BRAC BUSINESS SCHOOL

BUS 202: Business Law

[Section: 03 & 04]

Fall 2017
Monday and Wednesday
Back to Back from 8.00am

Instructor: Barrister Sazeeda Johora Thakur

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01732175533

Course Description:

This describes the coverage of the course of the Main objectives of the contract
law and labour law which includes the formation of the contract, the validity of the
contract, the performance of the contract, the termination of the contract, after effect of
the termination of the contract, the law relating to the Sale of Goods Act, the concept and
the implementation of the corporate social responsibility, the law regarding partnership,
the law relating to agency, the law of negotiable instrument, the law of company, law of
Bankruptcy and including provisions of labour law etc.

Objectives:

At the end of the course, the students will be able to:

After doing the course the students will be able to understand how they will make any
contract with some other professional person and with some other organization validly,
they will be able to know the proper court forum regarding the civil disputes, they will be
able to know how they will make the partnership agreement validly under the proper
guidance of the government, they will be able to understand there daily life business
procedure according to the existing business law of the Bangladesh, they will be able to
know practically how someone can create and company and how the company will run,
they will be able to know the impact of the law on our business and can control the rules
and regulation for the worker.
Topics to be covered

Topics Specific Objective(s) Time Governing law

Frame
1.1. Discussion regarding the meaning
Law of of Legal Environment in Business.
1.2:      Definition of Contract
Contract: Offer, 1.3:      Essential Elements of
Acceptance & contracts
Consideration 1.4:      Offer & Acceptance 1st Week The Contract Act 1872
1.5:      Rules Regarding Offer &
Acceptance
1.6:      Communication of Offer &
Acceptance
1.7:      Consideration
1.8        Rules Regarding
Consideration
1.9        No Consideration No Contract
with exception
Types of 2.1          Capacity of Parties to
Contracts, Contract
2.2          Free Consent (Coercion, 2nd Week
Capacity of Undue influence, Fraud,
The Contract Act 1872
Parties & Free Misrepresentation and Mistake)
Consent 2.3 Types of Contract
Performance & 3.1    Methods of Termination
Termination of  (By agreement, performance, 3rd Week The Contract Act 1872
frustration, breach and operation of
Contracts law)
3.2 - Remedies for Breach of
Contract: Damages, Specific
performance
-When contract can be specifically
enforced
When contract cannot be specifically
enforced
-Injunction, Recession
of instrument, Rectification of
instrument Nature of
Bailment 4.1 Contract of Bailment
4.2 Duty of Bailor and Bailee
4.3 Termination of contract of 4th Week
bailment
The Contract Act 1872
4.4 Suits by Bailee and Bailors against
wrong doers
4.5 pledge, pawnees right
Topics Specific Objective(s) Time Governing law
Frame
Law & Agency 5.1        Definition of Agency, kinds
of Agent
5.2        Methods of Creating Agency 5th &
5.3        Termination of Agency
The contract Act 1872
5.4        Agents duties to principal
6th Week
6.1        Principals duties to Agent
6.2        Principals Rights
6.3        Agents Rights

23.10.17
Mid-Term Examination MONDAY In class schedule
Partnership Act 7.1        Definition
7.2     The Essential Elements of a
Partnership
7.3     Who can be a Partner
8.1     Registration of Firms
7th & The partnership Act
8.2     Relations of Partners to one 8th Week 1932
Another
8.3     Rights of Partners
8.4     Duties of Partners
 

Company Law 9.1 Definition of a Company

9.2 Memorandum of Association 9th &
9.3 Articles of Association
Companies Act 1994
9.4 Formation of A Company
10th Week
9.5 Company Management
10.1 Distinction between private and
public company
10.2 Distinction between partnership
and company
10.3 Rules for directorship
10.4 Winding Up
 
Law of 11. 1 Definition
Bankruptcy 11.2 General Provisions
11.3 Order of adjudication, its legal 11th Week
consequences
The Bankruptcy Act,
11.4 Insolvency provision 1997
Properties available for creditors
Protection order of a bankrupt
11.5 Composition and scheme of
agreement
11.6 Order of discharge
12.1Appointments and conditions of
employment of employees
12.2 Statutory provisions regulating12th Week
Labour Law working hours and entitlements of
Bangladesh Labour
 Topics Specific Objective(s) Time Governing law
Frame
12.3 leave and holidays with wages Code 2006 &2013
12.4 Legal environment of ‘wage’ and
‘minimum wage’.
12.5 Industrial relations and Trade
Union.
12.6 Kinds of worker
12.7 Discharge, dismiss, go-slow,
clouser, stoppage of work, lay-off,
termination, retirement.

Course Requirements

These are the things need to be accomplished by the students at the end of the term
such as: submission of term paper, topic presentation and other related tasks or
assignments given by the teacher. Therefore Class attendance and participation carry
marks so all are advised to present in the class otherwise they will not able to understand
the topics we have discussed.

Teaching Method
Students will be expected to assume responsibility of their own learning. Students will
experience much difficulty in this course if they do not keep up right from the beginning.
The extent of their knowledge at the end of the course will depend on the effort they put
into the course. Students will be provided with a study guide which contains guidelines
and exercise questions according to which they must prepare for lectures.
The course will start with a discussion of the theoretical aspects of statute. Thereafter,
case law and excerpts from statutes will serve as the basis for discussing various trends of
business law. Lectures during which the case law and statutory examples are discussed
will be interactive classes and students will be expected to participate in discussions on
the application of legal methods.
Students will be required to prepare typed assignments for particular tutorial. Tutorials
are discussion classes where the students can assess their understanding of the prescribed
case law and the application of the different methods of applying law. The tutor will meet
with the lecturer before each tutorial for an in-depth discussion of the tutorial work in
order to ensure that students receive sufficient guidance in the preparation of assignment.

Evaluation:
Attendance (Class /Tutorials) 05 Marks
Quizzes/ MCQs 15 ’’
Mid–Term Exam 20 ”
Assignment 10 ”
Presentation 10 ”
Course Final Exam 40 ”
Total: 100 ”
Course Final Examination: Comprehensive Final Examination of 2.30 hours will be
held on the date scheduled and as fixed by the office of the Registrar

Textbook/ Reference /Materials

These are the list of reference materials where information can be derived regarding the
topics or lessons. Other sources such as print and non-print can be listed to guide the
students in their search for information.
Recommended Book’s Name:
1. Mercantile Law,New, Ed. 5th, 2006-7 by M. C. Kuchhal
2. A text book on Easy understanding of The Law of Contract (Theory and Practice) has
been published, publisher: Hira Publication, by Syed Sarfaraj Hamid , 4 th Edition,2011
3. Legal Environment of Business, By Ahmeduzzaman, 7th Edition, 2010.
4. Law of Contract Published by Palgrave, 14 th Edition, Published by sweet & Maxwell
by Ewan McKendrick, 2012.
5. Commercial and Industrial Law, by sen Publication, By Sen and Mitra, 12 th edition,
2011.
6. The Law of Contract, Guenter Heinz Treitel, Publisher Sweet & Maxwell, 2007.
7. Barrister Shahariar Rakib Hasan Khan; 2013, A text book of the laws regarding
the labours of Bangladesh, Adi Mullick Brothers

Important obligations/ requirements:

 Admittance to class is restricted, if late by more than 10 minutes.

 Obligatory to attend 75% class of the semester ( can’t miss 8 classes )
 No make-up for quizzes.

Barrister Sazeeda Johora Thakur

Instructor