Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Law - Comparative Legal Systems, Comparative Law, grade: 1st (80%), University of Warwick, course: Common Law - (Contracts), language: English, abstract: This essay will firstly provide a presentation of the doctrine of intention to create legal relations. In a second step I will try to verify the statement made by Collins in connection with the courts’ task to find out what the parties’ intentions are. Current developments will be examined.