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Third-Party Beneficiaries

15 January, 2016 - 09:33

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Know what a third-party beneficiary is, and what the types of such beneficiaries are.
  2. Recognize the rights obtained by third-party beneficiaries.
  3. Understand when the public might be a third-party beneficiary of government contracts.

The fundamental issue with third-party beneficiaries gets to this: can a person who is not a party to a contract sue to enforce its terms?