LAW60104- Module Information Booklet

Module Information Booklet

Taylor’s University

Undergraduate Business and

Accounting Programmes

Semester: March 2019

LAW60104

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Module Overview

Learning Resources

Assessments

Resit Assessments

Assessment Offences

Extenuating Circumstances

Assignment Guidelines

Module Calendar

Assignment Cover

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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Business Law.

The Business Law is designed to develop a sound basic knowledge of the legal framework
governing the Malaysian business environment. It will provide the opportunity to develop critical
thinking skills in approaching legal problems and issues.

We wish you all the best in your studies.

CONTACT DETAILS
Module Leader

Ms Ambikai S T Singam
Room No. A9.10, Level 9A, West Wing, Block E
Tel: 56295000 Extn: 5660
Email: ambikai.sthuraisingam@taylors.edu.my

Tutors
Ms Sia Chin Chin
Email: chinchin.sia@taylors.edu.my

Ms Shoba Magimay
Email:

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MODULE OVERVIEW

MODULE SYNOPSIS

This subject provides the foundation for all law subjects in the Bachelor of Business. It provides
students with an overview of the Malaysian legal system and a basic coverage of the underlying legal
principles governing business. The substantive laws covered in this subject include the Law of
Contract, the Law of Torts, Sales of goods, the Law of agency, Employment Law and Business
Organizations. Students will have the opportunity to develop skills in critically analysing legal
problems and issues affecting business and applying the legal principles in solving these issues.

PRE-REQUISITE(S)/ CO-REQUISITE
There is no prerequisite for this course.

MODULE OBJECTIVES
To develop a sound basic knowledge of the sources of law and the legal framework
governing Malaysian business environment;
To promote a critical awareness of legal issues that impact on business activities;
To provide the opportunity to develop skills in researching and applying case law and
legislation to solving legal disputes affecting business in Malaysia;
To provide the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills in approaching legal
problems and issues

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

1. Analyse the legal issues that can potentially give rise to legal liability in business and infer
the relevance of the underlying principles of Malaysian law and the legal framework within which
the business activities should operate and its impact;
2. Adopt some basic principles of verbal and written communication in articulating and
expressing the legal viewpoints;
3. Adopt critical thinking skills and a broader perspective in approaching legal dimensions of
business issues and problems;
4. Evaluate the consequences of different approaches undertaken in dealing with legal issues
and the implication for business and apply the basic preventative measures for enhanced
management of risk in business

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TAYLOR’S GRADUATE CAPABILITIES (“TGC”)

Upon successful completion of this module, a student should be equipped with the following Taylor’s
graduate capabilities:

Taylor's Graduate Capabilities- Degree

Discipline Specific Knowledge

1.0

* This TGC is further clarified according to the respective program-specific outcomes.

Cognitive Capabilities

2.0

3.0

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Soft Skills

4.0

5.0
TGC: Interpersonal Skills

5.1 Understand team dynamics and work with others in a team.

6.0
TGC: Intrapersonal Skills

6.1 Manage oneself and be self-reliant.

6.2 Reflect on one’s actions and learning.

6.3 Embody Taylor’s core values.

7.0

8.0

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Taylor’s Graduate Capabilities being developed through the

Module Objectives
module
TGC1 TGC2(i) TGC2(ii) TGC3(i) TGC3(ii) TGC3(iii) TGC3(iv) TGC3(v)
a) To develop a sound
basic knowledge of the
sources of law and the x x x x
legal framework governing
Malaysian business
environment
b) To promote a critical
awareness of legal issues x
that impact on business x x x
activities

c) To provide the
opportunity to develop skills
in researching and applying
case law and legislation to x
solving legal disputes x x
affecting business in
Malaysia

d) To provide the
opportunity to develop
critical thinking skills in
approaching legal problems x x x
and issues

TEACHING AND LEARNING ARRANGEMENTS

This module is taught by using a blend of learning methods. Class contact time usually
consists of a two-hour lecture and a two-hour tutorial each week. Lectures will usually begin in
week 1 and tutorials in week 2. Students are expected to spend an extra six hours non-
contact time per week engaging in the module. More details can be found in Taylor’s
University Student Handbook/ Dual Award Program Guide.

UNIT VALUE OF MODULE

4 credit hours

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LEARNING RESOURCES

TEXT
Adnan Trakic, Nagiah Ramasamy, Cheah You Sum, et al, 2014 Law for Business Sweet &
Maxwell.

