The Pros And Cons Of Contract Law

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Contract laws had two problems which are old contract law principles often did not reflect modern business practices, and law had become different from one state to another. On many legal topics, contacts law included the national government has had a little to say and has allowed the state to act individually. The UCC was made as an effort to answer two problems. I was a proposal written by legal scholars not a law drafted by members of congress or stat legislatures. The scholars at the American law institute and the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws had great ideas but they had no legal authority to make anyone do anything. Over time, lawmakers in al fifty states were persuaded to adopt many parts of the Uniform Commercial Code. They responded to persuasive arguments such as businesses will benefit if most commercial transactions are governed by the modern and efficient contract law principles that are outlined in the uniform commercial code. Also businesses everywhere will be able to operate more efficiently, and transactions will be more convenient, if the law surrounding most of their transactions is the same in all fifty states. The main focus is in the article 2 of the uniform commercial code book. The …show more content…

While this offers a contract law that is more flexible than the common law, it also requires a higher level of responsibility from the merchants it serves. Those who make a living by crafting agreements are expected to understand the legal consequences of their words and deeds. Many sections of the code offer two rules on for the person who routinely deals in the particular good involved or who appears to have special knowledge or skill in those goods or who uses agents with special knowledge or skill in those goods. This code is frequently held for a merchant to a high standard of conduct than a

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