Contract Law

ECTS weighting	10
Semester/term taught	HT
Contact Hours and Indicative Student Workload	33 hours of lectures; 3 hours of seminars, approximately 100 hours of independent study (lectures and seminar prep), 100 hours of assessment and coursework study.
Module Coordinator/Owner	Prof Blanaid Clarke

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, students should be able to:

LO.1: Engage in sophisticated, creative and critical discussion of common law concepts, both orally and in writing;

LO.2: Analyse and apply the substantive principles of the law of contract;

LO.3: Appreciate and explain the role of the law of contract in society;

LO.4: Identify contractual issues in disputes, and advise accordingly, and interpret and draft key contractual provisions.

Module Content

Contract is one of the core subjects of the common law of obligations. It involves analysis of the legal principles behind the rules relating to the formulation of contracts and the circumstances in which they will not come into existence or in which they cease to be effective.

Assessment	Examination (1 x 2 hour paper) - 80%, Essay - (2,000 words) - 20%
Reassessment	As above