OTHER REFERENCES
1. Lee Mei Pheng & Ivan Jeron Detta. 2014, Business Law, 2nd edition Oxford Fajar
2. Abdul Majid bin Nabi Baksh & Krishnan Arjunan, 2005, Business Law in Malaysia, Lexis
Nexis, Malayan Law Journal
3. Ambikai S T Singam & Cheryl Nicholson, 2013, Business Law Made Easy, Pearson
Publications.

ONLINE SUPPORT
Taylor’s University provides a learning management system – TIMeS to allow students convenient
access to subject resources. This can be accessed at: http://portals.taylors.edu.my

Materials available include:

Module Outline
Lecture slides
Tutorial and assignment questions
Assignment Cover Sheet
Assignment Feedback Form
Other module information

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ASSESSMENT

Form of Length Weightage Due date TGC Achieved

assessment

Group Oral Week 12 TGC 1, 2 & 3

15 minutes
Presentation 20% commencing
per group
17/6/2019

Individual 30% Week 8 TGC 1, 2, 3(i), 3 (iii),

Assignment 2000 words 3(iv) & 3(v)
23/5//2019@ 10am

Final Examination 3 hours and 5 TGC 1, 2, 3(i) &

50% Week 15 and 16 3(iv)
minutes

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT COMPONENT

The continuous assessment component for this module shall comprise of:

Individual Written Assignment.

Group Oral Presentation

INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT (30%)

After graduation you will be required to apply the knowledge you gained at university and keep
up-to date with developments in your field of expertise. This assignment has been set to
develop your ability to do this. The assignment would require you to apply various aspects of the
law, give you the experience of working collaboratively and develop your analytical and
communication skills.

The assignment is due is on 23rd May 2019 at 10:00am. The turn-it-in

report must be churned out by 2:00pm on 22nd May 2019. The case study for the assignment and
the assignment guidelines are available in the section on Assignment Case Study and

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Guidelines in this booklet. Please ENSURE that you read the assignment guidelines which
outline all the relevant information in relation to submission such as the format, naming
protocols for the assignment, due date, penalty for late submission and other specific
requirements carefully before working on the case study.

Group ORAL Presentation (20%)

Instructions: All students are required to form groups of 3 or 4.

Marking Rubric
Topic Knowledge : 8 marks
able to identify the appropriate topic area, use of course
materials, display efforts in further readings/research, quality of
analysis, depth in discussion

Creativity & originality: 6 marks

creative methods of delivery – ie role play/panel discussion etc,
& effective and interesting use of materials, handouts, visual
aids.

Presentation: 6 marks
well-groomed and confident, good audience attention, did not
read from notes , not repetitive, good command of the
language, coherent (1 mark each)

Final Examination (50%)

The aim of the final exam is to test a student’s understanding of the law in various areas
and the ability to apply it in various real-life situations under examination conditions.
‘This is an OPEN BOOK examination. You may take with you into the examination
hall/room ONLY original textbooks, lecture slides and statutes. No printed or photocopy
materials are allowed. Electronic dictionaries, mobile phone, handwritten/typed notes
and tutorial questions and answers are not permitted. ‘

All students are granted only four attempts at a module. However, if you do not attend the final
examination, it will be deemed that you have forfeited your right to a second attempt (resit). In

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which case, you will be required to repeat the module and undertake all assessments again (as
the third attempt (repeat)). If you do not pass the module in the fourth attempt, you will be
excluded from the Dual Award programme.

Please refer to the section on Extenuating Circumstances, should you like to request for
consideration on the grounds of extenuating circumstances.

REQUIREMENT FOR PASSING MODULE

To pass this module, you are required to achieve:

at least 40% for continuous assessments component ; AND
at least 40% for final exam; AND
an overall of at least 50%.

Re-sit Assessments
OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEMPT RE-SIT ASSESSMENTS

If you have achieved:

an overall module mark of less than 50%, or

a mark below 40% in either the continuous assessment component or the final examination
component, it would mean you have not passed module. In which case, you could be
offered a re-sit attempt for one of the component or for both components, depending on your
final results.

To qualify for a re-sit opportunity, a student must:

not have exhausted four assessment attempts in this module, AND
have submitted his/her assessments on time, AND
have attended the assessments.

However, note that your right to re-sit could be forfeited if you have committed any assessment
offences, did not submit a piece of assessed work on time or failed to attend an assessment.

The mark for a re-sit component is capped at 50%. Consultation for re-sit assessments will be
conducted within the working hours between 9am-6pm only.

