Module LAW2004C for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2004C: Contract Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 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
- Intention to create legal relations
- Certainty
- Privity of contract
- Terms of the contract and the interpretation of terms
- Exclusion clauses
- Green contracts
- Performance and breach
- Misrepresentation
- Mistake
- Unequal bargaining (duress; undue influence; unconscionable bargain)
- Frustration
- Illegality
- Remedies
- Negotiation
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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).
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:
1. Richard Stone and James Devenney, The Modern Law of Contract 13th Ed (Routledge, 2019)
2. Euan McKendrick, Contract Law 9th Ed (OUP, 2020)
3. Mindy Chen-Wishart, Contract Law 6 th Ed (OUP, 2018)
4. Sir Jack Beatson, Andrew Burrows and John Cartwright, Anson’s Law of Contract 31st Ed (OUP, 2020)
5. Elizabeth Macdonald and Ruth Atkins,Koffman and Macdonald ‘s Law of Contract 9th Ed (OUP, 2018)
