Deals with basic concepts of commercial law such as agency, assignment, negotiability and property and looks at how these are used by the courts and by practitioners to achieve the results commercial lawyers and their clients need, in the particular context of providing businesses with credit finance.
Foundations of Commercial Law deals with basic concepts of commercial law such as agency, assignment, negotiability and property and looks at how these are used by the courts and by practitioners to achieve the results commercial lawyers and their clients need, in the particular context of providing businesses with credit finance. It aims to develop the techniques and skills involved, in particular the skill of manipulating legal concepts to achieve practical ends, both in dispute resolution but more particularly in the planning of commercial transactions. It will thus build on the skills and knowledge acquired in the core modules of Tort Law and Contract Law, and will enable students to apply the concepts learned there, plus the further concepts mentioned above, to the particular context of commercial transactions. It will also add further to skills of research, analysis, synthesis, and oral and written presentation as well. Students will be encouraged to think critically about the concepts, the legislation and the case law in the commercial context. By way of comparison there will be limited reference to the context of consumer contracting, where the needs are often very different.
This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.
Sale of Goods: obligations and remedies in respect of
defective goods (revision of material covered in contract law)
Sale of Goods: the passing of property between seller and
buyer and the passing of risk
Transfer of title by non-owners
Agency
Assignment of debts and similar obligations
Real security over personal property
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
Sealy and Hooley, Commercial Law: texts, cases and
materials (4th ed, 2008)
McKendrick (ed), Goode on Commercial Law (5th ed by, 2016)
Atiyah and Adams' Sale of Goods (13th ed, 2016)
Chitty on Contracts (32nd ed, 2015) Vols I & II (available on
Westlaw)
Benjamin's Sale of Goods (9th ed, 2014) (available via
Westlaw)
Beale, Bridge, Gullifer and Lomnicka, Law of Security and
Title-based Finance (2nd ed, 2012)
View reading list on Talis Aspire
No subject specific skills defined for this module.
No transferable skills defined for this module.
| Type | Required |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 18 sessions of 1 hour (12%) |
| Seminars | 7 sessions of 1 hour (5%) |
| Private study | 125 hours (83%) |
| Total | 150 hours |
No private study requirements defined for this module.
No further costs have been identified for this module.
You must pass all assessment components to pass the module.
Students can register for this module without taking any assessment.
| Weighting | Study time | Eligible for self-certification | |
|---|---|---|---|
Assessment component |
|||
| Online Examination | 100% | No | |
|
This is a 2hr exam to be completed within the given 24hr period. ~Platforms - AEP
|
|||
Reassessment component is the same |
|||
Generic feedback via Moodle, with the option for one to one feedback in October by student request.
To take this module, you must have passed:
This module is Optional for:
This module is Unusual option for:
This module is Option list A for:
This module is Option list B for: