Form of Contracts

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1. What is the general rule on contractual form under Article 1356?
2. When a mandatory special form is required for validity, can Article 1357 be used to treat the defective contract as alr…
3. What does Article 1874 require for an agent’s authority to sell land or an interest in it?
4. A valid perfected agreement requires a public document for the purposes contemplated by Articles 1357-1358, rather than…
5. Two parties make a wholly executory oral sale of land with no applicable written memorandum or ratification. The only d…
6. An owner orally authorizes an agent to sell a parcel. The agent executes a sale, and the buyer invokes the principle th…
7. A litigant says that because an executory oral land sale may raise Statute of Frauds unenforceability, a sale by an age…
8. Distinguish form required for validity, enforceability and documentation of a perfected contract.
9. Distinguish a wholly executory oral land sale under the Statute of Frauds from a land sale through an agent whose autho…
10. Explain why a missing public instrument does not invariably mean the absence of any binding agreement.
11. Which 1358 category expressly includes cession of hereditary rights?
12. What 1358 category includes power to administer property?