LAWG 100D2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Unjust Enrichment, Contract, Mirror Image
23 Jan 2018
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The problem of unilateral contracts: dichotomy between offers which invite acceptance through. Promise: act (most obvious example (reward cases) Symmetry", balance": both parties can back out of unilateral contract. Wormser, the true conception of unilateral contracts focuses on the subject from classic legal methodology point of view. Brooklyn bridge hypothetical : a propose b to walk the bridge in exchange for 100$. Is there a contract? yes, a is thus bound to pay 100$ a unilateral contract. Strange california case about the railway which was half way completed when a revoked the offer, yet the court found that it was a bilateral contract. Errington v. errington [1952] implied obligation [cml] The son never promised to pay the mortgage and therefore it wasn"t a bilateral contract, it was a unilateral one. If there is some form of reliance, then there is an implied obligation.
