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Bachelor Of Laws (LLB)

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QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF LAWS DEGREE [LLB]
DURATION: 36 Months

Entry Requirements - Five O’level subjects – credits or Better. Note* All Undgraduate students are expected to undergo the Cavendish University foundation Programme before specialising in respective fields.
Exemptions: exemptions may be offered to candidates with relevant recognized qualifications from other Institutions. Please submit certified proof of prior learning.

The LL.B (Bachelor of Laws) programme at Cavendish University Zambia is the academic stage of the route to qualifying as an attorney and is recognised by ZIALE for entry on to the professional stage of training, subject to level of award attained.    But an LL.B is not just for those who want to be lawyers, the critical thinking skills, analytical skills, practical skills and knowledge that are gained from successfully completing an LL.B will hold a student in good stead for any professional career in a variety of industries.  An LL.B will enhance job opportunities whatever your chosen career and whether within Zambia or internationally. 

INTAKES: JANUARY, APRIL, JULY, & OCTOBER

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE:

Year one

Semester One
o Legal Process
o The Law of Contract Introduction to Contractual Relations
o The Law of Torts I: Introduction to the Laws of Torts
o Criminal Law I: Introduction to Criminal Law
o Constitutional Law I

Semester Two
o The Law of Contract II: Enforceability of
Contracts and Remedies
o The Law of the Torts II: Nominate Torts
o Criminal Law II: Specific Offences
o Constitutional Law
o Family Law

Year two

Semester One         

o Evidence
o Land Law and Property Relations
o Land Law and Property Relations
o Administrative Law: Introduction to Concepts and the Zambian Administrative Process
o Moot Court
o Human Rights Law (Elective)

Semester Two                     

o Land Law and Customary System of Tenure
o Administrative Law II: legal Controls of
administrative Action
o Civil and Criminal Procedure
o Moot Court
o Commercial Law II: Insurance and Negotiable Instruments (Elective)
o Criminology (Elective)
o Human Rights Law in Zambia (Elective)
o Industrial Law (Elective)

Year Three

Semester One                    
o Directed Research
o Jurisprudence I: Classical and Traditional
Theories of Jurisprudence
o Business Associations
o International Law: Element of International
Law (Elective)
o Conflicts of Laws (Elective)
o International Trade Law (Elective)
o Intellectual Property and Competition Law
(Elective)
o Alternative Dispute Resolution I (Elective)

Semester Two         

o Directed Research
o Jurisprudence II: Law and Society
o Company Law
o International Law II: Law of International
Organizations (Elective)
o International Investment Law (Elective)
o Intellectual Property Law (Elective)
o Refugee Law (Elective)
o Alternative Dispute Resolution (Elective)
o Taxation (Elective)