Module Code - Title:
LA4111
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CONTRACT LAW 1
Year Last Offered:
2026/7
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
To provide the legal basis for the creation and enforcement of contracts and to examine what restrictions exist regarding freedom to contract.
Syllabus:
Formation of contracts: offer and acceptance, intention, doctrine of consideration. Formal and evidentiary requirements: void, voidable and unenforceable contracts. Construction/interpretation of contracts: intention, parol evidence, express and implied terms. Public interest restrictions on contractual freedom: capacity, illegality, privity, competition policy, doctrine of restraint of trade, consumer protection.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
- Identify the key elements in establishing the formation of a contract through agreement.
- Specify the requirements that convert an agreement into an enforceable contract.
- Outline the written formalities required in certain types of enforceable agreements.
- Differentiate the capacity of legal and natural persons to enforce agreements that they have entered into.
- Distinguish the rights of third parties to enforce contracts from the rights of the parties to enforce that contract.
- Critique the limits of those agreements that can be enforced through the legal system.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
n/a
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
n/a
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Prime Texts:
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN LAW AND ACCOUNTING
BACHELOR OF LAWS
BACHELOR OF LAWS (LAW PLUS)
BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB) IN COMMON AND CIVIL LAW
BACHELOR OF LAWS IN CIVIL AND COMMON LAW
BACHELOR OF LAWS IN LAW AND CYBER SECURITY
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
Luke.Danagher@ul.ie