AB1301
BUSINESS LAW
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Course Description and Scope
The aim of this course is to instill a keen understanding and appreciation of the legal aspects of
business. This course will provide an understanding of legal methodology and the main principles of
law relating to business transactions. The course will also demonstrate how commercial law and
business practices inter-relate and often influence each other in shaping modern commerce and
industry. In particular, key legal topics will be explained and illustrated from a business perspective.
The course is a pre-requisite which entitles eligible students to enroll for other law electives such as
Company Law, Advanced Corporate Law, Employment Law, Advanced Taxation, Law of Intellectual
Property and New Media, Ethics and Negotiation and Dispute Resolution.
Course Assesment
Class Participation
Seminar Presentation
Final Examination (open book)
Total
20
20
60
100
Textbook
SINGAPORE TEXTS
T&D Benny S Tabalujan & Valerie Du Toit-Low, Singapore Business Law (5th edition, 2009) (Call
No. KPP7.3.B87T112 2009)
RC
Ravi Chandran, Introduction to Business Law in Singapore (4th edition, 2010) (Call No.
KPP7.3.B87C456 2010)
L&T
Low Kee Yang & Benny S Tabalujan, The Executive’s Guide to Business & The Law (2nd
edition, 2002) (Call No. HF5351.L912 2002)
WW Walter Woon, Basic Business Law In Singapore (2nd edition, 2000) (Call No.
KPP7.3.B87W873 2000)
L&Y
Lum Kit-Wye & Victor Yeo, Contract Law (1st edition, 1998) (Call No. K840.L957)
GS1
George Shenoy & Toh See Kiat (Editors), Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Singapore (1st
edition, 1996) (Call No. K1005.4.S56L496)
GS2
George Shenoy (Editor), Law of Rights and Obligations of Business in Singapore (1st edition,
1996) (Call No. KPP7.3.B87L415)
Proposed Lecture Schedule
Week
1
Lecture Topic
1 SOCIETY, BUSINESS & THE LAW
2
2 FORMATION OF CONTRACT I
3
3 FORMATION OF CONTRACT II
4
4 CONTENTS OF CONTRACT (TERMS)
5
5 ENFORCEABILITY OF CONTRACT (VITIATING
FACTORS)
6
6 DISCHARGE OF CONTRACT
7
7 REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
8
9
RECESS
8 AGENCY
10
9 BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS I
11
10 BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS II
12
11 TORT
13
12 Revision