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LWZ118 Contracts

Topics to be covered in the unit include the nature contract and contract formation (offer, acceptance, invitation to treat, consideration, intention to create legal relations, certainty, formalities and capacity); contract terms (express, implied, construction, exclusions); vitiating factors (misrepresentation, mistake, duress, undue influence, unconscionable transactions); discharge (by performance, agreement, breach, frustration); Illegality; contractual and equitable remedies; and third parties (privity of contract).

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PRESCRIBED TEXT - CONTRACT CASES AND MATERIALS 15TH EDITION

RECOMMENDED TEXT: CASES AND MATERIALS ON CONTRACT LAW IN AUSTRALIA (JW CARTER PUBLISHING, 8TH ED, 2024) (‘THE CARTER CASEBOOK’).

RECOMMENDED TEXT:CONTRACT LAW IN AUSTRALIA (JW CARTER PUBLISHING, 8TH ED, 2023) (‘THE CARTER TREATISE’)
ANDREW ROBERTSON AND JEANNIE PATTERSON

RECOMMENDED TEXT: PRINCIPLES OF CONTRACT LAW (THOMSON REUTERS, 7TH EDITION, 2025) (‘THE ROBERTSON AND PATTERSON TREATISE’)

RECOMMENDED TEXT: SHARON CHRISTENSEN, ET AL, CONTRACT LAW (THOMSON REUTERS 2025).

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