DCER0049-1 : Contracts

Study Programmes 2016-2017

WARNING : 2015-2016 version of the course specifications

DCER0049-1

Contracts

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

University certificate - Executive master in business management and law		3

Lecturer :

Christine Biquet, Gilbert Ngbanda Te Boyiko

Coordinator :

Christine Biquet

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

This lecture is taught at the USC Kinshasa. It is divided in two parts. The first part is taught by Prof. Gilbert Ngbanda and is devoted the basic rules of contract law. The second part is taught by Prof. Christine Biquet and will consist in the resolution of cases as well as in the analysis of contract clauses.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

The purpose of the lecture, and more specially of the second part, is to enable the students to have a pratical approach to some concepts of contract law, and to identify, when drafting or assessing the performance of a contract, the issues that could give rise to a dispute or to a solution contrary to their own interests or to their clients' interests.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

For the second part, the students are invited to prepare the practical cases that will be provided to them before the lectures. Hence, there will be able to propose themselves their solutions to the cases, that will be then discussed and/or adapted during the lectures.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

face-to-face