Contract Law

Structure Type: Course
Code: KI15BRPJ013
Type: Compulsory
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 3.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Nuotio, Liisa
Teacher Team: Salonen, Marja
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
PALVELUJ-2013   2 autumn   3.0   2014-09-01   2014-12-31  
PALVELUJ-2014   2 autumn   3.0   2015-08-01   2015-12-31  

Learning Outcomes

The student is able to define the essential legal concepts that help him in understanding legal texts. The student is able to search for information from legal sources and knows how to apply the gained knowledge in practice.
The student knows how to operate as a participant in a contract. The student is able to describe the main principles of the sale of movables, especially the rights and obligations of the buyer and the seller in business-to-business trade

Student's Workload

- lectures and legal case exercises 22 h - independent work 32 h

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies are required.

Contents

- main points of the contract law
- Sale of Goods Act (355/1987)

Recommended or Required Reading

- lectures

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

-lectures and legal case exercises - independent work

Assessment Criteria

Students understand the essential legal concepts and texts of laws . They can search information from legal information sources and apply it in practice.
Students can act as contract parties.
They can present the main characteristic of purchase of goods, especially the rights and duties of the seller/buyer in business transactions.

3
Students can define the essential legal concepts and understand texts of laws. They can search information from legal information sources and recognize situations where to apply it in practice.
They know the responsibilities of the contract parties.
They can describe the main characteristics of purchase of goods, especially the rights and duties of the seller/buyer In business transactions.
1
Students recognize the essential legal concepts and understand texts of laws. They can name legal information sources.

Assessment Methods

written exam

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