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LAW5002

Faculty of Law

18 September 2017 19 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Law

Quota applies

Postgraduate programs are based on a model of small group teaching and therefore class sizes need to be restricted.

Offered

City (Melbourne)

  • Trimester 1 2016 (Day)
  • Trimester 2 2016 (Day)
  • Trimester 3 2016 (Day)

Notes

For postgraduate Law discontinuation dates, please see http://www.monash.edu/law/current-students/postgraduate/pg-jd-discontinuation-dates
For postgraduate Law unit timetables, please see http://law.monash.edu.au/current-students/course-unit-information/timetables/postgraduate/index.html
Previously coded as LAW7428

Synopsis

Contract law addresses the concepts, principles and rules used to determine the existence and content of binding promises and their enforcement or defeasibility in a market economy. It also involves a consideration of the underlying policy considerations. Contract law is taught in two units: Principles of Contract Law A and B. Principles of Contract Law A covers the introduction to contract law, the formation of contracts (including capacity and formalities), privity of contract, and the incorporation, construction and validity of contractual terms.

Outcomes

At the successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

  1. critically evaluate the purpose, scope and effects of contract law with reference to broader social and economic perspectives;
  2. use appropriate research tools and methods to synthesise relevant legal and factual matters;
  3. demonstrate intellectual and practical skills to justify and interpret theoretical propositions, legal methods and conclusions;
  4. select, analyse, interpret and apply legal principles and methods to generate appropriate responses to legal problems involving contracts;
  5. communicate effectively and persuasively; and
  6. learn and work with autonomy, accountability and professionalism.

Assessment

1. Research assignment (2,250 words): 30%
2. Examination (2 hours plus 30 minutes reading time): 70%

Workload requirements

Students enrolled in this unit will be provided with 36 contact hours of seminars per semester whether intensive, semi-intensive, or semester-long offering. Students will be expected to do reading set for class, and to undertake additional research and reading applicable to a 6 credit point unit.

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Rowena Cantley-Smith Research ProfileResearch Profile (http://monash.edu/research/people/profiles/profile.html?sid=5658&pid=3787) Trimester 1
Mr Jason Harkess Research ProfileResearch Profile (http://www.monash.edu.au/research/people/profiles/profile.html?sid=4929658&pid=9530) Trimester 2
Ms Rowena Cantley-Smith Research ProfileResearch Profile (http://monash.edu/research/people/profiles/profile.html?sid=5658&pid=3787) Trimester 3

Co-requisites

LAW5000