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LA30A
Industrial Relations Law |
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| 1. General This course will be taught either in the first or second semester of the second or third year of the LL.B. programme. This course is an optional course but may be slated to be a pre-requisite for other options. 2. Course Objective The general objective of this course is to introduce students to the major principles of law which govern industrial relations and trade unions. The course aims at breadth without sacrificing depth and prepares students interested in Trade Union Law for advanced courses in this area. 3. Course Content i. Trade Unions and their Legal Structure ii. Trade Unions: their Membership and Internal Government iii. Trade Disputes iv. Strikes v. Freedom of Association and Right to Strike vi. Picketing vii. Tort Liability of Trade Unions viii. The Collective Bargaining Process 4. Method of Teaching This course will be taught in two lectures and one tutorial per week, each lecture and tutorial being of one hour's duration. A seminar approach would be optional, depending on numbers. 5. Method of Assessment This course will be assessed by means of a two-hour final examination at the end of the semester in which it is taught. Students will be required to answer two questions out of a total of six questions, one of which will be a compulsory question. The examination paper will consist of two parts, Part A and Part B. Part A will contain either one compulsory question to be answered; OR a choice of two questions, only one of which must be answered. |
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