The course covers a range of core issues in English contract law, which in any one year may include the following areas: the nature of contract law and key ideas; contract formation (offer and acceptance, consideration, intention to create legal relations, certainty); contents and scope of the agreement; setting the contract aside; variation including promissory estoppel; performance, discharge and remedies for breach of contract.
The module discusses the development of contract law in some of its wider social, historical and economic context. Aspects of the module explore the theories and critiques about contract law.
The application of Contract Law in the UAE will also be considered.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module students should be able to:
Show an understanding of the substantive legal rules, principles and concepts relating to the law of contractual obligations of England & Wales;
Engage with questions of legal development or controversy relating to the law of contract and its contextual and socio-economic underpinnings;
Identify and structure the contractual issues raised in legal problem situations and apply case law and statute law, where appropriate, to predict the possible legal outcomes;
Clearly and coherently communicate a range of arguments about issues of contractual obligations.
Show an understanding of the application of Contract Law in the UAE.
