LAWS1104 - Introduction to Law - REVISION + EXAM Guide

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A comprehensive study and revision guide I put together for quizzes and the final exam. Overall, I achieved a High Distinction for this unit. This guide collates information from student texts, handouts, lecture slides, additional readings, and in-class notes to synthesis material and save you time! It covers all the relevant topics covered, and is set out chronologically with learning topics identified. Topic Included: 1. CONTRACT LAW : Agreement, consideration, intention, vitiating factors, capacity, legality of object, contents + interpretation of a contract, express + implied terms, exclusion clauses, online contracting, terminating a contract and remedies for breach. 2. AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW: Unfair contract terms, consumer guarantees, the liability of manufacturers, safety defects, defences to defective goods, extraterritorial scope of the ACL. 3. STATUTORY INTERPRETATION: How legislation is made, interpretation of legislation, intrinsic material, extrinsic material 4. TORT LAW: Negligence, pure economic loss, duty of care, breach of duty of care, damage - causation + remoteness, defences to an act of negligence, vicarious liability