Common Law
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I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Mr. Raymond Kiptum, my tutor, for his patients, encouragements and individual counsel and my classmates who that helped me through with these Assignment tasks.
□ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……….. 2
□ TASK 1
INTRODUCTION……….5
← Definition of Law ← Classification of Law & Classification of Civil Law ← Definition of Contract Law ← Types of Contract
BODY………… 6-15
← Essentials of A Valid Contract ← Definition of Vitiating Factors ← Types of Vitiating Factors ← Description of the different Vitiating Factors ← Discharge of a Contract ← The types of Discharge ← Remedies of Breach of Contract
CONCLUSION……..15
REFRENCES……….16-17
INTRODUCTION ➢ Definition of Law: (Lectlaw.com 28/07/2011) Rules established by a governing authority to institute and maintain orderly coexistence. Law is only enforceable by the government and can be sued.
➢ Classification of Law:
Law is classified into two types: ← Criminal law; mainly deals with the state .i.e. the constitutional law, administrative law. ← Civil law; mainly deals with the rights and duties of persons towards persons. It is also known as Private law. It is further classified into different laws: - Law of Property - Law of Succession - Law of Trusts - Law of Contract - Law of Tort
➢ Definition of Contract: (Raymond Kiptum, 29/06/2011), a contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties that on imposes an obligation to honour his promise. The law of contract has different types of contracts some of them are: ➢ Types of Contract: 1. Express contract; this is a contract where both the parties specifically agree on
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I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Mr. Raymond Kiptum, my tutor, for his patients, encouragements and individual counsel and my classmates who that helped me through with these Assignment tasks.
□ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……….. 2
□ TASK 1
INTRODUCTION……….5
← Definition of Law ← Classification of Law & Classification of Civil Law ← Definition of Contract Law ← Types of Contract
BODY………… 6-15
← Essentials of A Valid Contract ← Definition of Vitiating Factors ← Types of Vitiating Factors ← Description of the different Vitiating Factors ← Discharge of a Contract ← The types of Discharge ← Remedies of Breach of Contract
CONCLUSION……..15
REFRENCES……….16-17
INTRODUCTION ➢ Definition of Law: (Lectlaw.com 28/07/2011) Rules established by a governing authority to institute and maintain orderly coexistence. Law is only enforceable by the government and can be sued.
➢ Classification of Law:
Law is classified into two types: ← Criminal law; mainly deals with the state .i.e. the constitutional law, administrative law. ← Civil law; mainly deals with the rights and duties of persons towards persons. It is also known as Private law. It is further classified into different laws: - Law of Property - Law of Succession - Law of Trusts - Law of Contract - Law of Tort
➢ Definition of Contract: (Raymond Kiptum, 29/06/2011), a contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties that on imposes an obligation to honour his promise. The law of contract has different types of contracts some of them are: ➢ Types of Contract: 1. Express contract; this is a contract where both the parties specifically agree on
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