Module Identifier | LA35830 | ||
Module Title | LAW OF CONTRACT | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Miss Elizabeth A Macdonald | ||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | ||
Other staff | Mr David A Poyton | ||
Co-Requisite | LA10110 or LA30101 or LA15710 | ||
Mutually Exclusive | LA35310 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 48 Hours - Three one hour lectures per week | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours - Five one hour seminars in each semester | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 2 Hours At the end of the second semester. Students are permitted to take an unmarked copy of Blackstones Statutes in Contract, Tort and Restitution into the exam. | 66% |
Semester Assessment | Essay: Assessed essay of 2000 words required in Week 7 of Semester 2 | 33% | |
Semester Assessment | Essay: Non assessed compulsory essay of 2000 words required in week 6 of semester 1 | 0% | |
Supplementary Assessment | Resit: By retaking the failed element (ie written assignment or examination or both, as applicable) | ||
Professional Exemptions | Required for Professional Purposes |
To give the student a good understanding of contract law as a largely common law subject and to develop the students understanding of precedent and the use of legal argument based on case law. To develop the student's skills in applying contract law to particular questions /problems. To meet the requirements for professional exemption. To equip the students to study further modules which rely on a knowledge of contract law.
To give the student a good understanding of contract law and, in so doing, to further the development of an awareness of the need for, and use of, accurate language; a logical approach to problems; legal analytical skills; effective communication skills, both orally and on paper and a critical approach to law and legal argument.
Syllabus
Syllabus:
1. Introduction to the Law of Contract.
2. Formation of the Contract.
3. Intention to create legal relations.
4. Consideration.
5. Privity.
6. Express and Implied Terms.
7. Conditions, Warranties and Innominate Terms.
8. Exemption clauses & Unfair Terms.
9. Misrepresentation.
10. Duress and undue influence.
11. Mistake.
12. Frustration.
13. Performance and Breach.
14. Remedies.
15. An outline of the Law of Restitution.