Course Curriculam
Course Code: LAW119 Credit Units L T P/S SW AS/DS FW No. of PSDA Total Credit Unit
Course Level UG 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
Course Title Law of Contract I (General Principles)
Course Student through this paper will understand the basic of law of contract and process of enforcement.
Description :
Course Objectives :
SN
Objectives
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To acquaint students with the conceptual and operational parameters of the general principles of contractual relations. To analysis the kinds of
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contracts, their enforcement and the vitiating factors of a contract.
Pre-Requisites : General
SN. Course Code Course Name
Course Contents / Syllabus :
SN. Module Descriptors / Topics Weightage
Module I:
• Contract: meaning, nature, essentials and kinds • Standard Form of Contract • Offer/Proposal: definition, kinds,
1 Formation of 20.00
communication, revocation • Acceptance: definition, essentials, communication, revocation • e-Contract
Contract
Module II:
• Consideration: definition, essentials, kinds, privity • Capacity to Contract: competent party, minor’s agreement:
2 Consideration 20.00
nature, ratification, doctrine of restitution, liability for necessaries
and Capacity
• Free Consent: definition, grounds of unfree consent and effect. • Void Agreement: unlawful consideration and
Module III:
object, agreement without consideration, restraint of marriage, trade and legal proceeding, uncertain agreement,
3 Validity of 20.00
wagering agreement, impossible act • Contingent Contract • Quasi Contracts: doctrine of Unjust Enrichment,
Contract
definition and kinds
Module IV:
• Discharge of Contracts. • Performance-Time and Place of performance, Impossibility of performance and
Discharge of
4 frustration. • Breach – Anticipatory & Present. • Remedies: damages, injunction and Quantum Meruit • Recent Case 20.00
Contract and
Laws
Remedies
Module V:
• Recovery of property. • Specific performance of contracts. • Rescission of Contract. • Declaratory Decree. •
5 Specific Relief 20.00
Injunctions: Temporary and Perpetual, Mandatory.
Act, 1963
Course Learning Outcomes :
SN. Course Learning Outcomes
1 To trace the Evolution of Law of Contract .
2 • To create an understanding about day to day commercial obligations
3 To develop Student’s ability to analyse the emerging contractual issues.
4 To apply the fundamentals of contracts in daily transactions
5 To remember important definitions and principles of law in Contract.
6 To evaluate various doctrines of contract and determine their relevance in contemporary world.
Pedagogy for Course Delivery :
SN. Pedagogy Methods
Theory /VAC / Architecture Assessment (L,T & Self Work): 100.00 Max : 100
Attendance+CE+EE : 5+35+60
SN. Type Component Name Marks
1 Attendance 5.00
2 End Term Examination (OMR) 60.00
3 Internal SYNOPSIS 5.00
4 Internal CLASS TEST 10.00
5 Internal PROJECT 10.00
6 Internal VIVA VOCE 10.00
Lab/ Practical/ Studio/Arch. Studio/ Field Work Assessment : 0.00 Max : 100
N/A
List of Professional skill development activities :
No.of PSDA : 4
SN. PSDA Point
1 • Contract formation Exercise: Impact of IT and E-Contract (PSDA 1)
2 • Judgment Analysis (PSDA 2)
3 • Drafting of a Contract (PSDA 3)
4 • A Class-based Moot Court Competition in Contract Law (PSDA 4)
Text & References :
SN. Type Title/Name Description ISBN/ URL
1 Book • Pollock and Mulla - Indian Contract Act
• Bangia - Law of Contract and Specific
2 Book
Relief
3 Book • Avtar Singh - Indian Contract Act
