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LS1520: CONTRACT (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

Contract is one of the central subjects of private law and is one of the main branches of the law of obligations, the other being Delict and Unjustified Enrichment. Contract Law covers obligations which are voluntary in nature. Every day we make contracts from buying a newspaper to buying a house. Contract Law is an area where Scots law and English law are very similar, and this course will cover Scots contract law but also highlight where English law differs with the aim of giving students a working knowledge of contract in both countries.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 1
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mr Scott C. Styles

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

  • Any Undergraduate Programme
  • One of LS1022 Foundations of Private Law (Studied) or () or Bachelor of Laws (Accelerated)
  • One of Programme Level 1 or Programme Level 2 or Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4 or Programme Level 5
  • Either Law (LS) or Legal Studies (Ma Honours) (LX)

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

Contracts are legally enforceable agreements. Parties are free to agree to perform any lawful purpose but having made an agreement they are legally obliged to perform as agreed. The course provides students with a sound knowledge of the core principles of the law of contract (an essential element of any legal system without which commerce could not function) with particular reference to the Law of Scotland and the Law of England. Scots and English Contract Law are similar but not identical, in particular Scot Law does not require consideration for the formation of a valid contract. The course will include a consideration of such topic as how contracts are formed by offer and acceptance, the incorporation of legal terms, the circumstances in which apparent contracts are rendered legally and void, the legal regulation of unfair terms, express and implied contract terms, the interpretation of contractual contracts, frustration of contract, breach of contract and remedies for breach.


Contact Teaching Time

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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

Online Exam

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4 hour online exam.

Q1 - 50% - 1,500 words

Q2 - 25% - 1,000 words

Learning Outcomes
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Essay

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Word Count: 1,200 words.

Word Count 1200
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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

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Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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