Aims: The unit aims to extend students' knowledge of the framework of commercial law and the fundamental legal concepts which affect businesses and individuals, their potential liabilities, and the ways in which they function.
Learning Outcomes:
This unit will equip students to understand the law relevant to contracts and torts, and the structure of the courts through which legal rights are enforced. Students will consider the liability of businesses and individuals in respect of negligence and other torts. They are given a standard set of contract terms and a business context which forms the basis of the coursework exercise and the examination.
Skills:
The student will be taught to use legal method in gathering legal material (statutes and caselaw), analysing materials for the legal principles, and then applying those principles in the practical context of a continuous case study. Lectures are supplemented by smaller group tutorials in order to assist students in acquiring the required skills.
Content:
Develop knowledge of the framework for law and follows from the legal Environment 1 content. In this section contract law is reviewed and students cover non-contractual liability. The main content of this unit is tort law which is explained in a business context; specific torts are considered in detail, in particular negligence and breach of statutory duty, including the elements to be proved, the issues of causation, liability, defences and remedies.
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