Contracts Flowchart
Contracts Flowchart
Contracts Flowchart
b.
c.
d.
Offer?
Intent
Definite
Communicated
Not terminated
Contracts Flowchart
No
Yes
Acceptance?
No
No contract
Yes
Consideration?
a. Bargained for
b. New
No
Yes
Defenses?
a. Capacity
b. Legality
c. Defenses in formation
Yes
No
Writing required?
(Statute of Frauds)
Yes, and
there is
no writing
No
Valid contract/Executory
Breach of contract
No
Acceptable or Excused
Performance?
Yes
Discharged/Executed
Remedies
Legal ($)
a. Compensatory
b. Consequential
c. Liquidated
d. Nominal
Equitable
a. Specific performance
b. Rescission
Source (in part): Jennings, Business; Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment (8 th ed.) p. 397