SYLLABUS
CMGT 361 Contracts, Specifications & Law I
| WEEK | DATE | TOPIC | READING DUE |
| 1 | 25SEP?? | Introduction to the course and principles of the law | Ch 1 & 2 |
| 2 | 02OCT?? | Definition of the term "CONTRACT." Formation and Terms & Conditions | Ch 3 & 4 |
| 09OCT?? | No Class -- Yom Kippur | ||
| 3 | 16OCT?? | Contracts: Interpretation and Coordination | Ch 5, 6 & 11 |
| 4 | 23OCT?? | Contracts: Discharge by Performance and Other Means | Ch 7 & 12 |
| 5 | 30OCT?? | Contracts: Remedies for Breach - General Review of Contracts | Ch 25 & 27 |
| "01NOV??" | Takehome Midterm | ||
| 6 | 06NOV?? | Review of Midterm - Agency, Partnership and Corporations | Ch 16, 17 & 18 |
| 7 | 13NOV?? | Introduction to TORTS: Civil Wrongs | Ch 19 |
| 8 | 20NOV?? | More on Torts - Intentional Torts and Negligence | Ch 20 |
| 27NOV?? | No Class -- University Holiday | ||
| 9 | 04DEC?? | Review and Overflow | |
| 10 | 11DEC?? | In-class Final |
Text: Contracts and the Legal Environment for Engineers & Architects, 6th Edition, Joseph T. Bockrath, McGraw Hill 2000, ISBN 0-07-039363-X