LAWS203-06W (U) Whole Year 2006 (University Campus)

The Law of Contract

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2006
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 3 September 2006

Description

The general principles of governing the formation of contracts, vitiating elements, breach of contract and remedies.

The general principles governing the formation of contracts, vitiating elements, breach of contract and remedies.

Contract is a very large subject and it is impossible in one year to teach all aspects of it.  This course, therefore, is confined to general principles.  In later subjects in the degree various aspects are dealt with in more specific detail: for example, Laws 331 Sales and Consumer Law, Laws 341 Insurance Law and Laws 346 Law of Agency.

Contract Law is a mix of common law and statute; most of the statutes studied are fundamental and are unique to New Zealand.  The course therefore provides a valuable opportunity to compare the contrasting approaches of common law and statute.  The course covers the topics of offer and acceptance, finality and completeness, intention to create legal relations, consideration, terms of the contract, exclusion clauses, vitiating elements, misrepresentation and cancellation, and remedies.

Prerequisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Ursula Cheer

Lecturers

John Burrows , Jeremy Finn and Stephen Todd

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Examination 70%
Test 02 May 2006 20%
Essay 14 Jul 2006 10%

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $992.00

International fee $4,450.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

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