Contracts 1 PASS Week 2

What areas of law is contract law apart of?

• The law of obligations

• Private law

• Public law

• Criminal law

Contract law involves self-imposed obligations

• True

• False

Tort law is about actions...

• Which have caused no harm to others and caused no damage to their property, so no remedy needs to be provided

• Which have harmed others but not their property, so they are ineligible for remedies

• Which have harmed others or caused damage to their property, providing a remedy to the person wronged

• Which have harmed a person's property but not the person themselves, so a small remedy is available

Can a party be liable in both contract and tort law?

• False

• True

Equity is primarily concerned with

• Conscious conduct

• Unconscionable conduct

• Personal injury

• Offer and acceptance of a contract

What are some discretionary equitable remedies?

• Specific performance

• Money

• Injunctions

• General performance

Which pieces of legislation are important for Contracts 1?

• Sale of Goods Act 1896 (Qld)

• Electronic Transactions (Queensland) Act 2001 (Qld)

• Australian Consumer Law

• Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld)

Ratio decidendi is

• The implied reason(s) for the decision of a case

• The expressed reason(s) for the conviction of the defendant

• The expressed reason(s) for the decision of a case

Obiter dictum (dicta) are statements made by the judge which are not necessary to decide a case and they are only persuasive

• True

• False

The parties in a civil action are

• The defendant

• The judge

• The plaintiff