🎯 About this course

You learn each rule through its parts, a short story, the deciding case and the trap that catches careless readers, using the Bare Act Studio study cards. A closing module shows who makes, applies and decides the rules, where the official text lives and which forum fits which problem. It is a study course and not legal advice.

By the end you will be able to

Apply the tests for a valid contract, free consent, consideration and lawful objects to a set of facts.
Explain what the law allows a party to recover for breach of contract.
Explain Articles 14, 19, 21, 21A and 32 and apply them to a set of facts.
Describe the institutions that make, apply and decide the rules.
Identify the authoritative source for the Constitution and an Act and check its date.
Choose the right forum and remedy for a contract dispute and for a violation of a right.

Curriculum

Topics covered

Contract law: the five tests 4 topics

Scene 1: What makes an agreement a contract
What agreements are contracts, Who is competent to contract: the rule, its parts, a story, the deciding case and the trap to avoid.
Scene 2: Consent and fraud
Free consent, Fraud: the rule, its parts, a story, the deciding case and the trap to avoid.
Scene 3: Consideration and lawful objects
Lawful consideration and object, Agreements without consideration: the rule, its parts, a story, the deciding case and the trap to avoid.
Scene 4: Breach and compensation
Compensation for breach: the rule, its parts, a story, the deciding case and the trap to avoid.

Fundamental rights 4 topics

Scene 5: Equality before law
Article 14: Equality before law: the rule, its parts, a story, the deciding case and the trap to avoid.
Scene 6: The freedoms
Article 19: The freedoms: the rule, its parts, a story, the deciding case and the trap to avoid.
Scene 7: Life, liberty and education
Article 21: Life and personal liberty, Article 21A: Right to education: the rule, its parts, a story, the deciding case and the trap to avoid.
Scene 8: Going to court for a right
Article 32: Constitutional remedies: the rule, its parts, a story, the deciding case and the trap to avoid.

Infrastructure: the institutions, the text and the remedies 3 topics

Scene 9: The institutions behind the rules
A working picture of the institutions behind the rules: the components, their jobs, how they fail, how to size them and what to watch.
Scene 10: Where the text lives
A working picture of where the text lives: the components, their jobs, how they fail, how to size them and what to watch.
Scene 11: How rights and contracts are enforced
A working picture of how rights and contracts are enforced: the components, their jobs, how they fail, how to size them and what to watch.

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Week 1 of 8

Wk 1

Contracts and consent

Scenes 1 and 2.

Wk 2

Consideration and breach

Scenes 3 and 4.

Wk 3

Equality and the freedoms

Scenes 5 and 6.

Wk 4

Life, liberty, education and writs

Scenes 7 and 8.

Wk 5

Institutions

Scene 9.

Wk 6

Text and remedies

Scenes 10 and 11.

Wk 7

Mock forum review

Review a classmate's forum note.

Wk 8

Capstone

Present the rule cards and the forum note.

What you'll build

The rule cards

A card for each of three sections and three Articles with the rule, its parts, a short story and the trap.

The forum note

A note for two invented client problems that chooses the forum and the remedy and gives sources.

Why take this course

Learn each rule through its parts and a story
See the case that settled it
Know which forum to go to

You will build

Six rule cards
A forum note

What you can do afterwards

Apply the tests for a contract
Choose the right forum and remedy

How to take it

💳 Delivery & fees

One course, four ways to attend. Fees are per course, in rupees excluding 18% GST (the GST-inclusive amount is shown too).Fees are per course, in Canadian dollars, before applicable GST/HST.Fees are per course, in US dollars, before any applicable local taxes. Bulk and institutional volume pricing is available.

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Contract law and the Constitution: key provisions