LLB Law

- Provide an introduction to key concepts and principles of commercial law and prepare students for further study in commercial subjects

- Facilitate an appreciation of essential commercial subjects that represent the core of business and commercial transactions in the real world

- Enable students to understand the broader commercial context upon which complex theoretical legal research and practice are based

- Encourage the development of key transferable skills in legal reasoning and analysis through study of statutes, case law and law reform proposals in the context of Commercial Law

- Introduction to commercial law

-Sale contracts

-Agency in commercial law 

-Commercial credit and security

-Commercial dispute resolution

This course unit uses the standard approach of a combination of lectures and 2-hour workshops as the scheduled teaching and learning activities.

Lectures will prepare students for assessments (formative and summative) by providing substantive content on the various topics, as well as developing key academic and practical skills necessary to succeed in assessments e.g. critical analysis and organisation/time management. The practical element of the course will be built on by inviting guest lecturers to engage with students and provide them with a view on the practical applications of the knowledge gained in the course.

Workshops will enable students to participate in a range of activities in small groups and will be led by the workshop leader. There will be six workshops in total. Workshops will offer students the opportunity to critically discuss the substantive course material with both the workshop leader and peers. Through this process, students should be able to gain an accurate understanding of the different topics and apply this knowledge to academic and practical scenarios. This will play a vital role in preparing students for assessments. Besides, workshops will provide an opportunity for important discussions with the workshop leader and peers. 

During workshops, students will present their work to their peers and will get immediate feedback on it, including how to improve it. This will be supervised by the workshop leader, who will also give oral feedback during each workshop. Workshops will therefore encourage peer-to-peer engagement and knowledge sharing, and will enable students to develop transferable skills as teamwork, time management, communication and leadership skills.

In preparation for the workshops, students will be provided with guided reading and will be given the expected learning outcomes in relation to the subject matter of the workshop in order to self-assess their preparation ahead of each workshop.

This course unit has a Canvas page which will be used to deliver a range of course materials and information about teaching, learning and assessment for that course unit. The teaching of this course will be complemented with innovative online provisions, for instance, recorded video materials and digitised books for ease of access. Additionally, the Canvas page will provide a platform for students to communicate with the course leader, other teaching staff and peers. This will facilitate and support students’ independent study and collaborative learning, and provide an opportunity to receive individual and cohort feedback, which will in turn help students to prepare for assessments.

- Have a critical understanding of the foundational principles of commercial law, its essential categories and the policy considerations which shape the law

- Obtain a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the source, scope and content of commercial law

- Identify and evaluate the overlaps, differences and connections between the essential areas of commercial law

- Present reasoned arguments supported by appropriate evidence to critically analyse commercial law in its broader context

- Explain the role and objectives of commercial law in theory and in practice

- Apply commercial law principles to real life problems and analyse the social impact of commercial law and policy

- Gain a detailed knowledge and understanding of the practical skills needed to work in a commercial-orientated law environment

- Analyse ethical and professional issues which arise in the commercial law context

- Act with substantive authority, creativity, autonomy, independence and professional integrity in a sustained commitment to the development of new ideas or processes in the field of commercial law

- Create and manage complex scholarly and professional processes in the field of commercial law

- Self-evaluate and lead contributions to academic knowledge, ethics and practice in the field of commercial law

Students will receive individual and cohort feedback

1. Goode and McKendrick on Commercial Law: 6th Edition (Penguin, 2021)
2. Sealy and Hooley's Commercial Law: Text, cases and Materials (OUP 2020) 
3. Austen-Baker, Akintola, Ahmed, and Adeyemo, Principles of Commercial Law (Edward Elgar, 2023).