2nd Semester LLB Unitary - Special Contracts - Notes, Question Papers and Syllabus
Special Contracts
The subject shall be taught by incorporating the recent developments.
Unit I
Indemnity – Definition – Rights and Liabilities of the Indemnifier and Indemnified – Guarantee – Continuing Guarantee – Nature and Duration of Liability – Rights and Liabilities of Parties.
Unit II
Bailment: General Features – Division of Bailments – Requirements of Consideration – Rights and Liabilities of Bailor and Bailee – Pledge or Pawn – Special Property in Favour of Pledge by Limited Owners – Finder of Lost Goods.
Unit III
Agency – Kinds of Agency – Creation of Agency – Rights, Duties, and Liabilities of Agents – Liability of Principal for Acts of Agents – Termination of Agency – Contract of Bailment and Pledge – Rights and Liabilities of Bailor and Bailee – Rights and Liabilities of Pawner and Pawnee.
Unit IV
Partnership – Nature and Creation – Types of Partnership – Mutual Relationship of Partners – Authority of Partners – Rights and Liabilities of Partners – Admission of New Members – Partnership Property – Dissolution of Partnership – Registration of Partnership – Limited Liability Partnership Act.
Unit V
Sale of Goods – Concept of Sale – Subject Matter of Sale – Conditions and Warranties – Passing of Property and Risk – Delivery of Goods – Rights of Unpaid Seller – Remedies for Breach.
Suggested Readings
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Avtar Singh, Principles of Mercantile Law
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Pollock and Mulla, Indian Partnership Act
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Friedman, Law of Agency
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Benjamin, Sale of Goods
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Krishnan Nair, Law of Contracts
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Lindley, On Partnership