptedalltermsoftheoffer,butrathercreatednew
terms,thisisacounterofferandthereisnoacceptance.
Forexample,ifinresponsetoPartyA'soffertosellhis
bicyclefor$100,PartyBsaysthathewillpaythe$100
onlyifPartyAthrowsinthehelmet,PartyBhasnot
acceptedtheoffer.Hehasinsteadmadeacounteroffer.
Asstatedabove,theacceptancemustalsooccurwithina
reasonabletimefromwhentheofferwasextendedorwithin
thetimeframeindicatedbytheofferingparty.Ifnot,the
offerhaslapsedandtherecanbenoacceptanceuntilthe
offerorrenewstheoffer.
c.LawfulObjectiveAcontractrequiresthattheparties
intendtoenterintoalegallybindingagreement.Thatis,

thepartiesenteringintothecontractmustintendtocreate
legalrelationsandmustunderstandthattheagreementcan
beenforcedbylaw.
d.SufficientCausetoContractthismeansthereisa
reasonforthecontract.Itdoesnthavetobeformoney,
products,orservices,butthesecausesarethemostcommon.
Itmerelyrequiresquidproquo,alatinphrasemeaning
somethingforsomethingthatis,eachpartyexpectsto
receivesomethingasaresultofthecontract.
2.WhatistheimportanceofEDI&XMLtoabusiness?Give
anexample.
Theuseofelectronicinvoicing,approval,and
paymentdependonbothEDIandextensiblemarkup
language(XML).Theseprotocolsenablecampaniesto
sendtransactionsintheformofapurchaseorderor
invoiceviatheInternitforelectronicreview,
approval,andpayment.Onlinepeopleroutinelyshare
informationthat,inthepast,wouldhavebeen
consideredproprietary
andhiddenfromsupplies.Thoughkeepingthis
informationproprietaryhasaffordedcompanies
leverageoversuppliesinthepast,todayitis
possibletousethasameinformationtodevelop
economicties.
EDIandXMLworkasfollows:XMLuses
totellawebbrowserhotodisplayinformationon
thescreen.Thecomputerdoesntknowwhatthe
informationis;itjustdisplaysit.XMLprovides
additionaltagsthatidentifythekindof
informationthatisbeingdisplayedandexchanged.

3.Inlinewithmodule4,assumingthatyouhaveafood

establishmenthowwillyouapplythereceivingfunctionsof
thepurchasegoodsinyourcompany?

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