Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3019: Commercial Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module’s precise content and order of syllabus coverage may vary, it is envisaged that it will include some of the following topics:-

Introduction to commercial law

Agency:external relationship

Implied terms

Passing of risk and property

Remedies of the buyer

Remedies of the seller

Agency: the external relationship

Sale of goods

Sources of international commercial sales: English law and SOGA 1979, Incoterms, CIF and FOB contracts, 1980 Vienna Convention on International sale of goods

Creation of the contract: incorporation of standard terms and transport obligations

Transfer of risk and property

Seller’s duty re the goods and documents

Bills of lading

Letters of credit

Rejection and remedies for breach of contract

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
53	247	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	44	22 x 2 hour Lectures
Scheduled learning and teaching activities	9	6 x 1.5 hour workshops
Guided independent study	111	Individual reading and lecture preparation
Guided independent study	37	Workshop preparation
Guided independent study	82	Assessment preparation
Guided independent study	17	Formative assessment

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/

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.

Key Texts:

Munday, Agency: law and principles (^3rdedition, OUP, 2016)

Adams, McQueen, Atiyah sale of goods, (2016)

A Lista international commercial sales: the sale of goods on shipment terms

Charles Debattista "Bills of Lading in Export Trade", Tottel Publishing; 3rd Revised edition (2009)
Jack's "Documentary Credits", Tottel Publishing; 4th Revised edition edition (28 Feb 2009)

LS Sealy and RJA Hooley, Commercial Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (4th edition, OUP 2009)

Further reading might include:

Bridge, Benjamin’s Sale of Goods (13thth edition 2014);

Bridge, The Sale of Goods (13nd edition OUP 2014)