SPECIAL NOTE:
Compulsory Unit. (LAW221Contract LawA and LAW222Contract LawB are a full year program and must be taken in the same calendar year).
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Unit
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Sem 2
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Summer
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LAW222
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Key Semester Dates
Semester
Note
Start Date
Census Date
Final WW Date*
End Date
Sem 2
12-JUL-2010
10-AUG-2010
30-AUG-2010
15-OCT-2010
*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see
Withdrawal dates explained for more information).
Develops an understanding of the law of contract and the enforceability of contractual obligations in the contemporary contexts of Australian and international commercial relations. The unit deals with the common law and statutory principles of contract law including illegality, the discharge of contracts by reason of performance, termination, agreement and frustration and remedies for breach of contract. Topics such as quasi-contract and the internationalisation of modern contract law are discussed. These principles are considered critically to enable students to recognise the values inherent in contemporary contract law, the possible directions for future development of contract law and the issues of fairness in modern contract law.
Students will also be introduced to basic legal drafting in contract. Skills of decision making and the exercise of judgment will be developed in the tutorial program. The importance of effective negotiations leading up to contracts and the nature of the existence of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms will be discussed.
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.
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