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What the syllabus expects

  • Affreightment
  • Charter party
  • Bill of lading

Sea carriage

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 sea carriage.
  • Identify the relevant legal concepts, distinguish parties' positions and analyze a syllabus-based case using the specified legal materials.

Curriculum Scope

  • Affreightment
  • Charter party
  • Bill of lading

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Sea-carriage arrangements

    1. Affreightment and carriage obligations.
    2. Charter-party concepts and terms.
    3. Distinguish shipping arrangements in the course materials.

  2. Bill of lading

    1. Functions and relevant documentary roles.
    2. Parties and the represented goods.
    3. Analyze supplied terms without treating every document as legally identical.

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.