Overview
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Offerings
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING
Enrolment rules
Successful completion of all 100 level units in the LLB; or enrolment in Law - Graduate Entry, and successful completion of BJU100 or corequisite enrolment in BJU100.
Students who have completed LAW260 Contract may not enrol in this unit for credit.
Other learning activities
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Learning activities
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Learning outcomes
1.
The general principles of contract law;
2.
How contractual principles are applied to legal problem scenarios.
On successful completion of this unit you should be able to demonstrate the following skills effectively:
3.
An ability to apply problem solving skills to one or more problem scenarios by applying Australian contract law in a logical fashion to arrive at a cogent conclusion;
4.
An ability to critique the law and explain it to an academic audience and to a potential client.
On successful completion of this unit you should be able to competently apply the knowledge and skills in a practical manner through:
5.
Correctly identifying contract law issues in a legal problem;
6.
Correctly identifying the relevant contractual law principles and case and statute law relevant to that issue;
7.
Correctly applying the law to the facts to arrive at a logical answer to the legal problem;
8.
Writing a well-structured problem based assessment that meets legal referencing and writing requirements;
9.
Writing a letter to a client that meets appropriate legal writing requirements for the intended audience.
Assessments
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Additional information
Other notes:Graduate students may seek approval to enrol in this unit from the Unit Coordinator provided they are concurrently enrolled in both LLB120 Legal Writing for Lawyers and BJU100 Australian Legal System.