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Commercial Law
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 Currently not rated The law and regulations governing business and contract law are increasingly complex and now affect all industries and every type of commercial agreement; from entering into a contract, to validity of purchase conditions.
This is designed to offer a comprehensive and practical introduction to business contract law for non-lawyers, and to enable students to gain the necessary knowledge to enable them to recognise and deal confidently with the risks and benefits of commercial contracts. This includes looking at how commercial contracts are affected by various statutes, and ensuring that students are able to fully grasp the impact of current legislation and case law. The unit also covers Intellectual Property and the position on consumer law in the modern legal structure.
Structure
Principles of the law of contract
o The formation of a contract
- Offer and acceptance
- Consideration
- Legal Intent
- Capacity
o The contents of a contract
- Incorporation of Terms
- Types of terms within a contract
- Exemption Clauses
- Privity of contract
o Vitiating factors
- Duress and Undue Influence
- Misrepresentation
- Mistake
- Illegality
o Discharge and remedies
- Discharge of a contract
- Remedies
o Consumer protection
- Consumer protection under the Law
o Intellectual Property
- Legal concepts of Property
- Copyright
- Patents
- Trade marks
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