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2024/2025 KAN-CJURV1042U Common Law and Contracts
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| Common Law and Contracts |
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| Language | English |
| Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
| Type | Elective |
| Level | Full Degree Master |
| Duration | One Semester |
| Start time of the course | Autumn |
| Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
| Max. participants | 50 |
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Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and
Commercial Law, MSc
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| Last updated on 09-02-2024 | |
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The course will contribute for the general and
specific knowledge of common law and contracts, e.i. introduction
to common law, operation of the common law, the impact of the
common law on global legal systems and introduction to contract law
under the common law regime. The student must be able to:
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| BSC in business law and economics or bachelor in law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The course will cover English contract law, in particular the common law element of it, that is the development of the law via a system of judicial precedent. In addition it will take a global outlook by comparing it at stages with civil law systems, including an EU perspective touching also more modern contract law issues such as smart contracts.
This course is structured as a mixture of traditional lectures and case discussions with the latter requiring a high degree of student involvement. Every week, at least one case will be discussed which requires the students to prepare appropriately. The discussion and analysis will follow with adaptations the structure of the exam.
It is important to understand that coming prepared to class and willing to discuss materials and cases is fundamental for the delivery of the course. |
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| The course teaching methods will be composed of a
weekly in person session. This session will be composed of a
mixture of lecture and practical elements. The practical elements
will require the students to:
i) do the required readings and questions that are set based on the content covered ii) prepare the case or cases that will be discussed in that week |
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| Feedback during the teaching period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedback in this course will be provided via two
mechanisms.
First, every week a set of readings and questions will be released to students. This will be covered in the following session with group discussion between students before feeding back to the main session. Second, each weekly session will include group presentations about specific court cases by the students working in groups. |
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The core textbook will be Jones, Introduction to Business Law (Oxford University Press) and additional materials will be linked to on Canvas. |
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