Carriers
Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Third Year
Subject: Business Law (MGT 204)
Unit 6: Contract of Carriage
Academic Year: 2083/84
Topic Objectives
After studying this topic, students should be able to:
- Explain the scope and key elements of carriers.
- Identify the relevant legal concepts, distinguish parties' positions and analyze a syllabus-based case using the specified legal materials.
Curriculum Scope
- Meaning and nature of carriage contracts
- Characteristics of a common carrier and comparison with a private carrier
- Rights, duties and liabilities of common carriers
Detailed Microsyllabus
Carriage foundations
- Goods or passengers and the carriage undertaking.
- Common and private carriers.
- Characteristics of the carrier relationship.
Rights and liabilities
- Care, delivery and payment obligations.
- Liability conditions and relevant limitations.
- Analyze the carrier's position using prescribed rules.
Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 16–18.
Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Legal examples must identify the governing law and amendment version supplied for the course; a curriculum heading does not by itself establish a currently applicable legal rule.
Legal reading reference: Consult the Nepal Law Commission's index of Acts and its Civil Code, 2074 page for the prescribed primary legal materials.