COURSE INFORMATION

1. Name of Course BUSINESS LAW

2. Course Code LAW3235
3. Name(s) of Academic Staff Azza Isma Moideen
4. Semester and Year offered Semester 1, Year 3
5. Prerequisite (if any) Nil
6. Rationale for the inclusion of the course in the There is a dire need to study business law, mainly due to the
programme fact that a consideration and an appreciation of the basic
principles of Malaysian law in the commercial context is
essential and crucial so as to provide a good exposure and to
give a clearer picture to those who are and will engage in
commerce and business.

7. Course Description This course begins with a brief introduction of the Malaysian
Legal System, considering the background of the students in
Law, before proceeding to the integral part of the course namely
business principles, rules and regulations of business practices
as applied in Malaysia. The course covers a wide area of
business law comprising the Contract Law, Commercial Law
and Partnership Law.

8. Credit Value 3
9. Course Outcomes At the end of the course, students will be able to:
1) Use the written law and unwritten law in Malaysia. (C3)
2) Examine on proposal, acceptance, consideration and
intention to create legal relations, capacity and consent to
contract, express and implied terms, condition and
warranty, ways in which a contract may be discharged and
types of remedies for breach of contract. (C4, A3, P4)
3) Apply the scope of the law on and formation of the sale of
goods and of hire purchase agreements. (C3)
4) Apply the law on relations of partners in partnership to one
another and with outsiders, authority and liability of partners
as well as dissolution of partnership. (C3)

14. Assessment Methods and Types Methods Percentage

Quizzes 10%

Formative (60%) Case review 10%

Group Assignment 20%

Presentation 20%

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 Summative (40%) Final Examination 40%

Total 100%
16.Content outline of the course Topic

TOPIC 1: SOURCES OF LAW IN MALAYSIA

Introduction
Written Law
Unwritten Law

TOPIC 2: LAW OF CONTRACT: ESSENTIALS OF

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CONTRACT
Proposal (offer) & Acceptance
Intention to create legal relations
Consideration

TOPIC 3: OTHER ESSENTIALS OF A

CONTRACT:
Capacity to contract
Consent of parties

TOPIC 4: TERMS OF CONTRACT

Express & implied terms
Condition & warranty

TOPIC 5: DISCHARGE OF CONTRACT

Ways in which a contract may be discharged.

TOPIC 6: REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT

Types of remedies for breach of contract

TOPIC 7: SALE OF GOODS

Definition of sale of goods
Scope of sale of goods
Formation of the contract

TOPIC 8: HIRE-PURCHASE
Definition
Scope of hire-purchase
Formation of the contract
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17. Main references supporting the course
Additional references supporting the course
18. Other additional information
TOPIC 9: PARTNERSHIP LAW
Definition & formation of partnership
Relations of partners to one another and with outsiders
Partners authority & liability and dissolution of
partnership
1. Lee Mei Pheng. (2005). General Principles of Malaysian
Law. 5th Edition: Oxford Fajar Sdn Bhd.
2. Ahmad Alsagoff. (2003). Principles of the Law of Contract
in Malaysia. 2nd Edition: Malayan law Journal Sdn Bhd.
3. Sharifah Suhana Syed Ahmad. ((2007). Malaysian Legal
System. 2nd Edition: Malayan Law Journal.
1. Manual Compilation (for internal circulation purposes only)
Nil
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