Advanced Contract Law - JURD7325
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.
Excluded: LAWS3025
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
This course deals in depth with a selection of topics in relation to the conditionality, performance, breach and termination of contracts which are very important in commercial practice, but are necessarily dealt with briefly in the initial courses JURD7171 Contracts 1 and JURD7172 Contracts 2. In particular the course considers the contingency of conditions, the dependency of promises, fundamental breach, repudiation, the right to terminate and the consequences of termination.
Assessment
Class participation (20% optional)
Mid-session essay (40% optional)
Final exam (40%, or 60%, 80% or 100% depending on whether the abovementioned options are taken)
Mid-session essay (40% optional)
Final exam (40%, or 60%, 80% or 100% depending on whether the abovementioned options are taken)
Course Texts
Prescribed
Paterson, Robertson & Duke, Contract, Cases and Materials, Chapters 20-29
Recommended
Supplementary Materials will be distributed by UNSW Law School at first seminar.
Study Levels
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