Program Overview

Department of Commercial Law

The Department of Commercial Law offers a range of programs and courses in the field of commercial law.

Areas of Interest

• Areas of Interest
• Expertise
• Research Units
  • UCT Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Unit
  • Corporate Law and Governance Unit
• SARChI Chair: Intellectual Property, Innovation & Development

Education

The department provides various educational programs, including:

• LLB Courses
  • Corporation Law
  • Labour Law (LLB)
  • Commercial Transactions Law
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance Law
  • Intellectual Property Law A
  • Trademarks & unlawful competition
  • International Trade and Maritime Law
  • Tax Law A
  • Tax Law B
  • Trusts and Estate Planning
  • Ways of Doing Business
  • CyberLaw
  • Independent Research Option
  • Theory & Practice of Commercial Regulation and Governance
  • Competition Law (LLB)
  • Current Developments in Company Law
  • Law, Development, Labour and Social Policy
  • Law and Regional Integration in Africa
  • Moot Caput
• Law Courses for other Faculties
  • Business Law 1
  • Business Law 2
  • Company Law
  • Labour Law
  • Law for Engineers
• PG Diploma
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Labour Law
  • Shipping Law
  • Tax Law
  • PG Dip Courses
• Master's in Law
  • Master of Laws in Commercial Law
  • Master's degree (LLM/MPhil) specialising in Comparative Law in Africa
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in Dispute Resolution
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in Intellectual Property Law
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in International Trade Law
  • Master of Laws (LLM) specialising in International Taxation
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in Labour Law
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in Shipping Law
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in Tax Law
  • Master's courses
    • Advanced Company Law
    • Collective Labour Law
    • Admiralty Jurisdiction & Practice
    • Maritime Law
    • Carriage of goods by sea
    • Mediation
    • Commercial Arbitration
    • Individual Employment Law
    • Competition Law (LLM)
    • Electronic Intellectual Property Law
    • Electronic Transactions Law
    • General Tax Law Provisions
    • Advanced Tax Law
    • Law and Regional Integration in Africa: Comparative Perspective
    • Negotiation
    • Corporate Financing
    • International Commercial Transactions Law
    • Workplace Discrimination and Equality Law
    • Islamic Law and Finance
    • Principles of Intellectual Property Law
    • Advanced Intellectual Property Law
    • Chinese Law and Investments in Africa
    • Intellectual Property Law, Development and Innovation
    • Company Law, Corporate Governance and Labour Law
    • Marine Insurance Law
• Doctoral Degrees

Course Details

Ways of Doing Business

CML4509S WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS

This course provides a comparative and critical overview of the legal nature, regulation, relative advantages and disadvantages, and ideological and theoretical bases of a number of different legal forms and models that are used for the carrying on of commercial activities and in structuring commercial relationships.

Course Entry Requirements: All Preliminary and Intermediate Level courses to have been completed.

Course Outline: The particular forms and models that will be considered each year will vary in accordance with current legal and commercial trends and are likely to include partnerships, joint ventures, companies, franchising, licensing and distribution agreements, co-operatives and trusts.

Assessment: Coursework 20%, November examination 80%