Commercial Law

Course Content:

This module has a focus on the sale and supply of goods, considering the legal framework
within which such transactions occur. It also considers the law relating to consumer
credit and the protections provided to the consumer by the law. It takes a critical
approach to these matters and enables students to research particular areas, which
forms a part of the assessment for the module.

Topics covered include:

Autumn Semester:
? Introduction to module (lex mercatoria, sources of commercial law, philosophy
& key concepts, current challenges to commercial law)
? Personal property (introduction, real v personal property, defining property,
property rights, Nature of ownership)
? Personal property (acquisition & transfer of property, possession, transfer of
possession, finding of chattels)
? Personal property (acquisition & transfer of property, possession, transfer of
possession, inter vivos gift, delivery)
? Personal property (acquisition & transfer of property, possession, transfer of
possession, bailment, protection of property rights)
? Personal property (title, nemo dat quod non habet, exceptions to the nemo dat
rule- voidable title, estoppel, mercantile agency)
? Self-marking activity
? Personal property (exceptions to nemo dat rule: seller in possession)
? Personal property (exceptions to nemo dat rule: buyer in possession)
? Sale of goods (introduction, sources of sale of goods, definition and elements of
a contract for the sale of goods)
? Sale of goods (Distinction between sale of goods, the supply of a pure service
and the supply of goods and service, classification of goods)

Spring Semester:
? Sale of goods (rules for determining passing of property & the relationship to
risk)
? Sale of goods (statutory implied terms)
? Sale of goods (statutory implied terms, guarantees)
? Sales contract (duties of buyer & seller)
? Sales contract (seller?s remedies: price action, non-acceptance, repudiation,
unpaid seller)
? Sales contract (buyer?s remedies: rejection, non-delivery, late delivery, breach of
warranty)
? Sales contract (buyer?s remedies: replacement, repair, common law remedies)
? Sales contract (frustration, perishing/deterioration of goods)
? Consumer credit (introduction, terminology, formulation of agreements,
statutory provisions)
? Consumer credit (misrepresentation, breach of contract)

Teaching: Lectures and seminars

Assessment:
STUDY OPTION 1:
? Exam (70%)
? Coursework (30%)
STUDY OPTION 2: Alternative assessment (tbc)
STUDY OPTION 3: Alternative assessment (tbc)

Study Option 1 = Whole Year
Study Option 2 = Autumn
Study Option 3 = Spring/summer