Interpretation of Contracts - JURD7395
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-requisites: Contracts (any one of LAWS1072, LAWS1075, JURD7172, or JURD7175) and 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.
Excluded: LAWS3395
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Course Objectives
- to develop a clear and coherent view of a branch of law which is widely misunderstood despite its' immense practical importance;
- to appreciate the dimensions of many practical and evidentiary problems which arise in disputes about contractual interpretation in the Australian adversary legal system; and
- to gain extensive practice in legal analysis of construction disputes.
Main Topics
- Express oral and written terms
- Signed and unsigned documents
- Limitations of signature
- Conflicts between oral and written promises
- The parole evidence rule
- Misleading pre-contractual statements
- Entire Agreement Clauses
- Estoppels
- Implied terms
- Exclusion clauses
- Canons of interpretation
- Rectification
- Evidence admissible in construction
- Mistake
- Contractual frustration
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)
Course Texts
Prescribed
J. Paterson, A. Robertson, P. Heffey Contract Cases and Materials, 10th ed (2005), Law Book Co.
Supplementary materials issued by UNSW Law School
Recommended
Refer to Course Outline provided by lecturer.
Study Levels
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