CL600 Module 10 Mini Essay ExamContrac.docx

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Please follow the steps below to complete your mini essay
Assignment. Please note - this is a CLOSED BOOK
ASSIGNMENT. Do not use your notes, outlines, books, or any
other resource to complete this Assignment.
This Mini-Essay Exam Assignment has two components:
1. Draft an exam outline for the following Mini-Essay Exam
fact pattern.
2. Write an exam answer to the Mini-Essay Exam fact pattern.
All two components must be included in the document that you
upload.
Mini-Essay Fact Pattern
Majestic, feeling particularly generous one day, says to her
wicked cousin, Empress, “I promise to sell you my silver

sparkle slippers for $350 unless I change my mind.” The next
day, Empress tells Majestic, “Here’s the $350. I’ll take those
slippers now.” Majestic says, “Forget it, you wicked thing.
There’s no way you’re getting my slippers for any price.”
Can Empress enforce Majestic’s promise?
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Essay Fact Pattern
wicked cousin, Empress, “I promise to
sell you my silver sparkle slippers for $350 unless I change my
mind.” The n
ext day, Empress tells
Majestic, “Here’s the $350. I’ll take those slippers now.”
Majestic says, “Forget it, you wicked
thing. There’s no way you’re getting my slippers for any price.”
3 PAGES MAX:
CL600 Module 10 Mini Essay Exam
Contracts Mini-Essay Exam Assignment

This Mini-Essay Exam Assignment has two components:
1. Draft an exam outline for the following Mini-Essay Exam
fact pattern.
All two components must be included in the document that you
upload.
wicked cousin, Empress, “I promise to
sell you my silver sparkle slippers for $350 unless I change my
mind.” The next day, Empress tells
Majestic, “Here’s the $350. I’ll take those slippers now.”
Majestic says, “Forget it, you wicked
thing. There’s no way you’re getting my slippers for any price.”
3 PAGES MAX:
Esther Gringer – Student ID No. 39188869
CL600 Module 9 Mini-Essay Assignment
Contracts Mini-Essay Assignment

other resource to complete this Assignment. There is no specific
page limit or time limit for this Assignment.
This Mini-Essay Assignment has 2 components:
1. Draft an exam outline for this for the following Mini-Essay
Exam fact pattern.
All the two components must be included in the document that
you upload.
wicked cousin, Empress, “I promise to sell you my silver
sparkle slippers for $350 unless I change my mind.” The next
slippers now.” Majestic says, “Forget it, you wicked thing.
There’s no way you’re getting my slippers for any price.”
Fact Outline
· Majestic tells her cousin, Empress, that she will sell her her
slippers for $350, unless she changes her mind. Upon bringing
Majestic the money, Empress is told that Majestic no longer
wishes to sell the shoes to her.
· Valid offers require:
· Intent (to sell or buy, etc.)
· Required terms (all aspects of the subject matter/sale of the
subject matter must be acknowledged)
· Communication (must be clear/acceptable method by which to
communicate the offer to the offeree)

· Sufficient definiteness
· Statue of Frauds
· Dictates that offers for goods under $500 in value may be
contractualized without writing
· Offer-like communications:
· Do not have the requisite definitiveness
· Lack the intent to enter into an actual contract
· Valid contracts (Under the UCC, since we are dealing with
goods) require:
· A valid offer (requirements listed above)
· Mutual assent (agreement on both parties to adhere to the
terms)
· Consideration (mutual detriment/benefit incurred by the
parties)
· Valid acceptance requires:
· Complete understanding of the offer and its terms
· “Unless I change my mind” = counter offer/rejection
· Intent to accept
· Communicated acceptance of the offer
· Termination of offers can happen:
· By their own terms
· By the rejection of the offeree
· By the revocation of the offeror
· By law
Has Majestic made a valid offer to Empress?
A valid offer must include four specific requirements: intent,
required terms, communication, and sufficient definiteness.
Insofar as intent, it seems that Majestic intends to make an
offer, but not to sell Empress the shoes. When Majestic states
that she will sell the shoes unless she changes her mind, she has
effectively created a counter-offer, invalidating any initial
offer. Instead of actually offering to sell the shoes, she is
offering Empress the chance to make an offer to buy them,

which Majestic may accept or reject at her inclination.
Regardless, the required terms to make an offer here are met:
Majestic intends to sell her shoes (if she feels like it)
specifically to Empress, who intends to buy them; the item she
wishes to sell and the price she wishes to sell it at are specified
(unless she has another pair of silver sparkle slippers); she
communicates the offer clearly to Empress; sufficient
definiteness seems to be met.
However, because Majestic’s offer includes the statement that
she will sell the shoes unless she changes her mind, she has
rendered the original offer invalid. Majestic has created a
counter-offer in which she becomes the offeree – when Empress
shows up with the $350 to purchase the shoes, she is making an
offer to buy the shoes from Majestic, who may then choose to
accept or reject it.
Majestic has not made a valid offer to Empress.
Is Majestic’s counter-offer valid?
A counter-offer is an offer made in response to the terms of the
original offer, which essentially renders the initial offer invalid
by its desire for further negotiations, terms, or other such
modifications. A counter-offer must retain the criteria for valid
offers (intent, required terms, communication, and sufficient
definiteness), but seeks to add addendum to the initial offer.
Majestic’s statement, when considered in-couple with her
caveat, is essentially an offer to become the offeree, should
Empress decide she wishes to make an offer with her $350 to
buy the shoes.
Majestic has made a valid counter-offer to Empress.

