Single Subject Courses
Contract Law (General Principals of Law)
Syllabus
Formation of a Contract: including offer and acceptance; Intention to create legal relationships; form; legality and contracts in restraint of trade; consideration; consensus ad idem and capacity.
Vitiating Factors: including duress, undue influence; mistake and misrepresentation.
Terms of a Contract: including express terms with particular reference to exemption clauses; implied terms with particular reference to the sale of goods and the supply of services; conditions and warranties.
Discharge of Contractual Obligations: including discharge by performance; discharge by Agreement; discharge by Breach and Frustration.
Remedies for Breach: including the difference between common law and equitable remedies; damages; rescission; specific performance and injunction
Learning outcomes
(1) Understand the type of legal rule which requires persons to compensate others as a result of harm inflicted by non compliance of their promises
(2) Be aware of those promises which the law will uphold
(3) Be aware of the remedies that are available for a breach of contract
Assessment
Five Assignments