UNIVERSITI TENAGA NASIONAL

COLLEGE OF FOUNDATION AND GENERAL STUDIES

Course Outline
Business Law
LWBD113
Semester 1 Academic Year 2015/2016
Siti Azniniza Binti Abdullah
Tel:
Email: Azniniza@uniten.edu.my

BUSINESS LAW
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

Siti Azniniza Binti Abdullah

Course Description

This course is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of

law and to provide the student with an understanding to the various
elements of a valid contract. The student would be able to understand
the right and liabilities of parties in a contract. Apart from that, the
students would be able to differentiate between proposal and
acceptance. This course also provides overview on law relating to sale
of goods and describing the exception of Nemo Dat Qoud Non Habet
rule. Moreover, this course assists the students to distinguish between
contract of service and for services in the law of employmen5t and
equips the students with the knowledge in cases of redundancy and
unfair dismissal.

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

3. Describe the types of

meetings,
the
debentures, and winding
up procedures.

5. Final Exam

PO3

2. Discuss the rights of

directors
and
shareholders
and
understand
the
Memorandum
and
Article of associations.

1.
2.
3.
4.

PO2

CO1
X
X
X

Face to face (F2F):

CO2
X
X

CO3
X
X

Independent

Total guided and

PO8

learning (nonF2F)

Learning Time (SLT):

L= Lecture
T=Tutorial
P=Practical
O=Others

28

14

independent learning
(non F2F)

O
70

120

Course Outline:

Week
1

2-5

Topic
1.

2.

6-8

3.

9-11

Malaysian Legal System

Definition of Law
Classification of Law
Sources of Law
Jurisdiction of Malaysian Courts
Law of Contract
Elements of a valid contract
Proposal
Acceptance
Consideration
Intention to create legal relation
Certainty
Legal capacity
Free Consent
Lawful object & consideration
Restrain
of
business
&
proceedings
Discharge of a contract

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

Duties & rights of an agent

Duties & rights of a principal
Termination of agency contract

5.

6.

Law of Negotiable Instrument

Concept of negotiability
Bill of exchange
Cheques
Protection of banker
Law of Employment
Contracts of service and for services
Redundancy and unfair dismissal
Remedies of employee

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.