LAU11542 Contract Law

ECTS weighting  10 
Semester/term taught  HT 
Cohorts Available to  Single Honours Law – JF Joint Honours Law – JF 
Contact Hours and Indicative Student Workload  3 hours of lectures per week and 4 seminars in the 2nd Semester 
Module Coordinator/Owner  Prof Blanaid Clarke & Dr Eoin O’Dell 

Learning Outcomes 

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

  • Engage in sophisticated, creative and critical discussion of common law concepts, both orally and in writing,  
  • Analyse and apply the substantive principles of the law of contract,  
  • Appreciate and explain the role of the law of contract in society,  
  • 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