Contract Law

(Contact Hours: 24) $159.00

Course Description

By creating rules about what constitutes contracts (basic contract law), society describes those agreements that help a society to conduct business. Specialized rules apply to sales and lease contracts.

For this Basic Completion course, students have 24/7 access to on-line testing materials. Each chapter of text in a course has twenty questions, multiple choice, true-false or a combination thereof. Students may query the instructor up to three times, via e-mail, regarding course content. For the Advanced Completion course enrollment, students have unlimited access to the instructor via e-mail.

Outcomes

By completing this course you will:

know what is necessary to create a valid legal contract
understand how issues regarding any of the elements of a contract can render it voidable
recognize when third parties receive rights out of such a contract
see the effects of when a contract is completed, or breached
discover that different rules apply to sales and lease contracts so that business can move quickly and efficiently

Assessment

Students will complete open-book multiple choice exams on each chapter of material in the course (where the course consists of 15 chapters of material). Students may query the instructor up to three times, via e-mail, regarding course content.Completion of each chapter is based on achieving a score of 70% or more on tests provided.

Course Information (see above or below Weeks, outlines, activities, etc.)

Week 1

(Students using the 8th Edition need to go to the course site for reading assignments)
Nature and Terminology (Chapter 9); QUIZ
Agreement (Chapter 10); QUIZ
Consideration (Chapter 11); QUIZ

Week 2

Capacity and Legality (Chapter 12); QUIZ
Genuineness of Assent (Chapter 13); QUIZ

Week 3

The Statute of Frauds (Chapter 14); QUIZ
Third Party Rights (Chapter 15); QUIZ

Week 4

Performance and Discharge (Chapter 16): QUIZ
Breach of Contract and Remedies (Chapter 17); QUIZ
E-Contracts (Chapter 18); Quiz

Week 5

The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts (Chapter 19); QUIZ
Title, Risk, and Insurable Interest (Chapter 20): QUIZ

Week 6

Performance of Sales and Lease Contracts (Chapter 21); QUIZ
Remedies for Breach of Sales and Leases Contracts (Chapter 22); QUIZ
Sales and Lease Warranties (Chapter 23); QUIZ

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Phone	919.515.2261
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