Unit Synopsis
LAWS11061 Contract A provides you with an introduction to the law of contract in Australia and will focus on the fundamental principles of a valid and enforceable contract. In this unit you will examine the theoretical analysis of contract law; the formation of a contract including contractual agreement; intention to create legal relations; contractual consideration; and contractual capacity. Consideration will also be given to the contents, construction and interpretation of a contract and the doctrine of privity of contract. This unit together with LAWS11062 Contract B meets the LPAB requirements for contracts.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 1 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite or corequisite:- LAWS11057 Students must be enrolled in CG98 Bachelor of Laws, CB68 Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Accounting, CB94 Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts, CL51 Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Science (Psychology), CL52 Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Property, CL53 Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Business or CL54 Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Information Technology. Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Online Quiz(zes) | 5% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 3. Online Quiz(zes) | 10% |
| 4. Written Assessment | 5% |
| 5. Examination | 40% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 95.45% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 32.35% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Student feedback
More discussion of remedies requested
Explain to students that remedies are important but will be covered in Contract B.
Explanation in tutorials that they will study remedies in more detail in Contract B.
Source: Student feedback
Q&A forum difficult to find
Spend some of the first tutorial looking at the layout of the Moodle site to assist beginning students in navigation.
Discussion of Moodle navigation included in the first tutorial.
Source: Student evaluation
Would be great to receive the powerpoint slides for the lectures.
Consider supplying PowerPoint slides from lectures. Thought needs to be put into whether this oversimplifies the materials - is it better that students take their own notes?
In Progress
Source: Student evaluation
How to research properly so I can analyse similar cases.
Check with LAWS11057 Introduction to law, as this material is likely covered in this unit, which is a pre- or co-requisite of LAWS11061.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Evaluate a contract to determine whether the elements of contract formation are present
- Analyse and interpret the express and implied provisions of a contract to determine its objective meaning
- Explore general theories of contract law to guide the analysis of contractual disputes, and understand their operation in context
- Compare the operation of Australian contract law with overseas contract law, particularly in relation to online commerce
- Research legal principles from statute and case law, and apply those principles to the analysis of contractual disputes.
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| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | |||
| 3 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | ||||
| 4 - Written Assessment | • | • • | • | ||
| 5 - Examination | • | • | • | ||
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| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • | • |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | ||||
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| 4 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| 5 - Examination | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | ||||||||
| 3 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | ||||||||