Contract Law for REG

This chapter covers the contract framework tested in REG, from valid formation through defenses, performance issues, and remedies. The exam usually rewards disciplined issue spotting: determine whether a contract exists, whether a defense applies, and what remedy follows.

In This Chapter

• Offer, Acceptance, and Consideration in Contract Formation explains the foundation for creating enforceable agreements.
• Fraud, Mistake, Duress, and Illegality as Contract Defenses covers the major reasons an apparent agreement may fail.
• Contract Performance, Discharge, and Breach Remedies explains how obligations end and what relief is available when they are not met.
• Sales, Employment, and Online Contract Rules applies core rules to frequently tested contexts.

How to Use This Chapter

• Read this chapter when contract questions feel broad because the issue sequence is not yet clear.
• Focus first on formation, then on any defense, and only then on breach or remedy.
• Return here whenever a mixed fact pattern asks you to separate enforceability from damages.

In this section

• Offer, Acceptance, and Consideration in Contract Formation
  The elements required to form an enforceable contract and the common traps around them.
• Fraud, Mistake, Duress, and Illegality as Contract Defenses
  The main defenses that can make an apparent agreement void, voidable, or unenforceable.
• Contract Performance, Discharge, and Breach Remedies
  How contract duties are performed, discharged, breached, and remedied.
• Sales, Employment, and Online Contract Rules
  How contract law changes in UCC sales, employment agreements, and online contracting.