Contract Negotiation
LAWS6872
This unit will examine the legal principles that provide the overarching framework within which contract negotiations take place. It will concentrate particularly on requirements of certainty and good faith and the issues that can arise in re-negotiating terms in long-term contractual relationships. It will also address some of the techniques of negotiations. Topics covered will include: standard form contracts and negotiated contracts; "agreements to agree" and the requirements of certainty; "long-term" contractual relationships and the use of hardship and intervener clauses; "good faith" negotiations and negotiation techniques. The unit will also involve a simulated contractual negotiation in which the class will be split into teams of 3 to 5 (depending upon class size) for a "team against team" negotiation.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Postgraduate
Credit points: 6
Commencing semesters: 104, 106
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: LAWS6872
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: No