Dr Stephen Watterson, F7.24

This is an optional course of LLB and BA Anthropology and Law. It is also available as an outside option where regulations permit and with the permission of the course teacher. This course is not available to General Course students.

Completion of LL104 Law of Obligations is normally a prerequisite.

A study of the law governing commercial contracts in their business context.

Formation and Interpretation of Contracts. Pre-Contractual Duties. Sale of Goods. Credit and Security. Multi-Party Transactions (focusing on problems of risk allocation and privity of contract, arising in the context of construction projects). Long-term Contracts. Agency, Distributorship, and Franchising. Agreed Remedies. Alternative Dispute Resolution (including Arbitration).

There will be one two-hour lecture each week. Additional small classes meet four times each term.

Written work will be required each term.

A complete reading list is distributed at the beginning of the year.

H Collins, Law of Contract: Beale, Bishop & Furmston, Contract: Cases and Materials.

M Bridge, The Sale of Goods; R Goode, Commercial Law; L Sealey & R Hooley, Text and Materials in Commercial Law; S Worthington, Personal Property Law; H. Collins, Regulating Contracts.

One three-hour (plus 15 minutes additional reading time) examination in the ST.