| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Contract Law |
| Unit ID: | BULAW2612 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (BULAW1503) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 090901 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
Building upon the introduction to contract law in BULAW1502 Fundamentals of Law and BULAW1503 Commercial Law this course examines detailed formation of contract issues, terms, avoidance, performance, contractual discharge, contract remedies, misleading or deceptive conduct prohibitions and statutory remedies. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | |  | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Recognise the significance of the elements of a binding contract at law. |
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| K2. | Describe how common law contract interfaces with statutes. |
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| K3. | Critically interpret the terms of contract and identify legal issues. |
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| K4. | Determine the vitiating facts to contractual agreements. |
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| K5. | Assess and discern the remedies that avail themselves through contract law |
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| K6. | Build on the knowledge acquired in BULAW1503 Fundamentals of Law and BULAW503 Commercial Law regarding formation of a contract (terms, conditions and warranties). |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Ability to identify relevant principles in cases and statutes |
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| S2. | Ability to analyse a given case scenario and apply relevant legal principles to the case scenario. |
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| S3. | Ability to identify and apply relevant legislation. |
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| S4. | Conduct and examine independent research and the ability to communicate the legal reasoning in written and/or verbal form. |
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| S5. | Recognise and reflect on the professional responsibilities in promoting justice and ethical issues which may arise within a professional context. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Apply legal theory to a range of scenario analyses. |
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| A2. | Integrate social, environmental, sustainability, ethical and economic perspectives into a business context. |
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| A3. | Use initiative and judgment to research and analyse legal issues that involve specific and relevant types of law. |
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| Unit Content: |
Topics may include: 1.The formation of contract 2.The construction of contract; 3.Terms (construction and classification) and exclusion clauses including statutory terms), exclusion clauses, regulation of unfair terms; 4.General law vitiating factors and codification of unconscionable conduct; 5.Contractual discharge; 6.Misleading or deceptive conduct prohibition; 7.General law contract remedies and statutory remedies. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K3, K4, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2 | Take home test
| Take home test
| 10-20% | | 2. | K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, A1, A2, A3 | Assignment group contract negotiation and drafting exercise
| Assignment | 20-40% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, A1, A3 | Test / Final Assessment
| Test / Final Assessment | 50-60% |
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