Course Outline LAB
Course Outline LAB
Course Outline
Programme: PGDM (FMG – 28 and FM-2)
Name of the Course: Legal Aspects of Business Credit: 1.5
Term: 2 Academic Year: 2019-2020
Faculty: Mr. Anupam Kishore Sinha Contact No: 8510024204;
and Mr. Dhritiman Bhattacharyya 9810222509
Email: [email protected] ;
[email protected]
Introduction:
Law touches every aspect of our lives and more so in the business environment. This course intends
to develop a body of legal knowledge and to give future business leaders and decision makers a
competitive edge by understanding basics of legal framework in which they function. This course
covers basics of business law and deals with Contract Law, Company Law, Negotiable Instruments
Act and consumer laws, etc. No prior legal training is assumed. Classroom discussions will be
based on business cases and excerpts from judicial opinions, statutes, and news reports and
analysis.
Objective: To make students familiar with the basic provisions of law concerning incorporation
and regulation of business organizations
Text Book:
Daniel Albuquerque, Legal Aspects of Business, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2015,
New Delhi
Reference Book:
Akhileshwar Pathak, Legal Aspects of Business, 7th Edition, Tata McGraw- Hill Co.
Pedagogy:
Besides lectures, the pedagogy involves study of decided case laws and practical situations with a
view to put across the application of business legislations in the real life situations. Assignments
(especially group assignments) would be given to help students to look at the application or
otherwise of various business laws in the industry.
Class Participation 10
Assignment/Project 20
Case Analysis 20
End term 50
Total: 100
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Detailed Session Plan
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7 Intellectual Daniel Albuquerque To familiarize learners
Property Rights Chapter:26 with elements of the
applicable laws
pertaining to IPR in
India
8 Negotiable Daniel Albuquerque To ascertain various
Instruments Act,1881- Chapter: 6 types of negotiable
Important Provisions instruments.
To analyze provisions
pertaining to cheque
dishonor and liability
of company and
managers
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For official use: -
As Benchmarked with course content in previous year, the contents of this course: (Please mark
the right option below)
(a) Is totally new
(b) Has not changed at all
(c) Has undergone less than/equal to 20% change
(d) Has undergone more than 20% change