Contract Law - General Principles and Special Contracts
This course is part of a program and cannot be purchased individually.
Master the fundamentals of contract law: From formation to remedies and special contracts.
Skills you'll learn
The Contract Law - General Principles and Special Contracts course provides a comprehensive understanding of the foundational principles of contract law, essential for any legal professional. You will learn the critical elements of contract formation, including consent, legality, and public policy. The course also covers key topics such as contingent contracts, performance, discharge, and remedies for breach of contract. Special contracts, including quasi-contracts, and an in-depth study of partnership law and the Sale of Goods Act are also integral to the curriculum.
By the end of this course, you'll be well-equipped to understand and apply these principles in various legal and commercial contexts, ensuring that you can navigate and draft contracts with confidence. This course serves as an essential building block for those pursuing a career in corporate law or commercial litigation.
Instructors
Dr Pratima Narayan
Instructor, EBC Learning, Advocate, Mediator & Co-Founder, Techlawlogi Consulting LLP
Dr Pratima Narayan is an Advocate, Mediator and Co-founder of Techlawlogi Consulting LLP. She is an Editor and Consultant at EBC Learning. She has offered courses on consumer law, arbitration, e-commerce, contract law and corporate law on the platform. She has authored a book on ‘Electronic Commerce: Legal Compliance’, published by Eastern Book Company. The book comprehensively outlines the various legal and regulatory frameworks and compliance for e-commerce players. Dr Pratima has served the legal academia for over two decades as a visiting faculty at various reputed law schools and business schools. Dr Pratima holds a Doctorate in Law from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.
Abhinandan Malik
Editor Publications & Director, EBC Learning
Abhinandan Malik is Editor (Publications) & Director at EBC, India's top law publisher. He is a graduate of NALSAR University of Law with an LLM from the University of Toronto. He is skilled in E-Learning, Legal Assistance, Legal Research, and Legal Writing. He has 10+ years of editorial experience, conceptualising, guiding and editing publications at EBC. He is fond of guiding students, especially in the area of legal writing—an area in which he also offers courses. At NALSAR, he was the founder and editor of an inter-law school magazine and law review called The Edict. It comprised students from the top national law schools across India as editors. At the University of Toronto, he specialised in private law. His thesis was on the Horizontal Application of Fundamental Rights. He was also invited to be part of the Academic Council for the Refresher Program in Law titled “Evolutions in Legal Pedagogy” offered by NALSAR University, under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Badrinath Srinivasan
Senior Manager (Legal), Directorate General Of Hydrocarbons Under MOPNG
Badrinath Srinivasan, LL.M., FIII, MCIArb, works at the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), Ministry of Petroleum on Natural Gas, Government of India as Senior Manager (Legal). He advises DGH on contract-related issues and handles high-stakes international arbitrations and litigations in the petroleum exploration and production sector. He writes in various forums on contract law, drafting and dispute resolution. His research papers have been published in major research journals such as Economic and Political Weekly, Supreme Court Cases, Indian Journal of Arbitration Law, etc. His works have been cited in several reputed national and international publications and by the Hon’ble Madras High Court. Badrinath is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators and is a fellow of the Insurance Institute of India. He writes extensively in the Practical Academic Blog (www.praticalacademic.blogspot.in).
Tishampati Sen
AOR, Supreme Court
Tishampati Sen did his LL.B. from NLU Jodhpur. He was awarded a Graduate Faculty Scholarship from NUS (Singapore) and pursued his LL.M. there. He is skilled in document drafting, drafting agreements, civil, corporate and commercial litigation, arbitration, international arbitration, company law and consumer law. He started his career by working at J Sagar Associates and was one of the few lawyers there to practise both, the transactional and litigation side of the law. He then joined Mr Gopal Subramanium’s chamber and thereafter set up his own practice. He is now an Advocate on Record at the Supreme Court and has been involved in a number of key matters. He has successfully argued one of the primary and prominent class action matters involving data privacy, wherein he was representing the whistleblower in one of the first-of-its-kind whistleblower suits in India. He was also a part of the special team formed under the aegis of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, to investigate and report on the management of affairs at the Lord Jagannatha Temple in Puri, Odisha.
Juhi Roy
Instructor, EBC Learning
Juhi Roy is a graduate of ILS Law College, Pune. She has previously worked as a Senior Associate in the General Corporate team of Argus Partners, Kolkata. She has also worked with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai; Network 18 Media and Investments Limited, Mumbai; Wadia Ghandy & Co., Mumbai; and SA Partners, Mumbai. Her primary expertise is in corporate transactional and corporate advisory work and has an extensive experience in leading teams conducting legal due diligence exercises for M&A transactions and negotiating and drafting transactional documents.
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