Contracts
Nature And Contractual Obligation, Types Of Contracts, Which Law Governs, Elements Of A ContractAssignments
Agreements between two entities, creating an enforceable obligation to do, or to refrain from doing, a particular thing.
Assignments
An assignment of a contract is the transfer to another person of the rights of performance under it. Contracts were not assignable at early common law, but today most contracts are assignable unless the nature of the contract or its provisions demonstrates that the parties intend to make it personal to them and therefore incapable of assignment to others.
FURTHER READINGS
Collins, Hugh. 1999. Regulating Contracts. New York: Oxford Univ. Press.
DiMatteo, Larry A. 1998. Contract Theory: The Evolution of Contractual Intent. East Lansing: Michigan State Univ. Press.
Hare, J. I. Clark. 2003. The Law of Contracts. Clark, N.J.: Lawbook Exchange.
Marsh, P.D.V. 2001. Contract Negotiation Handbook. Burlington, Vt: Gower.
Additional topics
- Contracts - Nature And Contractual Obligation
- Contracts - Types Of Contracts
- Contracts - Which Law Governs
- Contracts - Elements Of A Contract
- Contracts - Reality Of Consent
- Contracts - Joint And Several Contracts
- Contracts - Third-party Beneficiaries
- Contracts - Conditions And Promises Of Performance
- Contracts - Discharge Of Contracts
- Contracts - Breach Of Contract
- Contracts - Remedies
- Contracts - Parol Evidence Rule
- Contracts - Ambiguity
- Contracts - Contracts For The Sale Of Goods
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