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LAWS3402: Advanced Contracts
2023 unit information
The unit of study builds on the knowledge students have gained in the core contracts courses (Contracts and Torts and Contracts 2). The specific focus of the Advanced Contracts unit of study is on the regulatory dimension of contracts and contract law. During the unit we will study the regulatory aspect of common law contracts doctrines and the forms of regulation of contractual relations whereby contracts and contract law are used to achieve different public policy goals. The unit of study will provide opportunities to deepen your knowledge of the regulation of contracts from a practical perspective (focusing on current legal and policy problems), while also allowing interested students to engage in a research task either on a practical legal problem or one that has a scholarly dimension. The background material studied in the unit of study will be used to reflect on public policy debates (such as the Financial Services Royal Commission focusing on private law relationships in the financial services sector). The different case studies examined in the unit of study will be used to re-examine some of the fundamental underlying principles of contract law and the various statutory interventions in this field.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Law School
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. develop a detailed understanding of the regulatory dimension of contract law by contrast to the classical theories of contract law studied in the elementary private law courses
- LO2. identify the regulatory dimensions of classical contract law doctrines and understand how such doctrines have evolved
- LO3. appreciate the contexts in which contract law has an important regulatory dimension, including in the construction and regulation of markets
- LO4. appreciate the settings within which lawyers might encounter the problems discussed in the course
- LO5. appreciate the reasons for and possible outcomes of law reform exercises in contract law
- LO6. develop a critical understanding of the standard accounts of the form and function of contract law and be able to reflect on the drivers of transformation of contract law both substantively and institutionally
- LO7. apply the insights gained in the course to contemporary legal problems and policy debates.
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