Guideline for the course:
1. All the students registered for this course have to enroll in Moodle and can find all the course materials here.
2. Any
announcement regarding the class will be posted on the course "Announcement" and you have to be active and check it regularly.
3. One
discussion or feedback forum is created under each of the lectures
Students have to give their feedback on this forum and marks will be
given for their feedback
4. All the
students have to submit a copy of their assignment, special tasks or
reports under specific section created here and for this they will be
graded here.
5. All the quizzes and presentation will
be held on the face to face class and maybe a few of the class will be held
online (Moodle) and it will be announced before the class.
Exception:
During Spring-2021 semester, all the classes will be conducted online
using "Google Meet". Recorded audio and video class lectures will be
uploaded here along with the class lecture materials like Slides, Docs
or PDFs.
6. The question pattern and the syllabus
for the quizzes, midterm and final exam is given hereunder each of the
section (quizzes, midterm, and final)
7. There are
midterm and final exam preparation forum under these sections where
students can discuss with each other about their midterm and final exam
syllabus, any problem regarding the exam etc.
8. There will be
attached materials, videos, or website links with every lecture. You are
requested to check out those before every class for better
understanding.
9. At the end of the course, there is a feedback section where every student must write their opinion.
Course Description:
Everything that relates to our society is governed by laws and business is no exception. Business law refers to the laws that apply to business entities, such as partnerships and corporations. In another sense, business law or commercial law is simply a body of law that governs every aspect with regards to conducting business. This covers but not limited to the commerce of the sea, transportation of goods, guarantees, marine life, and natural disasters pertaining to the economic status and business relations, life of the people concerned, employment, intellectual property, insurances, and conformities of partnerships.
Course Objectives:
The main objectives
are:
- To know the basic
knowledge and the development of Business Law in Bangladesh;
- To attain
knowledge regarding the application of Business Laws to solve business-related disputes,
- To correlate a relationship between the Law of Contract and other Business laws;
Course Contents:
1. Business Concepts: Basic elements of Business, Business
Organization; Forms of Business ownership, Formalities, and Distinguishing
features of each form of ownership, Development of Joint-Stock Companies in
Bangladesh, State Enterprises, Business Combination, Co-operative Societies in
Bangladesh, Institutions for Promotion of Business, Trade Practices in
Bangladesh. Introduction to the functional and support areas of business:
Marketing, production, finance, human resource, accounting, Issues in the environment: Govt., society,
ethics, and globalization.
2. Law of Sale of Goods: Sale
and agreement to sell, Formalities of the Contract of Sale, Subject-matter of
Contract, The Price, Conditions, and Warranties, Transfer of Property between
seller and buyer, Transfer of Title, Delivery of Goods, Right and Lien of
unpaid seller against the goods, Stoppage in Transit, Remedial Measures.
3. Law of Negotiable Instruments: Definition,
Characteristics and Types of Negotiable Instruments, Promissory Notes, Bills
and Cheques, Special Provisions Relating to Cheques, Parties to Negotiable
Instruments, Presentation of Negotiable Instruments, Dishonour and Discharge of
Negotiable Instruments
4. Law of Carriage: Contract
of carriage, Classification of carriers, Common Carriers, Carriage of Goods by
Land, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Carriage of Goods by Air
5. Partnersip: Nature
and Definition of partnership, History of partnership Law in Indian
Sub-continent, the distinction between the partnership firm, Relations between the
Partners, Registration of a Firm, Dissolution of a firm, Don sequences of
Dissolution of a Firm.
6. Law of Insurance
Nature
and Principles of Insurance, Fundamental Principles, Premium Policy,
Re-insurance, Double insurance, Marine Insurance, Fire Insurance, Life
Insurance
7. Law of Insolvency
Principles
and Objects of the Insolvency Law, Procedure of Insolvency, Property and Debts
of Insolvent, Discharge of Insolvent
8. Money Launderings Act
Scope, the object of the Act, duties, and responsibilities of commercial banks under the
Money Laundering Act.