ABSTRACT
This chapter is concerned with the issue of the enforce ab il ity of prom ises. How does English law decide whether a promise is to be treated as enforce able by the courts? In invest ig at ing this ques tion, the follow ing topics will be considered:
■ Deeds. These consti tute a means of indic at ing an inten tion to make an enforce able promise through formal means – that is, putting the promise into a partic u lar type of docu ment.
