Which One of the Following Statements Accurately Describes the Legal

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Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements accurately describes the legal relationship between the principle of caveat emptor ("buyer beware") and the effect on a sale-of-goods contract of the Sale of Goods Act?

• A) The buyer must be particularly careful to make it an express term of the contract that he get good title to the goods.
• B) When there is a conflict between the principle of caveat emptor and the provisions of the Act, the principle prevails over the Act.
• C) Because caveat emptor applies to the quality of goods, the buyer's only protection is to examine them carefully and only accept them if he finds them to his liking.
• D) The Act provides a number of implied contractual terms to supplement those expressed in the contract, and those implied terms override the principle of caveat emptor, when in conflict with it.
• E) The sale of goods provisions with respect to fitness and quality always override a different stated intention in a contract for the sale of goods.

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Kohlberg's Theory

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