- Course Code
- LS 1520
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Mr S Styles
Pre-requisites
Foundations of Private Law.
Co-requisites
None.
Overview
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. The course will include a consideration of such issues as how contracts are formed, the incorporation of legal terms, the circumstances in which apparent contracts are rendered legally and void, the legal regulation of unfair terms, breach of contract and remedies for breach.
Structure
3 one-hour lectures per week and a total of 4 one-hour tutorials.
Assessment
1st Attempt: One multiple-choice objective test (20%); 1 two-hour examination (80%). Note: In the event that a student misses the objective test for good cause, assessment will be by examination only.
Resit: One multiple-choice objective test (20%) carried forward from previous sitting (subject to the same good cause proviso noted above); 1 two-hour examination (80%).
Formative Assessment
Practice examination.
Feedback
A tutorial is given over to discussing the practice examination.
Students who fail the final exam have the option to go over their first paper prior to the resit.
Feedback also occurs on an ongoing basis in the form of tutors' comments on students' contributions in tutorials.