Legal Excuses for Breach

Question 1

Rule for Legal Excuses

Answer 1

The occurrence of changed circumstances may make a contract impossible or impracticable to perform or may frustrate the purpose of the contract. Where the non-occurrence of an event was a basic assumption of the parties in making the contract and neither party has assumed the risk of the event occurring, contractual duties may be excused.

Question 2

UCC Legal Excuses

Answer 2

2-613 Casualty to identified goods
2-614 substituted performance
2-615 Impracticability

Question 3

Common Law legal excuses

Answer 3

Impossibility (death, act of God, Illegal)
Impracticability ( heavy burden not assumed at signing of contract to complete
Frustration of purpose (core principle to contract gone)