Unit name | Law of Contract |
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Unit code | LAWD10008 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. McVea |
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 |
Contract law is a component of the modern law of obligations. Fundamentally, contract law is concerned with the promises which people make to one another. It governs questions such as:
Topics covered include: offer and acceptance; consideration and promissory estoppel; intention to create legal relations; privity; illegitimate pressure; express and implied terms, including exclusion and limitation clauses; misrepresentation; mistake; frustration; performance and breach; and remedies.
The unit aims to ensure that students are able to:
On completing the unit, students will be able to demonstrate a basic working knowledge of the English law of contract as well as the technical and intellectual skills identified above.
The unit will be taught by a combination of up to 25-6 substantive lectures, 9 tutorials, with 1-2 revision lectures.
Formative assessment: mid-sessional examination (90 mins – 2 questions). Summative assessment: one 3-hour (unseen) exam consisting of essays and problem questions (100% of mark).