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| Unit name |
Law of Contract |
| Unit code |
LAWDM0061 |
| Credit points |
30 |
| Level of study |
M/7
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
|
| Unit director |
Professor. Adebisi |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None
|
| Co-requisites |
None
|
| School/department |
University of Bristol Law School |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Description including Unit Aims
This unit covers the formation of contracts, their contents, vitiating factors, discharge, and remedies. Topics covered include: Agreement (offer and acceptance); Consideration and promissory estoppel; Intention to create legal relations; Terms; Qualifications on liability; Illegitimate pressure; Misrepresentation; Mistake; Frustration; Performance and breach; Remedies.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the unit, a successful student will be able:
- to research and explain the origin, development and content of the principles and rules of the law of Contract;
- to identify issues of the law of Contract arising in different factual situations;
- to analyse the leading cases and statutory provisions; to understand how to deal with case law; and to recognise difficulties in identifying, reconciling and applying relevant source material;
- to present complex legal arguments in a coherent and persuasive fashion and to identify and reconcile inconsistencies in competing arguments;
- to apply knowledge of the law in resolution of issues identified;
- to criticise the relevant legal rules and to consider possible solutions for the successful reform and application of the law. Students should be able to state the law accurately, to apply legal principles to problem case scenarios, and to think critically about ways in which the law could be reformed.
Teaching Information
Teaching will be delivered through a variety of asynchronous and synchronous activities
Assessment Information
2 x summative assessments: 1x coursework and 1 x Timed Open Book Assessment with a specified word count
The assessment will assess all of the intended learning outcomes for this unit.
Reading and References
- E McKendrick, Contract Law (11th edn., Palgrave MacMillan, 2015)
- Blackstone's Statutes on Contract, Tort and Restitution, 2014-15
- A Burrows, A Casebook on Contract Law (4th edn., Hart, 2013)
- Treitel, The Law of Contract, 14th ed (2014)
