Commercial and Investment Contracts
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Module Aims
Aim 1
To provide students with a comprehensive and practical understanding of advanced contract law in commercial and investment-related contracts as governed by English law, EU and international legal instruments.
Aim 2
To examine a broad range of commercial and investment-related contracts such as agency, insurance, securitisation, inter-creditor and facility agreements.
Aim 3
To place emphasis on the formation, operation and the relative rights and obligations certain commercial and investment-related contracts create, including remedies.
Aim 4
To specifically examine the different risks involved in these types of special contracts, whether that is between two businesses entering into a commercial transaction, or between entities in the financial sector in need of investments.
Aim 5
To explore how both technology and ethical concerns affect such contracts, including an overview of smart contracts.
Aim 6
To evaluate contemporary legal and industry developments affecting the operations of special contracts at both regional and international level.
Aim 7
To analyse the involvement of different actors and stakeholders in various types of special contracts, such as governments, financial institutions, businesses, and investors.
Aim 8
To conclude with a consideration of the impact these various actors may have on the development of commercial and investment-related contracts/entrepreneurship and the protection afforded to the parties involved.
Module Content
- Advanced contract law formation, operation and remedies.
- EU and international contract law principles, such as UPICC.
- A comparative approach in terms of contractual liability.
- Agency.
- Insurance contracts.
- Corporate finance contracts, such as securities.
- Other investment-related contracts, such as securitisation, loan syndication agreements, inter-creditor, and facility agreements.
- Technology and ethical concerns in modern contracting
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, a student will be able to:
Teaching Methods
Preparation for the workshops will involve extensive research and reading, to consider and critically analyse the set topics and the discussion questions, set in advance, arising from those topics. Students are expected to prepare answers to the discussion questions and present these to, and discuss with, the workshop tutor and workshop group members. In addition to the skills of analysis and research, students are expected to develop and apply skills of analytical discussion, oral expression and writing. Students will engage with other students and staff in online activities, and synchronous and asynchronous workshops, to consider and critically analyse particular sources and engage in discussion leading to development of these skills.
The workshops also give students the opportunity to synthesise in a more dynamic way the independent learning already undertaken and apply principles from various themes covered in the workshop activity sheets.
Assessment Methods
This module is assessed through one Exam and one Coursework.
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