- Minors do not have the legal capacity to contractContractual CapacityFactual IncapacityStatus Incapacity
- withdrawing an offer before it is acceptedBlue-pencil ruleBreachConsiderationDeceptionDuressForbearancegenuine assentJustifiable RelianceMitigationNondisclosureQuantum MeruitRescissionReservation of Rights clauseRevocationUnjust EnrichmentUsury
- one benefiting unfairly at another's expenseBlue-pencil ruleBreachConsiderationDeceptionDuressForbearancegenuine assentJustifiable RelianceMitigationNondisclosureQuantum MeruitRescissionReservation of Rights clauseRevocationUnjust EnrichmentUsury
- Agreements Not to CompeteVALIDVOIDVOIDABLE
- court imposes an obligation when there is no contract to prevent Unjust EnrichmentIllusory PromisesPrivity of ContractPromissory EstoppelQuasi Contracts
- 1. when individuals file formal discrimination charges with the EEOC or other enforcement agencies2. when they communicate allegations and evidence to these agencies3. when they assist or participate in agency investigations and court proceedingsOppositionParticipation
- Social contracts (are/are not) legally binding
- mistake of fact known to one party to the contract does not affect the contract when it is unknown to other partyMistake in TranscriptionMutual Mistake of Fact or LawUnilateral Mistake
- binding and enforceable under lawValidVoid Voidable
- the legal enforcement of an otherwise unenforceable contract due to a party's detrimental reliance on the contractIllusory PromisesPrivity of ContractPromissory EstoppelQuasi Contracts
- the legal ability to enter into a contractual relationshipContractual CapacityFactual IncapacityStatus Incapacity
- Either party can terminate employment relationship at anytime for any reason or for no reasonAffirmative ActionEmployment-at-willMailbox rulenational originReverse DiscriminationSupplemental Security Income ProgramsValidity GeneralizationWhistleblower laws
- plaintiff recovers as much as deservedBlue-pencil ruleBreachConsiderationDeceptionDuressForbearancegenuine assentJustifiable RelianceMitigationNondisclosureQuantum MeruitRescissionReservation of Rights clauseRevocationUnjust EnrichmentUsury
- A(n) ________________ is when a court imposes an obligation when there is no true contract to prevent ___________________________.a) requirements contract; inequitable harmb) quasi-contract; unjust enrichmentc) unilateral contract; inequitable harmd) implied contract; unjust enrichment
- acts and conduct of the partiesExpress Implied
- Radio station KSCS broadcast jazz music. It announced to its audience that it would pay $25,000 to any listener who detected that it did not play 3 consecutive songs. Malia Jones listened to and heard the program in which 2 songs were followed by a commercial. She claimed the $25,000. The station refused to pay on the ground there was no consideration for its promise to pay that amount. Was the station liable?a) Yes, under the uniform commercial code, the parties are bound by the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.b) No, this unilateral contract was not supported by consideration on Malia's part and the station offered an illusory promise.c) Yes, the station is bound by this unilateral contract, the court found that by listening to this station because of the offer, Malia gave up her time and right to listen to other stations - and her forbearance is consideration.d) No, this is a bilateral contract and Malia did not accept the offer or provide any consideration.
- conditions are present that make an otherwise VALID contract rejectable by either partyValidVoid Voidable
- EEOC treats _____ as national origin under Title VII
- completed all requirementsExecutedExecutory
- Situations where a supervisor performs an official act of the company (discharge, demotion, undesirable reassignment) against a subordinate employee because of the employee's refusal to submit to supervisor's demand for sexual favorsHostile Work EnvironmentTangible Employment Action