ME-433 LAW FOR ENGINEERS
CREDIT HOURS
Theory = 2
Practical = 0
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)
| S. No. | CLOs | Taxonomy |
| 1 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 3 |
COURSE CONTENT
- Introduction to legal studies, concepts and sources of law, Industrialization and role of Law, Development and role of contract legislative intervention.
- Intellectual property, Designs, Trademark, Patents, Copyright in Engineering, Enforcing rights to intellectual property.
- Engineering Contracts, Rights & Obligations, Legal documentation, Tendering and sub-contracting, Claims Concept of negligence Dispute Resolution in Domestic and International dealings.
- Liability for defective products, Role of Insurance.
- International Aspects of Laws, Law of Agency, Law of property.
- Taxation, Service Tax, Income Tax, VAT, Excise Duty.
- Aspects of employment law, Labour laws
- Environmental Law for Engineers, Need for a Environmental Protection Policy, Environmental Policy Act, Air and Water Pollution Acts, ISO 14000
- Public Procurement Rules, Procurement planning, pre-qualification, bidding documents, evaluation criteria, Re-bidding.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
(01) P. Harris, An Introduction to Law, Cambridge University Press, 2016
(02) T.L. Shenoy, Principles of law for engineers, Prentice Hall, 2001.
(03) L. Marston, L. Donald, Law for Professional Engineers: Canadian and Global Insights, 5th Ed., McGraw Hill Education, 2019
*For details of Taxonomy Levels CLICK HERE!
