Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LH Commercial Law
School	Birmingham Law School
Department	Law
Module Code	08 30825
Module Lead	Luke Butler
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
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Co-requisites
Restrictions	Students must take this module alongside 'Understanding of Contract Law and Property Law'
Contact Hours	Lecture-30 hours Seminar-6 hours Guided independent study-164 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	This module explores the key theoretical and doctrinal foundations of modern commercial law. It offers a thorough grounding in the key subject areas that make up this diverse field of study. At a theoretical level, subjects include, among others, the underlying principles of commercial law, a topical example of which is the role of “good faith” in commercial law and the nature of property rights. At a doctrinal level, subjects covered include domestic agency, domestic sale of goods (in particular the Sale of Goods Act regime) and retention of title, international sale of goods (contract type and conformity of documents and goods) and the financing of international trade (autonomy and letters of credit).
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: demonstrate a clear understanding of the underlying principles and key subject areas that make up the field of “commercial law” analyse legal problems in a range of different scenarios (e.g. in agency and sale of goods) and offer practical solutions on the facts evaluate the overall coherence of the law within the subjects studied as developed through case law and questioned through academic analysis develop commercial awareness through study of the legal principles to which it relates
Assessment	30825-01 : Take Home Exam : Exam (School Arranged) - Open Book (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessments: Take home exam (open-book) - 3hrs (100%) Reassessment: Resit failed component(s)
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