Module LAW2004B for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2004B: Contract Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
This module examines the English law of contract and its theoretical doctrines and practical applications, drawing, where relevant, on materials from other jurisdictions. Attention will be paid to formation of contractual relations, the requirements for enforceability of contracts, the rights of third parties, terms and interpretation of contracts, performance and breach of contracts, vitiating factors and remedies. The module examines the law of contract in its social, moral and commercial setting.
The module aims:
(a) to give you an understanding of the different aspects of law of contract;
(b) to encourage you to think practically in this field, and apply the legal rules and principles you have learned to specific situations, and;
(c) to enable you to identify and evaluate issues within the law of contract.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate a thorough understanding of the main areas of English law of contract and be able to describe and discuss the theoretical and practical contexts in which they operate; 2. demonstrate awareness of some wider social and contextual implications of the areas of contract law; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a range of legal concepts, values, principles, institutions and procedures, and the ability to explain the relationships among them; 4. demonstrate ability to apply legal knowledge to a problem and to discuss it. |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. demonstrate effective and accurate communication skills in a manner appropriate to the discipline / different contexts; 6. identify, retrieve and use efficiently a range of resources with some guidance; |
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 |
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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 |
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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).