Complete Question:
Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code simplified and streamlined commercial transactions involving the sale of goods. Which element of traditional contract law formation was modified or relaxed by the UCC?
a. Requirement of consideration for contract modifications.
b. Offers must have reasonably certain and definite terms to be valid.
c. The terms of the acceptance must exactly match those of the offer (“mirror image rule”).
d. All of the above.
Answer:
The element of traditional contract law formation that was modified or relaxed by the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) is:
c. The terms of the acceptance must exactly match those of the offer (“mirror image rule”).
Explanation:
The "mirror image rule" specifies that when a contract offer is accepted, the terms must be the same as those in the initial offer. However, Article 2 of the UCC modified this "mirror image rule" by specifying that the offeree's acceptance is based on the offeror's terms unless otherwise specified by the offeree. Any additional terms are regarded as some proposed additions and do not become part of the contract unless both parties are merchants.
