Contract Law Advanced 1 (M5003)
15 credits, Level 5
Autumn teaching
This module explores the legal rules and principles relating to the formation of contracts and the vitiation of consent to a contractual agreement.
Topics covered may include:
- offer and acceptance
- consideration
- promissory estoppel
- intention to create legal relations
- certainty and completeness
- duress
- undue influence
- misrepresentation and mistake.
Teaching
67%: Lecture
33%: Seminar
Assessment
30%: Coursework (Test)
70%: Written assessment (Essay)
Contact hours and workload
This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 24 hours of contact time and about 126 hours of independent study. The 5X社区视频 may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.
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