LA1106 - Contract Law 2

Credit points:	03
Year:	2012
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Law Office

Available to LLB students.

This subject builds on knowledge and skills gained in LA1105/LA2011. Topics covered include discharge of contracts, remedies and vitiating factors.

Learning Outcomes

• increase your understanding of the purposes and effects of the law of contract in our economic and social environments;
• develop your knowledge and understanding of vitiating factors and how they impact on contractual formation;
• reflect upon the values and assumptions inherent in the law of contract, and the impact/implications of that law on the social and economic life of Australians;
• develop your knowledge and understanding of contract discharge by performance, agreement, operation of law, breach and frustration;
• develop your knowledge and understanding of the remedies at common law, in equity and under statute.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:	LA2011 or LA1105
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	LA2001 and LA2012

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 23-Aug-2012
Coordinator:	Ms Dominique Thiriet
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures - 2 hour lecture/week 12 hours tutorials - Commence Week 2; 1 hour tutorial/week
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 23-Aug-2012
Coordinator:	Ms Dominique Thiriet
Lecturer:	Mr Peter Boulot.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures - 2 hour lecture/week 12 hours tutorials - Commence Week 2; 1 hour tutorial/week
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.