History. Orig. Code 1863, §§ 2704, 2708, 2711; Code 1868, §§ 2698, 2702, 2705; Code 1873, §§ 2740, 2744, 2747; Code 1882, §§ 2740, 2744, 2747; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3657, 3661, 3664; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4242, 4246, 4249; Code 1933, §§ 20-302, 20-304, 20-306; Ga. L. 1981, p. 876, § 2.
Law reviews.
For article discussing the anachronistic nature of the Georgia Contracts Code as dramatized by comparing the doctrine of consideration as it is formulated in the Restatements of Contracts and in Code 1933, Title 20 (now this title), and the interpretative approach Georgia courts have taken in dealing with such Code, see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 499 (1979). (But see amendments by Ga. L. 1981, p. 876.)
For article, “Promissory Estoppel and the Georgia Statute of Frauds,” see 15 Ga. L. Rev. 204 (1980).
For article surveying developments in Georgia contract law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 67 (1981).
For article surveying developments in Georgia real property law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 219 (1981).
For article, “Considering the Consideration Approach to Classifying Georgia Contracts In Partial Restraint of Trade,” see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 18 (2004).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 3 - Elements and Formation Generally
§ 13-3-40. Necessity for Consideration; Presumption of Consideration
§ 13-3-41. Types of Consideration
§ 13-3-43. Effect of Satisfying Requirement of Consideration
§ 13-3-45. Effect of Partially Valid Consideration; Effect of Illegal Consideration
§ 13-3-46. Effect of Inadequacy of Consideration
§ 13-3-47. Effect of Impossible and Possible but Improbable Consideration