LW101-5-SP-CO:
Contract Law
2023/24
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 5
ReassessmentOnly
Monday 15 January 2024
Friday 22 March 2024
15
25 May 2022
Requisites for this module
(none)
(none)
LW108
(none)
LW201, LW224, LW241, LW242, LW251, LW363
This 15 credit module will introduce students to key aspects of contract law. It will build on knowledge acquired in the Foundation of the Law of Obligations module taught in the autumn term and will also serve as a bridge for other optional commercial law courses that students may wish to study in subsequent years.
The module aims to introduce students to key aspects of contract law, to enable to students to understand and critically evaluate the relationship between key contract law rules and principles and to apply these to hypothetical legal problems.
Upon successful completion of the module students will be able to:
1. Understand key aspects of contract law
2. Understand the relationship between key contract law rules and principles
3. Critically evaluate key contract law rules and principles
4. Identify legal issues in hypothetical case studies
5. Construct legal arguments
6. Apply contract rules and principles to hypothetical legal problems
7. Interpret statutory provisions and recognise their interplay with common law rules and principles of contract
Students will acquire the above knowledge and skills via a combination of lectures and tutorials, focusing around the following topics:
Terms of the Contract:
1. Express and implied terms
2. Terms and representations
Vitiating Factors:
1. Misrepresentation
2. Mistake
3. Duress
4. Undue Influence
5. Frustration
Control of Unfair Terms:
1. Common Law
2. Statutes
Damages for breach of contract:
1. Basic principles of damages compensation
2. Expectation, reliance and restitution damages
3. Principles and rules for assessment of damages
This module will be taught via weekly 2-hour lectures and fortnightly 1-hour tutorials.
The module teaching team will upload all relevant teaching materials on Moodle. You will find reading lists, the textbook, weekly handouts and PPS notes on Moodle. The materials in question are designed both to help you navigate the material to be covered in the lectures and tutorials and to equip you to analyse the required readings. You will be expected to have completed the required readings in advance of your tutorials. Your tutorials will enable you to discuss the material covered in lectures and the required readings, obtain feedback on your pre-class preparation and deepen your understanding of key concepts.
To help you prepare in the best possible way for your tutorials, you will be completing regular Multiple-Choice Quizzes on Moodle. The quizzes will be based on the reading set for that week so that the quiz forms part of your preparation for each tutorial. The quizzes will enable you to track your progress, understand what you are doing well, and give you clear feedback to help you manage your studies and your progress.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Multiple Choice Questions - Continuous Assessment (LW101 Contract Law) |
|
100% |
| Exam |
Main exam: In-Person, Open Book (Restricted), 180 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
|
| Exam |
Reassessment Main exam: In-Person, Open Book (Restricted), 180 minutes during September (Reassessment Period)
|
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Nikhil Gokani, email: nikhil.gokani@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Nikhil Gokani, Dr Andrea Fejos
Law UG Education Administrators: lawschoolug@essex.ac.uk
Yes
No
Yes
Dr Mateja Durovic
Kings College London
Reader in Law
Available via Moodle
Of 824 hours, 0 (0%) hours available to students:
809 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
15 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
Essex Law School
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