Canadian Contract Law

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The following text is intended to provide a survey of the law of contracts in Canada.

[edit] Contents

• Introduction

• Formation of the Bargain
  • Offer and Invitation to Treat
  • Invitation for Tenders
  • Acceptance
  • Consideration
    • Past consideration
  • intention

• Interpretation of a Contract
  • Statute of Frauds
  • Implied Terms

• Unenforceable Contracts
  • Uncertainty and incompleteness
    • Vagueness
    • Agreements to agree
  • Capacity
  • Duress
  • Undue Influence
  • Statute of Frauds
  • Non Est Factum

• Alternatives to Contract Formation
  • Quantum Meruit
  • Estoppel

• Excuses for non-performance
  • Mistake
  • Misrepresentation
  • Frustration
  • Illegality
  • Unconscionability
  • Accord and Satisfaction

• Rights of Third Parties
  • Assignment
  • Delegation
  • Novation
  • Third party privity

• Breach of Contract
  • Anticipatory repudiation
  • Exclusion Clauses
  • Fundamental breach

• Remedies for Breach
  • Damages
  • Specific Performance
  • Rescission

[edit] Further Reading

• Waddam, "Waddams on Contracts"
• Friedman, "Law of Contracts"

[edit] See also