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Unit Summary
Pre-requisites
Must have completed or be currently enrolled in LEGL1001 - Legal Research and Writing AND LEGL1005 - Legal Process
Anti-requisites
LAW00503 Contract Law AND not available for students admitted to the Associate Degree in Law (Paralegal Studies) or Bachelor of Legal and Justice Studies.
Unit aim
Examines the principles of contract law and how they regulate ‘private’ obligations entered into between individuals, and/or individual legal entities. Introduces some theoretical influences that shaped development of common law contract principles. Discusses legal principles related to formation of a contract, formalities and the meaning given to the terms of the contract.
Unit content
Topic 1: The Nature of Contract Law
Topic 2: Agreement
Topic 3: Consideration
Topic 4: Intention to Create a Binding Legal Contract
Topic 5: Certainty
Topic 6: Formalities
Topic 7: Capacity
Topic 8: Detrimental Reliance and Unjust Enrichment
Topic 9: Express Terms
Topic 10: Construing Express Terms
Topic 11: Parties to a Contract – Privity
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | identify the legal and policy issues in complex contractual cases and hypothetical situations |
| 2 | apply relevant legal principles to the resolution of these issues |
| 3 | analyse aspects of contract law from a number of critical perspectives |
| 4 | develop skills in the reading of statutes and cases |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- identify the legal and policy issues in complex contractual cases and hypothetical situations
- apply relevant legal principles to the resolution of these issues
- analyse aspects of contract law from a number of critical perspectives
- develop skills in the reading of statutes and cases
Prescribed texts
- Paterson, J, Robertson, A & Duke, A, 2020, Contract: Cases and Materials, 14th edn, Thomson Reuters, Sydney.
- Paterson, J, Robertson, A & Duke, A, 2020, Principles of Contract Law, 6th edn, Thomson Reuters, Sydney.