Overview
This elective course examines systematically and in depth (to a degree not feasible in the compulsory core UNSW contract law courses) the major legal principles and associated practical and evidentiary issues in finding express and implied contractual terms, and in interpreting their meaning and effect in various contexts (including those … For more content click the Read More button below.
Main Topics
Express oral and written termsSigned and unsigned documentsLimitations of signatureConflicts between oral and written promisesThe parole evidence ruleMisleading pre-contractual statementsEntire Agreement ClausesEstoppelsImplied termsExclusion clausesCanons of interpretationRectificationEvidence admissible in constructionMistakeContractual frustration
Conditions for Enrolment
Prerequisites: completion of 36 UOC of JURD courses including Contracts (JURD7175/JURD7172) for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, completion of 72 UOC of JURD courses.
Exclusion Courses
Course Outline
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Pre-2019 Handbook Editions
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