Module Code - Title:
LA4122
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CONTRACT LAW 2
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
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Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
To examine the grounds upon which contracts may be discharged or avoided and the remedies available to ensure performance of contractual obligations.
Syllabus:
Vitiating factors: mistake, misrepresentation, fraud, duress, undue influence, unconscionability. Discharge of obligations: by performance, by agreement, by breach, by frustration. Remedies for breach of contract: specific performance, damages, rectification, rescission. Assignment of contract obligations. Agency. Quasi-contracts.
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 parameters of a contract either by expressed or implied terms
- Specify the judicial or legislative requirements that imply terms into an enforceable agreement.
- Outline the basis for not enforcing certain types of agreements due to public policy.
- Differentiate the factors that vitiate the existence of a contract based on mistake, misrepresentation, duress and undue influence.
- Distinguish the consequences of bringing a contractual relationship to an end depending on the path chosen, including remedies and sanctions.
- Critique the ability of the law to regulate the voluntary agreements of private citizens
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
n/a
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
n/a
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Module Leader:
karen.obrien@ul.ie