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Course Code
LWBD 113
Course Status
Core
Level
Diploma
Semester Taught
Semester 1 2015/2016
Credit
Pre-requisites
Assessments
Quizzes
5%
Midterm Exam
15%
Assignment
15%
Presentation
15%
Tutorial
10%
Final examination
40%
Lecturer
Course Description
Course Outcomes
CO 1:
Understand the Malaysian legal system and law relating to a valid contract.
CO 2:
Analyze law on sale of goods and law of agency.
CO 3:
Understand the law on negotiable instruments and employment law.
Course
1. Identify the types of
business entities and
companies in Malaysia.
PO1
6.
PO5
PO6
PO7
Assessment Methods
Quizzes
Assignment
Midterm Test
Presentation
Total Student
PO4
5. Final Exam
PO3
1.
2.
3.
4.
PO2
CO1
X
X
X
CO2
X
X
CO3
X
X
Independent
PO8
learning (nonF2F)
28
14
independent learning
(non F2F)
O
70
120
Course Outline:
Week
1
2-5
Topic
1.
2.
6-8
3.
9-11
20
32
15
24
15
Non
F2F
SLT
legal
Sale of Goods
Definition of goods & types of goods
Implied terms
Transfer of property in goods
Transfer of risk
Transfer of title where the seller is not
the owner
Nemo dat quod non habet
Exception
4. Law of Agency
Nature & creation of agency
F2F
T
P
24
12-13
14
5.
6.
Quizzes
Assignment
Test
Presentation
Final exam
TOTAL Student Learning Time (h)
10
16
70
1
2
2
1
2
120
28
14
1
2
2
1
2
8
Main references
Beatrix Vohrah and Wu Min Aun, The Commercial Law of Malaysia, Longman, 2008.
Maimunah Aminuddin, Malaysia Employment Law & Industrial Relations, Mc Graw-Hill,
2007.
Additional references:
Ashgar Ali Ali Mohamed, Dismissal from Employment and the Remedies, Lexis Nexis, 2007.
Wu Min Aun, The Malaysian Legal System, Pearson-Longman, 2005.
Malaysian Federal Constitution.
Civil Law Act, 1956.
Contract Act, 1950.
Sale of Goods Act, 1957.
Bill of Exchange Act, 1949 (Revised 1978).
Industrial Relation Act, 1967.
Employment Act, 1955.