Contract and Unjustified Enrichment (U02781)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : LAW-1-U02781

An introduction to the law of contract and unjustified enrichment in Scotland, set in the wider context of the concepts of obligations and personal rights. The course covers formation, content, validity and breach of contract, and considers when enrichments by transfer, imposition and taking may be reversed as legally unjustified.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Students taking this course in the 2nd year of their programmes should have taken Legal Reasoning and Legal System U02831 in their 1st, although a pass in that course is not essential, provided that it is being retaken.

? Co-requisites : Legal Reasoning and Legal System U02831

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Law, (School of Law, Schedule F)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
20/09/2007	10:00	10:50	Lecture Theatre 4, Appleton Tower	Central	Lectures are on Mondays and Thursdays at 10.00

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	10:00	10:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	10:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will acquire a basic knowledge of the law of contract and unjustified enrichment, and the leading authorities in these branches of law, together with a basic understanding of the legal concepts of obligation and personal rights.

The tutorial programme will develop legal reasoning skills in relation to problem situations, and students will be able to deploy these skills both orally and in writing.

Assessment Information

One essay of 500 words [10%]
One in-tutorial mooting exercise [10%]
One 2-hour degree exam, of which half will take the form of MCQs [80%]

Resit exam consitutes 100% of final mark in case of resit.