Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| University certificate - Executive master in business management and law (certificat organisé à l'étranger - non organisé en 2020-2021) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Schedule
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 a Kinshasa professor 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
Recommended or required readings
In addition to the bibliography quoted by Prof. Ngumbu Bibeti, cf. Kalongo Mbikayi, Les Obligations, Kinshasa, Editions Universitaires Africaines, 2012, 510p.
Assessment methods and criteria
For the second part of the lecture : written exam - resolution of practical cases. The students are invited to identify the questions, to justify their solution and to provide a coherent reasoning.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Lecture given at the USC Kinshasa