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(a) Law of Contract.
This is a branch of commercial law which deals with the rules governing contracts generally
for example, types of contracts, elements of a contract, terms vitiating factors, illegality, discharge
remedies among others.
(b) Law of property.
This branch of law deals with the jurisprudence of interest in land as well as
proprietary transactions for example, leases, mortgages charges, easements.
(c) Law of succession.
This is a branch of law concerned with the disposition of a deceased's property
intestate and intestate succession.
(d) Law of torts.
This branch of law is concerned with the protection of personal and proprietary rights. Its core
fields include principles of tort and the individual torts.
(e) Law of trust.
This is a branch of equity concerned with the rights and duties and other principles regarding
the holding of property of one person by another.
(f) Family law.
This branch of law is concerned with the dynamics of the family as a social unit.
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