§ 6.Syn Synopsis to Chapter 6: consideration-mutuality of obligation-requirements and output contracts-effect of option

§ 6.1 Mutuality of Obligation, Mutuality of Consideration

§ 6.2 Promise of Employment Duration, Job Security or Fringe Benefits With No Promise by the Employee

§ 6.3 Unilateral and Bilateral Agency Contracts

§ 6.4 Sales Agency Agreements for Indefinite Amounts or Periods

§ 6.5 Promise to Buy One's Needs or Requirements

§ 6.6 Promise to Supply Goods as Promisee May Order

§ 6.7 Promise to Sell Producer's Output

§ 6.8 Promises to Buy or Sell, Conditional on Future Prices

§ 6.9 Effect of Promisor's Option on Whether the Promise Constitutes Consideration

§ 6.10 Promises Including an ''Option to Terminate''

§ 6.11 Power of Revoking an Offer Is a Power to Terminate

§ 6.12 Effect of Power to Terminate at Any Time Without a Specified Period of Notice

§ 6.13 Power to Terminate by Giving a Notice for Some Specified Period

§ 6.14 Power to Terminate for Cause or on Some Condition Other Than Promisor's Own Will

§ 6.15 Power to Cancel on Some Specified Non-performance of Duty by the Other Party

§ 6.16 Power to Terminate May Be Given to Each of the Parties

§ 6.17 Effect of Exercising Power to Terminate After Part Performance

§ 6.18 Contracts of Agency or Service With Power to Terminate

§ 6.19 Employer's Power to Terminate a Contract That Restrains the Employee From Competition

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Supp. to § 6.1 Mutuality of Obligation, Mutuality of Consideration

Supp. to § 6.2 Promise of Employment Duration, Job Security or Fringe Benefits With No Promise by the Employee

Supp. to § 6.4 Sales Agency Agreements for Indefinite Amounts or Periods

Supp. to § 6.5 Promise to Buy One's Needs or Requirements

Supp. to § 6.6 Promise to Supply Goods as Promisee May Order

Supp. to § 6.7 Promise to Sell Producer's Output

Supp. to § 6.9 Effect of Promisor's Option on Whether the Promise Constitutes Consideration

Supp. to § 6.10 Promises Including an ''Option to Terminate''

Supp. to § 6.13 Power to Terminate by Giving a Notice for Some Specified Period

Supp. to § 6.14 Power to Terminate for Cause or on Some Condition Other Than Promisor's Own Will

Supp. to § 6.19 Employer's Power to Terminate a Contract That Restrains the Employee From Competition

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§ 7.Syn Synopsis to Chapter 7: consideration-effect of pre-existing duty

§ 7.1 Performance, or Promise of Performance, of a Pre-existing Duty as Consideration

§ 7.2 Performance of Duty as Detriment or Benefit

§ 7.3 Different Classes of Duties and Sources From Which They Arise

§ 7.4 Discharge of Duty Distinguished From Creation of Duty

§ 7.5 Performance, or a Promise of Performance, of a Duty to the Present Promisor as a Consideration

§ 7.6 The Modern Formulation of the Pre-existing Duty Rule and Its Precursors

§ 7.7 Performance of Duty to a Third Person as a Consideration

§ 7.8 Two Separate and Independent Contracts for One Performance

§ 7.9 The Case of De Cicco v. Schweizer, a Marriage Settlement Promise

§ 7.10 Actual Performance of Duty is as Good a Consideration as is a Promise to Perform Duty

§ 7.11 Performance of Public or Official Duty: Duties Imposed by Tort and Criminal Law or Economic Regulation

§ 7.12 Is a Contractual Duty Always Alternative?

§ 7.13 Policy of Recognizing Performance of Duty as a Basis for Validating a Promise

§ 7.14 Statutory Changes in the Pre-existing Duty Rule

§ 7.15 Effect of an Agreement to Rescind the Pre-existing Contract

§ 7.16 Paying All or Part of a Liquidated Claim as Consideration

§ 7.17 Consideration: Invalid Claims, Claim Settlements and Liquidation of Unliquidated Debts

§ 7.18 Compositions With Creditors

§ 7.19 A Promise to Perform a Pre-existing Duty May Be Binding Although It Does Not Constitute Consideration for ...

§ 7.20 Performance of Something Additional to or Different From What the Pre-existing Duty Required

§ 7.21 Settlements or Contract Modifications Obtained by Coercion or Bad Faith

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Supp. to § 7.1 Performance, or Promise of Performance, of a Pre-existing Duty as Consideration

Supp. to § 7.5 Performance, or a Promise of Performance, of a Duty to the Present Promisor as a Consideration

Supp. to § 7.6 The Modern Formulation of the Pre-existing Duty Rule and Its Precursors

Supp. to § 7.7 Performance of Duty to a Third Person as Consideration

Supp. to § 7.12 Is a Contractual Duty Always Alternative?

Supp. to § 7.14 Statutory Changes in the Pre-existing Duty Rule

Supp. to § 7.15 Effect of an Agreement to Rescind the Pre-existing Contract

Supp. to § 7.16 Paying All or Part of a Liquidated Claim as Consideration

Supp. to § 7.17 Consideration: Invalid Claims, Claim Settlements and Liquidation of Unliquidated Debts

Supp. to § 7.20 Performance of Something Additional to or Different From What the Pre-existing Duty Required

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CHAPTER 8 RELIANCE ON A PROMISE AS GROUND FOR ENFORCEMENT: THE DOCTRINE OF PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL 14|18