LAWS203-20W (C) Whole Year 2020

The Law of Contract

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2020
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 13 March 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 21 August 2020

Description

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

Contracts are an inescapable feature of our everyday lives. They consist of legally enforceable obligations that people have voluntarily assumed, and are fundamental to nearly all forms of commercial activity. This course explores the rules of law that apply to contracts generally, and includes a brief introduction to the law of agency. Other LAWS elective courses will examine those rules that apply to specific contractual arrangements, e.g. LAWS341 Insurance Law.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the completion of the course, students should be able to:
  •  Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the law of contract in New Zealand;
  •  Apply the law of contract to complex factual situations; and
  •  Evaluate contract law rules in terms of principle, policy and/or practice.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Timetable Note

TUTORIALS
Tutorials 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.

Course Coordinator / Lecturers

Annick Masselot and Matthew Barber

Lecturers

Christian Riffel and Stephen Todd

Course Supervisors:
Semester 1 : Matthew Barber
Semester 2 : Annick Masselot

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Take Home Test 25%
Essay 22 Jul 2020 15%
Final Examination 60%


The course may be assessed by way of a Test (test in mid-year examination period - date to be advised later in term one), a compulsory Essay and a Final Examination.

The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Todd, SMD; Finn, J; and Barber, M; Burrows, Finn and Todd on the Law of Contract in NZ ; 6th; LexisNexis, 2018.

Course links

Library portal

Notes

This is a compulsory core course for the LLB degree.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,644.00

International fee $8,000.00

* 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.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 290

For further information see Faculty of Law .

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