RE-SIT CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

The re-sit assessment for the continuous assessment component shall be in the form of an
assignment, with a weighting of 50% of the overall module re-sit assessments.

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The re-sit assignment and the assignment guidelines shall be made available on the module
webpage in TiMes after the release of the final results.

RE-SIT EXAMINATION

The re-sit exam is an open-book exam. You may take with you into the examination hall/room
ONLY original textbooks, lecture slides, handwritten notes and statutes. No printed or
photocopy materials are allowed. Only “hard copy” dictionaries are permitted for use in the
exam. The dictionary must not be enhanced or tampered with in any way. Electronic
dictionaries and mobile phones are not permitted. Electronic dictionaries and mobile phones are
not permitted. The re-sit examination shall form 50% of the overall module re-sit assessments.

ASSESSMENT OFFENCES

You are to use the Harvard referencing styles consistently for all written assessments. Taylor’s
University treats any acts of dishonesty relating to assessment of University modules very
seriously. It is vital that students acquaint themselves with the University’s policy on assessment
offences. Assessment Offences is defined here as passing off the work of others as one’s own
including copying (reproducing or imitating), cheating, collusion (agreement to deceive, using
words or ideas of colleagues or other students and passing them off as your own), plagiarism
and other breaches of assessment or other examination regulations.

Cheating, collusion and plagiarism are the use of unfair means of presenting work for
assessment; aiding another student in the use of unfair means of presenting work for
assessment; or preventing or attempting to prevent another student from being able to be
assessed properly. Allegations of and investigations into assessment offences will be dealt with
in accordance with the regulations and procedures in force at Taylors University for the module.

Where a student is found to have committed an assessment offence a decision must be taken either
to take no further action or to impose an appropriate penalty which may include failing the student
and determining whether or not the student will be permitted another assessment attempt.

Where it is decided that penalty is to be imposed, the penalty could include one of the following:
a) the mark for the relevant piece of assessment be reduced; or
b) the mark awarded for the relevant piece of assessment be reduced to zero; or

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c) the student be deemed to have failed the module, and is not permitted for another
assessment attempt for the module.

Please refer to Taylor’s Dual Award Programme Guide for details on Assessment Offences.

EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES

These are circumstances which are unforeseen, unexpected, significantly disruptive and beyond
a student’s control. The circumstances must relate to a specific piece of assessment or
examination rather than being problems of a kind that affect a year as a whole or parts of it.

A student who is of the opinion that his/her:

performance in an examination or in other assessed work has been adversely affected by
an extenuating circumstance(s), or
ability to attend an examination has been adversely affected by an extenuating
circumstance(s) could submit an Extenuating Circumstances Form to the Examinations
Centre at Taylor’s University. The form must be accompanied by supporting documentary
evidence.

Acceptance of extenuating circumstances shall be evaluated on a case to case basis by an

Extenuating Circumstances Panel. The decision of the Panel shall be deemed as final.
Circumstances that are unlikely to be accepted as extenuating circumstances include the
following:
personal illness or disability for which special arrangements are already in
place. colds or know conditions such as hay fever.
normal examination stress or anxiety experienced during revision or the assessment period
(unless corroborated by medical evidence as a chronic condition and undergoing treatment).
non serious domestic or personal disruptions (eg moving house, change of job,
holidays, weddings, normal job pressure, failed travel arrangements, financial
difficulties, oversleeping).
study related circumstances (equipment failure including computing/printer difficulties
(unless they occur in the examination itself), failure to have taken back up copies for work
stolen or corrupted, bunching of deadlines/examinations, missing books, poor time
management, misreading the examination timetable, taking the wrong examination).
(Note: The above list is not exhaustive).

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ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES
Word Limits
Students have to state word count at the end of the assignment. The reference list is not
included in the word count; however, quotations, case citations, footnotes etc.

Penalties are applicable if the word limit is exceeded. The first 200 words in excess will not be
penalised. A penalty of 5% per 100 words or part thereof in excess of the permitted amount
(200 words) will be imposed.

Please use Times Roman 1.5 line spacing and a font size of 12.

Submission
Students are required to submit the Assignment in hard copy (just staple need not bind) to the
module lecturer together with the Turn-it-in Report via the Assignment Drop Box and in soft
copy in Word Document format in TIMeS (Taylor's Integrated Moodle e-Learning System).
Deadlines must be strictly adhered to. Please refer to Taylor’s University Student
Handbook/Dual Award Program Guide for more details on late submission.

