James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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LA2001:06

Law of Contract

Townsville, Cairns

52 lectures, 26 tutorials. Full year.

Available to LLB students who meet the prerequisites.

The general principles of the law relating to contract including formation of a contract, the doctrines of consideration and estoppel, vitiating factors, illegality, terms, performance and discharge, remedies and assignments.

Learning Objectives:

  1. a knowledge and understanding of the general principles of the law relating to contract;
  2. ability to apply the law to given factual situations;
  3. ability to analyse and assess the law.

Assessment by assignment (15%); tutorials (15%); examinations (70%) (subject to variation).


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