This section is from the book "The Law Of Contracts", by Samuel Williston. Also available from Amazon: Treatise on the Law of Contracts.
Simple contracts the typical kind........... | 17 |
Requirements for the formation of a simple contract.......... | 18 |
Legality of contract.................................................. | 19 |
Genuineness of consent............... | 20 |
Intent to contract.............. | 21 |
Although formal contracts are historically the earlier, simple contracts at the present time are of much greater importance. Furthermore the rules applicable to simple contracts have been borrowed to a greater or less extent by the law governing formal contracts. It, therefore, seems wise in considering the formation of contracts to disregard historical order and first to consider simple contracts.
 
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