Contracts provides an introduction to the law of legally enforceable promises under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code and the common law.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Graduate law students will not be doing any extra work beyond that required of the Juris Doctor students. J.D. students are post-baccalaureate students and the workload expected of them is the same workload expected of post-baccalaureate graduate students. Law students are professional students, not undergraduate students. Graduate law students are primarily international lawyers seeking expertise in the American legal system. This expertise is gained through exposure to Juris Doctor courses.
Athena Title
Contracts
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in JURI 4030E or JURI 6030E, JURI 6502, JURI 6502E
Prerequisite
Students must be enrolled in the School of Law to register for this course
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will gain a foundational understanding through the introduction to the law of legally enforceable promises under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code and the common law.
Students should understand and be able to discuss the issue of offers and their acceptance; consideration, formalities, and promissory estoppel; the parole evidence rule and the statute of frauds; third-party enforcement; material breach of contract and damages.
Students are expected to be able to explain in writing how these and additional legal issues under the UCC and the common law apply to various complex factual scenarios.
