Module LAW2004B for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2004B: Contract Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Introduction
- Formation of Contract (Formal Requirements; Offer and Acceptance)
- Consideration and Qualifications to Consideration (Waiver and Equitable Estoppel)
- Intention to Create Legal Relations
- Certainty and Clarity
- Privity of Contract
- Terms of Contract
- Good faith
- Exception Clauses
- Performance and Breach
- Misrepresentation
- Mistake
- Unequal Bargaining (Duress; Undue Influence; Unconscionable Bargain)
- Frustration
- Illegality
- Remedies (Debt; Damages- kinds, measurement, contributory negligence, remoteness of damage, mitigation of loss, timing; Penalties; Restitution; Specific Performance; Injunction)
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | 245 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activities | 22 | 22 x 1 hour Lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 33 | 22 x 1.5 hour seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 63 | Individual reading and lecture preparation |
| Guided Independent Study | 88 | Seminar preparation |
| Guided Independent Study | 32 | Formative assessment preparation |
| Guided Independent Study | 62 | Formative assessment preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formative professional opinion. *See summative assessment. A student has two opportunities to submit an opinion. If a student chooses to submit two opinions the one gaining the higher mark will be treated as summative, and the other will be regarded as formative. | 48 hour turn-around. 2,500 words. | 1-6 | Individual indicative mark and individual written feedback, with supplementary oral feedback available. General comments given to the cohort. |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Opinion (the higher mark of two opinions) The student will have two opportunities to write a professional opinion for summative assessment (one in the first term and one in the second). A student may choose only to complete one (in which case the mark awarded will be the mark for this 50% part of the assessment) or to complete two (in which case the higher of the two marks will be taken) | 50 | 48 hour turn-around, 2,500 words | 1-6 | Individual written feedback, with supplementary oral feedback available |
| Professional Opinion | 50 | One week turn-around, 2,500 words | 1-6 | Individual written feedback, with supplementary oral feedback available |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Opinion (50%)* | Professional Opinion (48 hour turn-around, 2,500 words) | 1-6 | August/September reassessment period |
| Professional Opinion (50%) | Professional Opinion (one week turn-around, 2,500 words) | 1-6 | August/September reassessment period |
Re-assessment notes
*If a student achieves less than 40% in one opinion but 40% or more in the other, the higher mark will be taken. If a student achieves less than 40% in both opinions, and is permitted to refer, he or she may submit a third opinion (and will be capped at 40%). If a student defers in respect of one or both opinions, he or she may submit one deferred opinion and the mark awarded for it will be taken.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading (please ensure in each case that you use the current edition):
1. McKendrick, Contract Law (Palgrave Macmillan)
2. Beatson, Burrows and Cartwright, Anson’s Law of Contract (OUP)