Have Majestic and Empress entered into a valid contract?
The requirements for a valid contract are that a valid offer has
been made and mutually assented to by the parties involved, and
that consideration be present. Insofar as a valid counter-offer
being made and consideration being present, the criteria appears
to have been met. The intent to sell and the specificities of what
is being sold have been communicated, and sufficient
definiteness is present. There is sufficient consideration:
Majestic will lose her shoes but gain $350, and Empress will
lose $350 and get the shoes. With Majestic’s counter-offer,
Empress has become the offeror, allowing her to legitimately
offer to purchase the shoes. The only issue here would be
mutual assent; Majestic stating that she will sell the shoes
“unless she changes her mind” and eventually rejecting
Empress’ offer to purchase the shoes means there is no mutual
assent, and as such, no valid contract has been entered into.
Valid acceptance of an offer in order to form a contract requires
the offeree to completely understand what is being offered and
the terms of said offer, as well as an intent to accept and
communicate acceptance of that offer. Because Majestic’s
statement is essentially an offering for Empress’ offer, Majestic
becomes the offeree. Thus, as a result of her counter-offer, the
power of acceptance lies with Majestic, who rejected Empress’
offer to purchase the shoes.
Majestic and Empress have not entered into a valid contract.
Is Majestic’s termination of the offer valid?
Valid acceptance of an offer in order to form a contract requires
the offeree to completely understand what is being offered and
the terms of said offer, as well as an intent to accept and

communicate acceptance of that offer. Because Majestic’s
statement is essentially an offering for Empress’ offer, Majestic
becomes the offeree. Thus, as a result of her counter-offer, the
power of acceptance lies with Majestic.
Termination of offers can occur by: their own terms (such as a
time-sensitive offer, clauses within the offer, etc.); by the
rejection of the offeree (the person the offer is made to declines
the offer); the revocation of the offeror (the person making the
offer revokes the offer prior to valid acceptance by the offeree);
or by law (applicable laws determine the offer invalid). Because
Majestic’s counter-offer made her the offeree, the offer was
terminated by a rejection of the offeree.
Majestic’s termination of the offer is valid.
Because no valid contract has been entered into as a result of
Majestic’s termination of the offer, Empress cannot enforce
Majestic’s promise. Ultimately, there was no mutual agreement
between the parties as a result of Majestic’s lack of inclination
to sell the shoes.
Empress cannot enforce Majestic’s promise.
Esther Gringer
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Student ID No.
39188869
CL600 Module 9 Mini

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Essay Assignment
Contracts Mini
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Essay Assignment
Assignment. Please note
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this is a
CLOSED BOOK ASSIGNMENT. Do not use your notes,
outlines, books, or any other
resource to complete this Assignment. There is no specific page
limit or time limit f
or this
Assignment.
This Mini
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Essay Assignment has
2
components:
1.
Draft an exam outline for this for the following
Mini
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Essay Exam
fact pattern.
2.
Write an exam answer to the
Mini
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Essay Exam
fact pattern.
All
the two
compon
ents must be included in the document that you upload.
Mini
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Essay Fact Pattern
wicked cousin, Empress, “I
promise to sell you my silver sparkle slippers for $350 unless I
change my mind.” The n
ext
slippers now.” Majestic says,
“Forget it, you wicked thing. There’s no way you’re getting my
slippers for any price.”

Fact Outline
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Majestic tells her cousin, Empress, that she will sell her her
slippers for $350, unless
she changes her mind.
Upon bringing Majestic the money, Empress is told that
Majestic no longer wishes to sell the shoes to her.
o
Valid offers require:
§
Intent (to
sell
or buy, etc.
)
§
Required terms (all aspects of the subject matter/sale of the
subject
matter must be acknowledged)
§
Communication (must be clear/acceptable method by which to
§

Sufficient definiteness
o
Statue of Frauds
§
Di
ctates that offers for goods under $500 in value may be
o
Offer
-
like communications:
§
Do not have the requisite definitiveness
§
Lack the intent to enter into a
n actual
contract
o
Valid contracts
(Under the UCC, since we are dealin
g with goods)
require:

§
A valid offer (requirements listed above)
Esther Gringer – Student ID No. 39188869
CL600 Module 9 Mini-Essay Assignment
Contracts Mini-Essay Assignment
Assignment. Please note - this is a
CLOSED BOOK ASSIGNMENT. Do not use your notes,
outlines, books, or any other
resource to complete this Assignment. There is no specific page
limit or time limit for this
Assignment.
This Mini-Essay Assignment has 2 components:
1. Draft an exam outline for this for the following Mini-Essay
Exam fact pattern.
All the two components must be included in the document that
you upload.
wicked cousin, Empress, “I
promise to sell you my silver sparkle slippers for $350 unless I
change my mind.” The next
slippers now.” Majestic says,
“Forget it, you wicked thing. There’s no way you’re getting my
slippers for any price.”

Fact Outline
- Majestic tells her cousin, Empress, that she will sell her her
slippers for $350, unless
she changes her mind. Upon bringing Majestic the money,
Empress is told that
Majestic no longer wishes to sell the shoes to her.
o Valid offers require:
subject
matter must be acknowledged)
to
o Statue of Frauds
o Offer-like communications:
ess
o Valid contracts (Under the UCC, since we are dealing with
goods) require:

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