Contract Law

Course code LEGL 1605

Credit 2.0

Length 30.0 hours

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This course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of contract law essentials. Students will understand the key elements of forming a contract, including consensus, consideration, capacity, legality, and intention. Students will be able to analyze situations that could impact a contract's validity or enforceability, such as mistake, misrepresentation, duress, and undue influence. Students will explore contractual relationships, including the concepts of privity and assignment. They will learn about various circumstances that can terminate contracts, such as performance, breach, discharge, and frustration. Students will gain insight into the remedies available to parties when a contract is breached.

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What you will learn

  • Substantive rules of contract law
    Elements of contract formation
    Validity or enforceability factors
    Limits of contractual relationships
    Contract termination events or actions
    Remedies for breach of contract

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
22430 June 23, 2026
to August 4, 2026
Online VCC Downtown Campus See full schedule

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Contact us

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† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.