Contract Management

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Liberalisation and globalisation of the Indian economy,and consequent outsourcing, in the past decade have led to rapid proliferation in contractual relationships. As a result, managing contracts for supply of goods and services has become a dominant activity for themanagers in both, public and private sectors - making it imperative for them to understand the subject to optimally manage contracts. Contract Management: Understanding Business Contracts facilitates understanding of contract business practices and contractual relations, which otherwise appear technical and inaccessible to private and public sector executives. Written in a lucid style, the book covers the entire range of issues and themes managers encounter - from formation of contracts, forfeiture of security deposit, contract with government bodies, quality of goods to impossibility of performance, damages and compensation, termination of contracts, and domestic and foreign arbitration. The book also encourages the

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Akhileshwar Pathak is an Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. An alumnus of St. Stephen’s College and Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi, Dr. Pathak did his Ph D in law from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He has been teaching students of management and training executives for the past 17 years. Table of Contents Preface, List of Legal Cases, List of Advetisements, Chapter 1 Introduction Part I: Formation of Contracts Chapter 2 Contract Law: An Overview Chapter 3 Offer, Acceptance and Agreements Chapter 4 Acceptance of Offer Chapter 5 Rejection of Offer Chapter 6 Acceptance and Counter-Offer: Court Judgements Chapter 7 Offer and Tender Chapter 8 Depositing Security and Signing of Contract Document: Court Judgements Chapter 9 Government Department and Written Contracts: Court Judgements Chapter 10 Letter of Intent: Court Judgements Chapter 11 Consideration Chapter 12 Place of Formation of Contract Chapter 13 Privity of Contract Chapter 14 Contracting with Government Bodies Chapter 15 Organisation of a Modern Business Contract Part II: Terms In General Conditions of Contract Chapter 16 Sale of Goods: Ownership and Quality Chapter 17 Sale of Goods: Transfer of Property Chapter 18 Bank Guarantee Chapter 19 Letter of Credit Chapter 20 Impossibility and Frustration Chapter 21 Compensation and Damages Chapter 22 Domestic Arbitration Chapter 23 Arbitration Procedures Chapter 24 Foreign Awards Chapter 25 Other Terms in Contracts Chapter 26 Standard Form Contract, Index