Cavendish University Uganda
Year One Semester Two
Teaching Schedule
Module Code / Name
Description
Week
BBA125: BUSINESS LAW
The course provides a simplified knowledge of relevant laws important to a business
man as he engages in commercial transactions
Delivery Method
Activities
Resources
Comments
Lecture
Welcome students to the course
Talk about what is expected of
the students throughout the
semester
Talk about students’ expectations
Module description to students
and learning outcomes
Lecture
1
Law of sales.
Atiya E,Law of Sales,Oxford
a) Rights of the saler and buyer.
press 6th edition
Tutorial
Discussion of the first lecture
Introduction to the Law of Contract
Tutorial
Question & Answer Sessiono
D.J
Bakibinga,Law
Contract
Uganda(1998),Fountain
Publishers(U) Ltd
Assessment
Elements of a contract, Terms of a
contract
coursework
D.J Bakibinga,Law of Contract
in
Uganda(1998),Fountain
Publishers(U) Ltd
2
3
4
Lecture
Tutorial
Vitiating Factors of a Contract,
Termination of a Contract
Question and answer session
of
in
D.J Bakibinga,Law of Contract
in
Uganda(1998),Fountain
Publishers(U) Ltd
5
Lecture
Introduction to Partnership Law in
Uganda.
Dissolution of a Partnership
6
Tutorial
Question & Answer Session
Lecture
Companies Law in Uganda
Corporate identity of companies
Ultra vires rule
In door management rule
Tutorial
7
Lecture
Tutorial
8
Lecture
Assessment
9
Lecture
Tutorial
D.J
Bakibinga,Partnership
Law in Uganda, (Foundation
Publishers, 2002
D.J Bakibinga,Company Lawin
Uganda,(Fountain
Publishers(U) Ltd)
Feedback on the coursework
Winding up of companies
Question & Answer session
Law of Agency
Distinction between Agency and
Distributorship
D.J
Bakibinga,Law
Contract
Uganda(1998),Fountain
Publishers(U) Ltd
of
in
Coursework
Law of Trusts
Formation of Trusts
Question and answer session
D.J Bakibinga,Law of Trusts in
Uganda,(1995)Fountain
Publishers(U) Ltd
Lecture
Liability of Trustees
Tutorial
Dissolution of Trustees
Feedback on coursework
Lecture
Employment Law in Uganda
10
11
Distinction between Employer and
Employee
12
Tutorial
Lecture
Formation of an Employment Contract
Question and answer session
Terms in an Employment Contract
D.J Bakibinga,Law of Trusts
in
Uganda,(1995)Fountain
Publishers(U) Ltd
Employment Act No.2 of
2006
Employment Act No.2 of
2006
Wrongful Dismissal
Termination of Employment
Tutorial
Revision tips and guidance
13
Previous Examination Papers
.
Tutorial
Question & Answer Session
Recommended Texts
1. The Contract Act 2010.
2. Contract Act, Cap Laws of Uganda (2006)
3. Sale of Goods Act Cap. 82 of the Laws of Uganda (1964)
4. Bills of Exchange Act, Cap 68 of the Laws of Uganda (1964)
5. Limitation Act Cap 80, Laws of Uganda, 2000
6. Employment Act Cap 219,
7. Laws of Uganda 2000
8. DJ Bakibinga, Law of Contract in Uganda, Fountain Publishers 2001
9. Hodgin R W., Law of Contract in East Africa, EALB Nairobi 1975
10. Cheshire Fifoot and Furmstons, Law of Contract, Pitman Publishing 3rd Ed 1997
11. Treitel, Law of Contract (8th Ed) Sweet & Maxwell, London.
12. Beale, Bishop & Furmston, Contract Cases and materials, Butterworths 3rd Ed. 1995
13. JC Smith
Smith & Thomas: A Case book on Contract, Sweet & Maxwell, London
11th Edition 2000
www.ugandaonlinelawlibrary.net/Judgments
www.nyulawglobal.org/
www.saflii.org/
http://www.venables.co.uk/studentsresources.htm
www.lawteacher.net
www.ukcle.ac.uk
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http://www.austlii.edu.au
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