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The general principles of governing the formation of contracts, vitiating elements, breach of contract and remedies.
Contract Law is a mix of common law and statute; most of the statutes we will study 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.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, Commercial Law I: Sales and Consumer Law (LAWS331), Insurance Law (LAWS341) and Agency (LAWS346).
The objectives of the course are to assist the student to: acquire knowledge and understanding of the general principles of contract law; understand and apply those principles to particular situations and to particular types of contract; consider critically issues of principle and policy raised by the present law and its operation in practice, and, consequently, to consider whether reform is desirable; develop skills in legal analysis and reasoning;
LAWS101 and LAWS110
TUTORIALSTutorials in LAW 203 will be held according to the timetable you will be given at the start of Term One. Enrolment in Tutorials will be advised via email closer to the start of the course.
Matthew Barber
Stephen Todd and Christian Riffel
The course may be assessed by way of a midsessional test, a compulsory essay and a final examination.The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.
Burrows, JF, Finn, Jeremy and Todd, Stephen; Law of Contract in New Zealand ; 5th ed; LexisNexis, 2016.
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This is a compulsory core course for the LLB degree.
Domestic fee $1,519.00
International fee $6,900.00
* 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.
Maximum enrolment is 250
For further information see Faculty of Law .