Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3161H: Commercial Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 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 to commercial law and purpose of commercial law
Sources of domestic commercial sales: English law and SOGA 1979,
Formation of the contract
Performance of the contract: implied terms, transfer of risk and property
Rejection and remedies for breach of contract
Agency law: introduction and the external relationship (relation between the principal and the third party)

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
26.5	123.5	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	4.5	3 x 1.5 hour tutorials
Scheduled learning and teaching	22	11 x 2 hour lectures
Guided independent study	83.5	Reading and preparing for tutorials
Guided independent study	40	Researching and writing essays

Online Resources

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

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.

This reading list is indicative, providing an idea of textbooks that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not a confirmed or compulsory reading list:

The latest editions of:

Atiyah Sale of goods

Sealy and Hooley, Commercial Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (Oxford)

Bridge, Benjamin’s Sale of Goods (Sweet and Maxwell)

Bridge, The Sale of Goods (Oxford)

Munday, agency law and principles (available electronically)