Obligations

Catalog description

The course is a study of the civil law of obligations, including obligations in general, conventional obligations (contracts), obligations arising without agreement (other than torts), donations inter vivos, deposit, loan, suretyship (introduction), compromise, and other topics in Book III of the Louisiana Civil Code, using the Code and Louisiana jurisprudence interpreting the Code. It builds on basic principles of contract law, but as they are defined and used in Louisiana as opposed to the more general common law rules. The course focuses on the continued development of legal skills such as interpreting Civil Code articles in context and in jurisprudence (case law) and applying them to factual situations. It may include exercises in contract negotiation and drafting. The course grade is based primarily on a final exam consisting of hypothetical factual situations requiring analysis in essay form and may include multiple-choice questions as well.