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Chapter 11 Consideration

Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should understand the following:

  1. What “consideration” is in contract law, what it is not, and what purposes it serves
  2. How the sufficiency of consideration is determined
  3. In what common situations an understanding of consideration is important
  4. What promises are enforceable without consideration