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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
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NFQ level 8 Credit Rating
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
This module aims to develop students’ critical understanding of the interaction between law and commercial activity.It introduces students to the legal principles which govern core aspects of business activity including the sale of goods, the supply of services, financing mechanisms for the acquisition of goods and the regulation of cross-border sales.

Learning Outcomes
1. Identify the key principles of commercial law in Ireland
2. Locate Irish commercial law within its European and international contexts
3. Apply the rules of Irish commercial law to provide solutions to common legal problems.
4. Appraise the effectiveness of commercial law as a vehicle for regulating transactions and for protecting the interests of creditors and consumers.



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture24No Description
Independent learning101No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Sale of Goods.
Distinguishing between sales of goods and cognate transactions, historical development of sales law;Passage of property and risk in the sale of goods;Title conflicts, the nemo dat rule and the exceptions thereto;Implied terms in the sale of goods;Remedies for the buyer and seller, stoppage in transit;Statutory regulation of the supply of services..

Commercial Finance.
Financing the acquisition of goods – hire-purchase, bills of sale, pledges.

Commercial Conflicts of Law.
Cross-border sales – Introduction to conflicts of law; Regulation 44/2001 and the Rome Regulation on Choice of Law.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
AssignmentExtended Problem Question100%n/a
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
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Indicative Reading List
  • E McKendrick: 2010, Goode on Commercial Law, 4th, Penguin, London, 9780141030227
  • Fidelma White,: 2003, Commercial Law, Roundhall, Dublin, 9781858003108
  • Robert Bradgate,: 2011, Commercial Law, 4th, OUP, Oxford, 0199284482
  • John F. Wilson,: 2010, Carriage of Goods by Sea, 7th, Longmans, London, 9781408218938
  • David McClean, Kisch Beevers,: 2009, Morris the Conflict of Laws, 7th, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1847034217
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