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Generally speaking,silence cannot amount to a valid acceptance.I quite agree with the statement of Professor McKendrick that“the rule is a good one.”①However,there are some circumstances that silence may amount to acceptance.I will first of all illustrate what is acceptance by silence and when will this issue arise.ThenIwilldiscussthecircumstancesonebyone.The question of silence does not exist in unilateral contract:Contracts can be divided into two categories:unilateral contract and bilateral one.The first thing I need to point out is that in unilateral contract the question of accepting by silence will not arise.Some may argue that in the Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co,
Generally speaking, silence can not amount to a valid acceptance. I quite agree with the statement of Professor McKendrick that “the rule is a good one. ” ①However, there are some circumstances that silence may amount to acceptance.I will first of all illustrate what is acceptance by silence and when will this issue arise.Then Iwill discoursesthecircumstancesonebyone.The question of silence does not exist in unilateral contract: Contracts can be divided into two categories: unilateral contract and bilateral one.The first thing I need to point out is that in unilateral contract the question of accepting by silence will not arise. may may argue that in the Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.,