College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Contract Law
Module LAW2004C for 2020/1
Module LAW2004C for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2004C: Contract Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover all or some of the following topics:
- 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
- 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)
- Negotiation
- Contractual drafting
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 |
---|---|---|
66 | 234 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 22 | 22 x 1 hour lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 22 | 11 x 2 hour seminars |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 10 | Workshop activities |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 12 | 6 x 2hr peer led law firm meetings |
Guided Independent Study | 88 | Lecture preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 88 | Seminar and workshop preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 10 | Formative essay preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 48 | Summative assessment preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).