CHAPTER 1: THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF CONTRACT

Object and scope; application; definition of contract; the essential

elements of a contract; some definitions of contract.

CHAPTER 2: OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE

Definitions; effect of offer and acceptance; offer; rules regarding offer;
acceptance; rules regarding acceptance; communication of offer and
acceptance; offer and acceptance by post; offer and acceptance through
telephone; options; standing contracts; open proposals; revocation.

CHAPTER 3: INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATIONS

CHAPTER 4: CONSIDERATION
Definition of consideration; types of consideration; rules regarding
consideration; differences between English and Indian law; promise to
charities; “no consideration no contract”, exceptions to the rule; can a
person who is not a party to a contract sue upon it; rights and
liabilities of a stranger.

CHAPTER 5: VOID AND VOIDABLE AGREEMENTS

Void agreement; voidable agreement; unenforceable agreement; illegal
agreement; distinction between void agreement and an illegal agreement;
valid contract.

CHAPTER 6: CAPACITY OF PARTIES

Definition of “capacity”; minority; persons of unsound mind; disqualified
persons; aliens; foreign sovereigns; corporation; professional persons;
married women.

CHAPTER 7: FREE CONSENT

Definition of “free consent”; coercion; undue influence;
misrepresentation; fraud; distinction between fraud and misrepresentation;
contracts uberrimae fidei; mistake; opinion; unilateral mistake; mistake
and consent.

CHAPTER 8: LEGALITY OF OBJECT AND CONSIDERATION

Unlawful consideration and object; agreements against public policy; void
agreements; objects or consideration unlawful in part.
CHAPTER 9: CONTINGENT CONTRACTS
Definition; meaning of collateral event; characteristics of contingent
contracts; contingency dependent on act of party; rules regarding
contingent contracts; difference between contingent contract and wagering
agreement.

CHAPTER 10: PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACTS

Definition; offer to perform or tender; by whom is a contract to be
performed; devolution of joint rights and liabilities; reciprocal
promises; contracts which need not be performed; assignment of contracts;
the time and place of performance; performance within stipulated time;
rules regarding appropriation of payments.

CHAPTER 11: TERMINATION OR DISCHARGE OF CONTRACTS

Methods of termination; termination by performance; termination by mutual
agreement; novation; alteration; remission; accord and satisfaction;
rescission; waiver; merger; subsequent or supervening impossibility; the
effects of supervening impossibility; the doctrine of frustration;
termination by operation of law; lapse of time; termination by material
alteration; termination by breach of contract; damages; rules regarding
the amount of damages; liquidated damages and penalty; quantum meruit;
specific performance; injunction; restitution of benefit.

CHAPTER 12: QUASI-CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 13: INDEMNITY AND GUARANTEE

CHAPTER 14: BAILMENT AND PLEDGE

CHAPTER 15: LAW OF AGENCY

Definition and nature of agency; power of attorney; enforcement and
consequences of agents contracts; test of agency; different classes of
agents; methods of creating agency; agent's authority; representation as
to liability; pretended agents; misrepresentation and fraud by agents;
sub-agent and co-agent; termination of agency; agent's duties to
principals; principal's duties to agent; principal's rights; agent's
rights; personal responsibility of agent; contracts with an undisclosed
principal.
CHAPTER 1: Definitions
Application; buyer, seller and goods; sale and agreement to sell;
differences between a sale and an agreement to sell; the essential
elements; price; destruction of goods; earnest money; hire-purchase
agreements; sale and other contracts; conditions and warranties; implied
conditions; the doctrine of caveat emptor; implied warranties; liabilities
of the seller apart from the contract of sale.

CHAPTER 2: TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP

When does property pass from the seller to the buyer; reservation of the
right of disposal; transfer of ownership; transfer of title by non-owner.

CHAPTER 3: PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT OF SALE

Delivery; rules regarding delivery; duties of seller of goods; duties of
buyer of goods; rights of buyer of goods; rights of seller of goods;
rights of the unpaid seller and remedial measures; seller's lien or
vendor's lien; the rights of stoppage in transit; the right of resale;
suit for the price; suit for damages; claim for interest and special
damages; distinction between lien and stoppage in transit; sub-sale or
pledge by buyer; consequences of breach of contract of sale; auction
sales.