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Area/Catalogue
LAWS 1008

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
No

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Course ID
101559

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

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Timetable/s

The 2025 timetable is
not yet available.

Course owner

Course owner
UniSA Justice & Society

Course aim

The aim of this course (and the associated course Contracts B) is to provide knowledge and understanding in a foundation area of law which will be sufficient to resolve contract law issues as well as to provide a basis for study in other courses which involve an application of principles of contract law.

Course content

(a) Formation of contracts

Agreement
Intention
Consideration
Estoppel

(b) Enforcement of contracts

Privity
Formalities

(c) Content of contracts

Oral statements
Incorporation of terms
Express terms

Implied terms

Textbook(s)

Stewart, A., Swain, W. & Fairweather, K. 2019, Contract Law: Principles and Context, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture 2 hours x 10 weeks
Workshop 2 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Examination, Problem solving exercise

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
To determine the fee for this course as part of a Commonwealth Supported program, go to:
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
Non-award tuition fees are set by the university. To determine the cost of this course, go to:
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Not all courses are available on all of the above bases, and students must check to ensure that they are permitted to enrol in a particular course.

* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

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