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For a contract to exist under Scots Law there must be consensus in idem or a 'meeting of minds' explain what this means.
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Page 1: Haseeb-ur-Rehman, 00100285, Wednesday 22nd October 2k, Contract Law: Essay No: 1: For a contract to exist under Scots Law there must be consensus in idem or a 'meeting of minds' explain what this means AND b) give at least three examples of situations where a 'meeting of minds' is in question Page 2: A basic definition, of a contract is an agreement enforceable at Law. Institutional writers, whose works, strongly influenced, Scots Law, wrote of Contract as a 'form of obligation'. Erskine defined a contract as a 'legal tie, by which one is bound to pay or perform, something to another'. However, it should be noted, under some circumstances, certain 'legal ties' or obligations, may have legal consequences, but are not legally enforceable. A contract has been defined in the 'Digest of English Civil Law' as 'an agreement, which creates, or is intended to create, a legal obligation, between the parties to...
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