Discharging a Contract BL 2.02 Activity 1

Name: ______Date: ______

Complete the following chart with definitions.

By Performance / By Agreement / By Impossibility of Performance / By Operation of Law

Methods of Termination & Transferring a Contract BL 2.02 Activity 2

Name: ______Date: ______

PART I: Methods of Termination

Directions: Fill-in the correct type of discharge for each example given.

1. ______John changed his original contract of 10 Cd’s to $50.

2. ______Cary, a famous artist, died before finishing your picture.

3. ______The school needs to be finished by the start of school.

4. ______You are very happy with everything being completed.

5. ______Although your new house has a few minor problems, you decide to move in anyways.

6. ______Your new car was wrecked while be moved out front.

7. ______You waited too long to sue.

8. ______You can’t get paid for gambling debts because it is against the law.

9. ______Both of you decided to walk away from the deal.

10. ______The original contract has been changed without your

permission.

PART II: TRANSFERRING A CONTRACT

Assignment/Delegation/Novation Activity

Create a visual that shows an example of an assignment, a delegation, and a novation.

REMEDIES/DamagesBL 2.02 Activity 3

Name: ______Date: ______

DAMAGES

Directions: Using the scenario, explain which damages you could sue for and how much.

  1. Jane refuses to sell you her apple at lunch after she agreed to.
  1. Joey is known to back out of deals. Therefore, you write into the contract a $40,000 breach of contract clause.
  1. Nabisco backs out of a deal that could have made your company $200,000 a year for the next 10 years.
  1. Brenda breaches a deal with you that causes $10,000 in damages directly and another $4,000 indirectly.
  1. The court wants to make sure that you never breach a deal like this again.
  1. Joe breaches a contract to sell you his 1965 Chevy BelAir with 45,000 original miles, valued at $80,000.
  1. Mike promised to sell Sarah his Diet Coke for $1.00. At lunch, he changed his mind and would not sell the soda.
  1. Emily contacted Babysitters Plus and requested Ann for babysitting services. Babysitters Plus sent Julie to do the babysitting for Emily.
  1. Kevin does not fulfill his obligations in a contract with Will, which has a clause that states that any party violating the contract will owe the other party $25,000.
  1. A company made $10 million last year by knowingly selling a defective product. The jury wants to make sure the company never does something like this again.

Contract Law Activity 4 - COMPREHENSIVE BL 2.00 Contract Law Project

The Comeback’s Contract

Directions: Research actors from the past and choose one to make a comeback. You just negotiated a deal for that person to appear in a new movie or television series! You need to answer the following questions pertaining to that client. The answers must relate to a contract between the actor and movie (or television) production company. Answer all of the questions in complete sentence form.

The Company – Actor Agreement

Article I: The Offer

  • Who is the offeror?
  • Who is the offeree?
  • What is the offer? The Company [name of the company] engages Actor to render services in the role of [name of role] in [name of movie] which in intended for national and international release in the year [year].
  • How will this contract meet the three elements of an offer?

Article II: The Acceptance

  • How does this contract meet the requirements of acceptance?
  • When will this contract be officially accepted?
  • How and by whom can this contract be terminated?

Article III: Genuine Agreement

  • What should both parties to this agreement do to avoid any unilateral mistakes?
  • What should both parties to this agreement do to avoid any bilateral mistakes?

Article IV: Capacity

  • Who has the capacity to enter into this contract?
  • What are three circumstances that would make this contract void (Hint: If the offeree is mentally impaired)?

Article V: Consideration

  • Explain the contract’s benefit and detriment to the offeror.
  • Explain the contract’s benefit and detriment to the offeree.

Article VI: Termination

  • How can this contract be discharged by complete performance?
  • How can this contract be discharged by agreement?
  • How can this contract be discharged by impossibility of performance?
  • How can this contract by discharged by operation of law?
  • What is the statute of limitations for contracts in the state where this contract was created? For most of you the state will be California. Go to Nolo.com

Article VII: Novation

  • Who will take the place of this actor if this contract is discharged by impossibility of performance or operation of law?

Article VIII: Remedies

  • If the offeree breaches this contract, what remedies can the offeror seek?
  • If the offeror breaches this contract, what remedies can the offeree seek?

PART II:
You will write a contract for this new deal. You will create the contract from your answers.
Your contract will be in paragraph form and it will include legal terminology.

Student Name:

Comeback Contract Rubric

Business Law

AGREEMENT – Company (Movie) and Actor

Accuracy: The information provided is correct.

Explanation: Clear and concise explanations are given that support the information provided.

Item / Potential Point Value / Awarded Point Value
Contract Draft / 15 pts
Article I: Offer / 8 pts = 5 accuracy + 3 explanation
Article II: Acceptance / 8 pts = 5 accuracy + 3 explanation
Article III: Agreement / 8 pts = 5 accuracy + 3 explanation
Article IV: Capacity / 8 pts = 5 accuracy + 3 explanation
Article V: Consideration / 8 pts = 5 accuracy + 3 explanation
Article VI: Termination / 15 pts = 10 accuracy + 5 explanation
Article VII: Novation / 4 pts = 3 accuracy + 1 explanation
Article VIII: Remedies / 4 pts = 3 accuracy + 1 explanation
Article IX: Release Clause / 15 pts = 10 accuracy + 5 explanation
Header, attention to detail, and neatness / 7 pts
TOTAL / 100 pts

Agent Name:

Comeback Contract Rubric

Part II

AGREEMENT – Company (Movie) and Actor

Accuracy: The information provided is correct.

Explanation: Clear and concise explanation are given that support the information provided.

Legality: The agreement uses relevant Business Law and other legalese terms.

Item / Potential Point Value / Awarded Point Value
Contract Draft / 10 pts
Article I: Offer
Article II: Acceptance / 10 pts = 5 accuracy + 3 explanation + 2 legality
Article III: Agreement / 10 pts = 5 accuracy + 3 explanation + 2 legality
Article IV: Capacity / 10 pts = 5 accuracy + 3 explanation + 2 legality
Article V: Consideration / 5 pts = 3 accuracy + 1 explanation + 1 legality
Article VI: Termination / 20 pts = 10 accuracy + 5 explanation + 5 legality
Article VII: Novation / 5 pts = 3 accuracy + 1 explanation + 1 legality
Article VIII: Remedies / 5 pts = 3 accuracy + 1 explanation + 1 legality
Article IX: Release Clause / 10 pts = 5 accuracy + 3 explanation + 2 legality
Page 1 introductory paragraphs / 5 pts
Agreement Amendment / 5 pts
Cover page, header, attention to detail, and neatness / 5 pts
TOTAL / 100 pts