All assignments must use the Assignment cover sheet and assignment feedback form as the
first two pages of the assignment (available from subject website).

Turnitin similarity %

All assignment/s should not exceed 30% in their overall similarity index, which excludes
bibliographies and references, with no more than 5% similarity from each individual
source. If this similarity is not fulfilled, the module leader will provide adequate

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justifications and send the assignments to the Academic Integrity Officer for examination
(with reference to University’s Academic Integrity Procedure, clause 4.1.2).

Extensions

No extension will granted for the assignment, except in the case of extenuating circumstances.
Please refer to the section on Extenuating Circumstances in this booklet, should you like to
request for consideration of extenuating circumstances.

Students, whose application for extenuating circumstances is accepted, will not receive their
marks, when the other students who submitted on time receive theirs.

Late Submission

Assignments submitted within 24 hours after the published deadline will be penalized as below:

a) A mark of more than 50% for the assignment will be reduced to 50%. This reduced mark
will be used in the calculation of the overall module mark;
b) A mark of 50% or less will stand and be used in the calculation of the overall module mark.

Assignments will not be accepted after the 24 hour window and will be recorded as a non-
submission. A mark of ZERO will be awarded. Please see the section on Non Submission of
Assignment below for more details.

Non Submission of Assignment

Students who do not submit their assignment will be deemed to have forfeited their right to a
second attempt (resit) of the module. These students will be required to repeat the module with
attendance and undertake all assessments again (as their third attempt (repeat)).

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Note that students are granted only four attempts at a module. If you do not pass the module in
the fourth attempt, you will be excluded from the Dual Award programme.

Feedback and Mark for the Assignment

The mark and feedback on the assignment will be provided on a Feedback Form. The purpose
of the feedback is to help you to assess your ability to apply the knowledge and concepts taught
in the module in sufficient depth, as well as your progress toward meeting the module
objectives. The feedback and marks for the assignment will be given to you within four weeks of
your submission of the assignment.

REMINDER

If information contained in the assignment is not your own words or ideas you must
acknowledge the source within the text of the paper as well as in the reference list.

If you use another person’s words (i.e. you quote) you must indicate that this is a direct
quote (usually by quotation marks) and reference the source (including the page number)
within the text of the paper. Including the source in the reference list or bibliography is not
sufficient. Changing, deleting, adding only a few words, or rearranging the
sentence/paragraph does not negate that fact that you are quoting.

If paraphrasing you still need to include an in-text reference (which includes the page
number), and take care that the paraphrasing is not ‘too close’ to the original; i.e. that it is in
fact a quote.

The fact that the source of the material is from a text book, an Internet site, and/or the
specific author cannot be identified does not negate the need to acknowledge the source of
the ideas or words, or to reference correctly.

Citing Cases - When first mention a case you should give the full citation within the text in the
form illustrated by the following examples: "FCT v Clarke (1927) 40 CLR 246"; "Coles Myer
Finance Ltd v FCT 93 ATC 4214". All case names (Names of the parties) are to be put in italics
or – in handwritten exams - under-lined. If you use the case another time you can refer to the
case by using the name: e.g. "in FCT v Clarke" or "in Clarke's case". Where a reference is made
to a particular page of a case (say, page 249 of the Clarke case) that page should be

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cited: "FCT v Clarke (1927) 40 CLR 246 at 249". If you use cases from the textbook or
sources other than the original case you need to acknowledge this accordingly: e.g. "ANZ
Banking Group Ltd v Richardson [1980] Qd R 321 as cited in Graw (p. 158)".

Citing statutes – If you are referring to a section, you may state the section with a
small/capital (s 27 Contracts Act 1950).

MODULE CALENDAR MARCH 2018 SEMESTER

WEEK DATES LECTURE TOPICS TUTORIAL ASSESSMENT/

KEY DATES

1 1/4/2019 - Lecture 1 – Introduction No Tutorial

5/4/2019 to Malaysian Legal
System
Tutorial 1 – Introduction to
2 8/4/2019 - Lecture 2 – Sources of theMalaysian Legal
12/4/2019 Law System

3 15/4/2019 - Lecture 3 – Law of Tort Tutorial 2 – Sources of

19/4/2019 Law

4 22/4/2019 – Lecture 4 - Introduction

26/4/2019 to Business Structures: Tutorial 3 – Law of Tort
Partnerships Law

5 29/4/2019 – Lecture 5 – Formation of Tutorial 4 – Partnerships

3/5/2019 Contract Law

6 6/5/2019 – Lecture 6 – Contract Law Tutorial 5 – Contract Law–

10/5/2019 – Terms Formation

7 13/5/2019 – Lecture 7 - Contract Tutorial 6 – Contract Law –

17/5/2019 Law – Vitiating Factors Terms

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8 20/5/2019 – Lecture 8 - Contract Law Tutorial 7 - Contract Law – ASSIGNMENT

