LW101-5-FY-CO:
Contract Law
2022/23
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 06 October 2022
Friday 30 June 2023
30
25 May 2022
Requisites for this module
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LW201, LW224, LW241, LW242, LW251, LW363
LLB M103 Law (Senior Status)
This module will introduce students to the core issues of foundational contract law. It will address the life cycle of a contract and serve as a bridge for other optional contract-based modules that students may wish to study in subsequent years.
The module aims to introduce students to key aspects of contract law, to enable to students to understand and critically evaluate the relationship between key contract law rules and principles and to apply these to hypothetical legal problems.
1. Understand and critically analyse key aspects of contract law
2. Understand and analyse the relationship between key contract law rules and principles
3. Critically evaluate key contract law rules and principles and construct discursive arguments
4. Identify legal issues in hypothetical case studies
5. Identify, construct and evaluate competing legal arguments
6. Apply contract rules and principles to hypothetical legal problems
7. Interpret statutory provisions and recognise their interplay with common law rules and principles of contract.
Students will acquire the above knowledge and skills via a combination of lectures, tutorials and VLE resources, focusing around the following topics (with skills-based teaching having dedicated session as well as incorporated in all topics):
Autumn term
Weeks 2-3: Introduction to contract law
Week 4-7: Formation of contracts (offer, acceptance, consideration, etc)
Week 8: Terms of contract (incorporation and classification)
Weeks 9-10: Unfair terms
Week 11: Revision and skills
Spring term
Week 16-17: Introduction and misrepresentation
Week 18: Undue influence
Week 19: Duress
Week 20: Mistake
Week 21: Frustration
Weeks 22-23: Breach of contract and remedies
Week 24: Values in contract law
Week 25: Revision
This module will be taught via weekly 2-hour lectures and weekly 1-hour tutorials.
The module teaching team will upload all relevant teaching materials on Moodle. You will find reading lists, the textbook, weekly handouts and PPS notes on Moodle. The materials in question are designed both to help you navigate the material to be covered in the lectures and tutorials and to equip you to analyse the required readings. You will be expected to have completed the required readings in advance of your tutorials. Your tutorials will enable you to discuss the material covered in lectures and the required readings, obtain feedback on your pre-class preparation and deepen your understanding of key concepts.
To help you prepare in the best possible way for your tutorials, you will be completing regular Multiple-Choice Quizzes on Moodle. The quizzes will be based on the reading set for that week so that the quiz forms part of your preparation for each tutorial. The quizzes will enable you to track your progress, understand what you are doing well, and give you clear feedback to help you manage your studies and your progress.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Formative Essay (LW101 Contract Law) |
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0% |
| Coursework |
Multiple Choice Questions - Continuous Assessment (LW101 Contract Law) |
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50% |
| Coursework |
Essay (LW101 Contract Law) |
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50% |
| Exam |
Main exam: Remote, Open Book, 24hr during Summer (Main Period)
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| Exam |
Reassessment Main exam: Remote, Open Book, 24hr during September (Reassessment Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Nikhil Gokani, email: nikhil.gokani@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Nikhil Gokani, Dr Andrea Fejos, Dr Godswill Agbaitoro
Law UG Education Administrators: lawschoolug@essex.ac.uk
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No
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Dr Mateja Durovic
Kings College London
Reader in Law
Available via Moodle
Of 61 hours, 39 (63.9%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
22 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
Essex Law School
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