2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LAW1030 Contract Law

30 creditsClass Size: 400

Module manager: Professor Roger Halson
Email: D.R.Halson@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

This module is mutually exclusive with

LAW1075	Intro to Law of Obligations
LUBS2810	Business & the Legal Environ.
LUBS3915	Employment Law

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

By the end of this module, students are expected to be able to demonstrate, with appropriate reference to case-law and statute, a basic understanding of the general principles governing the formation, modification, performance, discharge and enforcement of contracts under English law.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
- recognise, identify, state and discuss legal concepts, values, principles and rules of the law relating to the general principles;
- apply appropriate terminology and legal reasoning to produce a coherent legal account of how these principles apply in given fact situations;
- identify, distinguish and evaluate relevant authorities and arguments;
- explain and assess recent developments and current controversies in English contract law.

Syllabus

Formation of the contract: the process of offer and acceptance; unilateral mistake; the intention to create legal relations
The basis of enforcement of contracts: consideration, promissory estoppel; economic duress
The contents of the contract: express and implied terms
The position of third parties
Vitiating factors: misrepresentation; common mistake
Discharge of the contract: frustration; breach
Remedies: damages; exclusion clauses; specific enforcement.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	44	1.00	44.00
Seminar	9	1.50	13.50
Private study hours			242.50
Total Contact hours			57.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Open Book exam	72 hr	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

Three week period of time provided to complete the assessment.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 25/11/2020

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