24/5/2019 – Performance, Vitiating Factors - SUBMISSION ON
Discharge & Remedies (Online Tutorial) 20th May 2019 at
10am

9 27/5/2019 – Lecture 9 – Sale of Tutorial 8 – Contract Law

31/5/2019 Goods (E-lecture) Performance, Discharge &
Remedies

10 3/6/2019 – Lecture 10 – Company Tutorial 9- Sale of Goods E-Learning Week

7/6/2019 Law 1 (Ms Sia) (Online Tutorial)

11 10/6/2019 – Lecture 11 - Company Tutorial 10 – Company

14/6/2019 Law 2 (Ms Sia) Law 1

12 17/6/2019 – Lecture 12 – Tutorial 11 – Company ORAL PRESENTATION

21/6/2019 Employment Law Law 2 DURING TUTORIALS
(E-lecture) (E-Tutorial)

13 24/6/2019 – Lecture 13 – Law of Tutorial 12 – Employment

28/6/2019 Agency Law

Tutorial 13 – Law of
14 1/7/2019 – No Lecture Agency
5/7/2019

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State full name & tutorial group in block

capital

TAN KAI SHENG

Dual Award Programme
- Individual Assignment Cover Sheet TUTORIAL GROUP SECTION 6

Fold corner of EACH copy separately and seal to obscure your name

Please complete the form (in capital letters) and attach it securely to the front of your assignment before
submitting your assignment.

Student ID: TAN KAI SHENG

Title of Your Award: DUAL AWARD

Name of module tutor: MS SIA CHIN CHIN

Name of module: BUSINESS LAW

Module code: B U S 6 0 1 0 4

Assignment title: INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

Due date & time: 23 MAY 2019 & 10:00 AM

I have read and understood the TU Dual Award Regulations on cheating, plagiarism and collusion. I declare that this piece of
work is my own and does not contain any unacknowledged work from any other sources.
I authorise the University to test any work submitted by me, using text comparison software, for instances of plagiarism. I
understand this will involve the University or its contractor copying my work and storing it on a database to be used in future to
test work submitted by others.

Note: The attachment of this statement on any electronically submitted assignments will be deemed to have the same
authority as a signed statement.

Signed: Date:
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DUAL AWARD PROGRAMME - ASSIGNMENT FEEDBACK Mark*

*This mark is provisional and is

subject to moderation and approval
by the examining board

A. A feedback needs to be included with each assignment. Please complete all details in block capital clearly.

Student ID: 0330167 Student ID: -

Student ID: - Student ID: -

Student ID: - Student ID: -

Title of Your Award: DUAL AWARD PROGRAMME

Module Name and Code: BUSINESS LAW (LAW 60104)

Name of Tutor: MS SIA CHIN CHIN

Assignment Title: INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

B. This section will be completed by the tutor assessing your assignment:

Key: 1. Outstanding 2. Very Good 3. Good 4. Satisfactory 5. Weak 6.
Unsatisfactory

Structure 1 2 3 4 5 6
Material relevant to question       Little relevance to
question
Argument logically developed       Unstructured/lacking
continuity

Content
Accurate presentation of argument       Many Inaccuracies
Application: theory/principle       No application:
theory/principle
Question covered in sufficient depth       Superficial treatment

Originality
Evidence of creative thought       Little evidence of creative
thought

Style
Fluent & well written       Clumsily written
Succinct writing       Too repetitive

Presentation
Logical & well set out       Lacking logical
flow/poorly set out

Sources
Good reference of sources       Inadequate range
Correct citation of references       Incorrect referencing

Language
Grammatical sentences       Weak grammatically
Correct spelling       Much incorrect spelling
Effective/accurate use of figures and tables       Use ineffective or
inaccurate

Any additional comments (if there is any):

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Registration Form for Group Assignment (To be submitted to your tutor latest by
Week 5)

Module code and Name: LAW60104/ BUSINESS LAW

Tutor: _____________________________________

Tutorial Day/Time: ___________________________

Area of Law selected: _________________________

Group members (Maximum 4 only):

No. Name Student I.D. Contact Number

1 (Leader)

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