LW101-4-SP-CO:
Contract Law
2015/16
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
15
14 February 2013
Requisites for this module
(none)
(none)
(LW108 or LW108)
(none)
LW201, LW224, LW241, LW242, LW251
LLB M122 English and French Law (Maitrise),
LLB M100 Law,
LLB M101 Law (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M107 Law (Including Placement Year),
LLB M120 Law (Including Year Abroad)
This 15 credit module will introduce students to key aspects of contract law. It will build on knowledge acquired in the Foundation of the Law of Obligations module taught in the autumn term and will also serve as a bridge for other optional commercial law courses that students may wish to study in subsequent years.
No information available.
No information available.
Teaching and Assesment
Two one-hour lectures per week
Four fortnightly seminars
Upon successful completion of the module students will be able to:
1. Identify legal issues in a simulated case- study.
2. Construct legal arguments.
3. Apply contract principles and precedent cases to resolve simulated legal problems.
4. Explain the legal consequences of contract failures to others
5. Interpret statutory provisions and recognise their interplay with common law rules and principles of contract.
6. Apply the numerical skills involved in the calculation of damages.
SYLLABUS
1. Terms of the Contract
2. Interpretation of terms:
express and implied
terms and representations
certainty
3. Control of Unfair Terms:
Common Law
Statute
4. Vitiating Factors:
Misrepresentation
Other vitiating factors, mistake, frustration, illegality
5. Damages for breach of contract:
Principles of compensation, expectation and reliance
The severity of breach and relationship with damages
Assessment of Damages, principles of remoteness and other relevant principles
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Exam |
Main exam: 120 minutes during Summer (Main 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. Youseph Farah
Laurence Wells, Administrator, telephone: 01206 872852 email: ljwells@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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