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As you read about the "mailbox rule"
The so-called "mailbox rule" is an exception to the rule you just learned above (that the offeror must receive notice of acceptance in order for it to be effective) that has bedeviled law students, and lawyers, for a very long time.
It involves a basic problem: how do you decide when acceptance has occurred when the parties are negotiating at a distance? You will first read the case that established the mailbox rule, which remains the rule, and which is tested on the bar, and then we will work through some problems in the application of the rule.
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