Second Year Course Outlines

Law 210 Law of Trusts
The course aims at giving the students a detailed knowledge of the law relating to private and public trusts, their creation, administration and termination. The course also deals with implied and constructive trusts. The practical application and use of the law of trusts is emphasised
4 hours lectures per week

Law 220 Land Law
The course is intended to cover all major aspects of the law relating to private and public land in Malawi, including leases, settlements, co-ownership, licences, easements, covenants and mortgages. Customary land tenure is also dealt with.
4 hours lectures per week

Law 230 Law of Contract
The course is intended to cover all aspects of the law relating to contract, including the forms of contract, capacity to contract, formation of contracts, contents of contracts, vitiating elements in contracts, void and illegal contracts, privity, frustration, breach of contract and remedies. The course also deals with quasicontracts.
4 hours lectures per week

Law 240 Family Law
The course is intended to cover all aspects of the law relating to matrimonial affairs between spouses married under the Marriage Act, Cap. 25:01 of the Laws of Malawi, and adoption and affiliation procedures as governed by statute.The course also deals with marriages contracted under customary law and those registered under the African Marriage (Christian Rights)
Registration Act, Cap. 25:02.
3 hours lectures per week

Law 250 Public International Law
Public International Law is intended to give students a knowledge of the concepts and problems of the international legal order, and the rules governing the relationship of states at peace and during wartime, international institutions and regional organisations.
4 hours a week