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LS3525: COMMERCIAL AND CONSUMER CONTRACTS (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:36


Course Overview

This course examines, through a series of lectures and tutorials, a number of important areas of Scots commercial and consumer law, including the sale and supply of goods and services, the hire of goods, consumer credit and insurance. It also, through lectures, workshops and a presentation, introduces students to the skills and techniques of advocacy in the context of a commercial and/or consumer dispute.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mr Malcolm Combe

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course considers the most important statutory and common law principles of Scots Commercial and Consumer Law. Topics covered are: sale and supply of goods and services; hire of goods; insurance; consumer credit transactions and consumer protection. The course also introduces students to the skills and techniques of Advocacy, within the context of a commercial and/or consumer dispute.

Further Information & Notes

This course is compulsory for the LLB degree and assumes a considerable degree of legal knowledge. The Law School offers Business Law courses for non-LLB students as a more introductory course in this area, suitable for non-lawyers.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour examination, part Multiple-choice objective test and part written examination (75%) and one role-played Advocacy exercise assessed by means of oral presentation (25%) the mark of which will carry forward into the resit.

Resit: 1 two-hour examination, part Multiple-choice objective test and part written examination (75%). The mark for the Advocacy exercise will be carried forward.

Formative Assessment

Formative objective test in like form to assessed one but shorter, for home completion. Submission of answer to tutorial case study.

Feedback

The case study will be discussed at tutorial, and further feedback on performance in the written exercise will be provided at a subsequent tutorial.

Written feedback on the formative objective test will also be provided.

Feedback will also be provided on an ongoing basis in the form of tutors' comments to students' contributions in tutorials. Students who fail on first attempt will be able to arrange a meeting in advance of the resit to discuss their examination performance.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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