Single Subject Courses
Contract Law (General Principles 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
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