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This document provides information about the Contract Law module, including: 1) The module aims to introduce students to the principles of contract law at common law and in equity and help them understand how these principles are applied to agreements. 2) Key topics covered include formation of contracts, consideration, breach of contract, and remedies for breach. 3) Assessment is through a three hour and fifteen minute exam where students answer four out of eight questions testing their knowledge of contract law principles and ability to summarize materials and analyze cases.

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Contract Law - Module Descriptor

This document provides information about the Contract Law module, including: 1) The module aims to introduce students to the principles of contract law at common law and in equity and help them understand how these principles are applied to agreements. 2) Key topics covered include formation of contracts, consideration, breach of contract, and remedies for breach. 3) Assessment is through a three hour and fifteen minute exam where students answer four out of eight questions testing their knowledge of contract law principles and ability to summarize materials and analyze cases.

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Module

Descriptor
GENERAL INFORMATION
Module title Contract law
Module code LA1040
Module level 4
Contact email The Undergraduate Laws Programme courses are run in collaboration
with the University of London International Programmes. Enquiries
may be made via the Student Advice Centre at:
www.enquiries.londoninternational.ac.uk
Credit value 30
Courses on which this CertHE, LLB, EMFSS
module is offered
Module pre-requisites None
Notional study time 300 hours
MODULE PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW
Contract law is one of the seven foundation modules required for a qualifying law degree in England
and Wales and is a core requirement of the University of London LLB and CertHE Common Law
courses.

This module covers the key underlying principles of English contract law and includes key topics
such as formation of contracts, consideration, privity, breach of contract and remedies for breach
of contract.

MODULE AIM
This module introduces students to the principles of contract at common law and in equity and
helps them to understand how these principles are applied to agreements.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: KNOWLEDGE


Students completing this module are expected to have knowledge and understanding of the main
doctrines, concepts and principles of contract law. In particular they should be able to:

1. Describe the essential elements of a contract and explain how a contract is formed,
modified and terminated;
2. Identify and explain appropriate remedies for breach of contractual obligations;
3. Describe the general (economic, social and political) context in which contract law is applied
and the current issues affecting contract law;
4. Demonstrate understanding of the development of contract law and discuss its possible
future direction(s).

LEARNING OUTCOMES: SKILLS


Students completing this module should be able to demonstrate the ability to:

5. Summarise standard legal materials and arguments;


6. Analyse statutes and cases concerned with contract law;
7. Identify issues raised by legal questions and problems and provide reasoned solutions;
8. Carry out straightforward research tasks, using internet-based resources;
9. Reflect on their own learning, responding appropriately to formative testing and feedback.
BENCHMARK FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) benchmark statement for Law (2015).

MODULE SYLLABUS
(a) The formation of contracts. Offer and acceptance. Consideration. Certainty of agreement.
Intention to create legal relations.
(b) The content of the contract. Conditions, warranties and intermediate terms. Exemption clauses.
Implied terms at common law. Collateral contracts. Statutory implied terms with regard to the
quality of goods sold and goods or services supplied.
(c) Vitiating factors. Mistake. Misrepresentation. Duress and undue influence.
(d) Illegality and public policy (excluding gaming and wagering). Contracts illegal at common law.
Consequences of illegality. Contracts in restraint of trade.
(e) Capacity to contract, with particular reference to the capacity of minors.
(f) Third parties (excluding agency and assignment).
(g) Performance and breach. Substantial performance. Repudiation and anticipatory breach.
Discharge by breach. Discharge under the doctrine of frustration.
(h) Remedies for breach of contract. General principles governing the assessment of damages.
Remoteness of damage. Damages for non-financial loss. Mitigation. Restitutionary remedies.
Liquidated damages and penalties. Specific performance.

LEARNING AND TEACHING


Module guide
Module guides are the student’s primary learning resource. The module guide covers the entire
syllabus and provides students with the grounding to complete the module successfully. It sets out
the learning outcomes that must be achieved as well as providing advice on how to study the
module. Each chapter of the guide includes essential and further reading and a series of activities
designed to test knowledge and develop relevant skills. Feedback on activities is provided at the
end of the guide. In addition, each chapter contains sample examination questions with guidance
on how to answer, self-assessment questions to enable students to judge if they are ready to move
on, and multiple choice quizzes, with answers provided on the VLE. The module guide is
supplemented each year with the pre-exam update, also made available on the VLE.

The Laws Virtual Learning Environment


The Laws VLE provides one centralised location where the following resources are provided:
 a module page with news and updates, provided by legal academics associated with the
Laws Programme;
 a complete version of the module guides;
 online audio presentations;
 pre-exam updates;
 past examination papers and reports;
 discussion forums where students can debate and interact with other students;
 Computer Marked Assessments – multiple choice questions with feedback are available for
some modules allowing students to test their knowledge and understanding of the key
topics.

The Online Library


The Online Library provides access to:
 the professional legal databases LexisLibrary and Westlaw;
 cases and up-to-date statutes;
 key academic law journals;
 law reports;
 links to important websites.

Core reading
Students should refer to the following core text. Specific reading references are provided in each
chapter of the module guide:

McKendrick, E. Contract law. (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) twelfth edition


[ISBN 9781137606495].

Students should also buy the following case book:

Poole, J. Casebook on contract law. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017) thirteenth edition
[ISBN 9780198732815].

ASSESSMENT
Learning is supported by means of a series of activities in the module guide, including self-
assessment activities with feedback and multiple choice questions with answers provided on the
VLE. These activities test the skills outcomes 5–9. The formative activities also help to prepare
students to achieve the module learning outcomes tested in the summative assessment.

Summative assessment is through a three hour and fifteen minute unseen examination. Students
are required to answer four questions out of eight. The questions include both essay and problem-
based questions and test in particular the knowledge outcomes 1–4 and skills outcomes 5–9.

Permitted materials
Students are permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified document: Core
statutes on contract, tort & restitution 2017-18 (Palgrave Macmillan).

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