Question

When Paul arrived at work in the morning, he promised his co-workers that he would buy dinner for all of them that evening. He made this promise because his co-workers were already obligated to stay for work late. When dinnertime came, he told his co-workers that he did not have the money to buy dinner. Has Paul breached a contract

Answer 1

Answer: No, Paul has not breached a contract.

Explanation: To answer this, we must first we must define what a contract is.

A contract is an agreement between two or more people that is legally binding, and which guides or governs the actions or conducts of the parties involved.

A quality that makes a contract legally binding is that it is enforceable by law.

In the scenario given in the question above, Paul has not breached any contract because there isn't one. The promise to buy dinner has not been legally bound, therefore, it is not enforceable by law, in essence, it is not qualified to be called a contract.