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Chapter 11 Consideration
Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should understand the following:
- What “consideration” is in contract law, what it is not, and what purposes it serves
- How the sufficiency of consideration is determined
- In what common situations an understanding of consideration is important
- What promises are enforceable without consideration