Obligations 733513
Subject Objectives
The aim of this subject is for students to develop an understanding of the foundations of the law of obligations through close reading of cases, statutes and scholarly writing and through participation in class discussion. It is expected that on completion of the subject students should understand the nature and structure of the law of obligations and be able to:
- analyse and challenge the basis of decisions recognising or denying private law obligations;
- identify relevant principles in cases and statutes;
- apply those principles to particular fact situations to reach well-reasoned conclusions about the rights and obligations of the parties in those fact situations;
- develop creative arguments as to ways in which the relevant principles could be applied to novel fact situations;
- evaluate relevant legal and equitable principles and statutory obligations and analyse particular problems from a range of theoretical perspectives; and
- utilise comparisons with other legal systems to analyse and evaluate the way in which particular problems are addressed by Australian private law.
