business law
Prerequisite: Junior standing; 2.0 GPA
Full year
The Business Law course is designed to provide students with an overview of our legal system, including statutes and regulations that affect businesses, families, and individuals in a variety of ways. Knowledge of business law is particularly useful because all students eventually assume the role of citizen, worker, and consumer in society. Businesses operate in an increasingly global environment where the laws of different governments and judicial systems frequently conflict. As a result, students should have a basic knowledge of the legal system and how business law impacts commerce both nationally and internationally. Students must understand how and why local, state, and federal law works in conjunction with international law. Students need to also be able to distinguish unethical behavior from illegal behavior and to understand the rising importance of social responsibility as an aspect of corporations and organizations in a global society. One of the most crucial changes in business law involves teaching students about the efforts of the courts and the legislature to deal with how technology has impacted the law, particularly with regard to computers and the Internet.
The topics covered include the history, development, and classification of laws, personal and business law related to everyday life, contract law, the court system and courtroom procedures, legal terminology, constitutional rights, ethics, technology law, intellectual property, social responsibility, international law and consumer protection.
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
*Explain the stages in the growth of law.
*Identify the origin of the U.S. legal system
*Identify the four sources of law
*Discuss how conflicts laws are resolved
*Compare and contrast criminal and civil law, and substantive and procedural law
*Discuss ethics and the ways ethics are reflected in law.
*Identify the documents written in the course of the nation’s founding
*Explain Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities and Supremacy
*Explain how the U.S. Constitution grants and protects our rights
*Describe the system of checks and balances in the U.S. government
*Understand the foundations of cyber law
*Identify the various constitutional issues involved in the use of electronic communication
*Explain how the power to govern is divided between the federal and state governments.
*Explain our Legal System including the Roles of Judges and Juries
*Explain the different levels of courts and their powers and how legal disputes can be resolved without the court system.
*Recognize how our state court system is structured and identify the different courts with specialized jurisdiction.
*Explain criminal Law, Procedure, Sentencing and Incarceration
*List and explain the three elements of a criminal act.
*Classify crimes based on severity and understand common defenses to criminal culpability. *Understand a person’s legal rights when arrested.
*Identify the types of crimes that affect business
*Name and describe the two types of defenses to criminal charges
*Understand appropriate punishments for crimes
*Explain the steps in criminal procedure
*Recognize sentencing options and different levels of incarceration.
*Understand the difference between a crime and a tort.
*Identify the four elements of a tort.
*Explain why one person may be responsible for another’s tort
*Recognize the elements of negligence
*Identify common intentional torts
*Explain the basis for strict liability
*State the legal remedies available to a tort victim and explain how damages are collected.
*Describe the procedure used to try a civil case
*List the elements of a contract and describe the requirements of a valid offer and acceptance. *Explain the ways that an offer may be terminated.
*Identify the legal protections afforded creditors and debtors as well as the different types of bankruptcies that exist.
*Identify the different forms of business organization and the pros and cons of each.
*Explain the need for government involvement in the marketplace and recognize unfair trade practices.
*Understand the protection provided by product liability law and the warranties associated with sales transactions.
Full year
The Business Law course is designed to provide students with an overview of our legal system, including statutes and regulations that affect businesses, families, and individuals in a variety of ways. Knowledge of business law is particularly useful because all students eventually assume the role of citizen, worker, and consumer in society. Businesses operate in an increasingly global environment where the laws of different governments and judicial systems frequently conflict. As a result, students should have a basic knowledge of the legal system and how business law impacts commerce both nationally and internationally. Students must understand how and why local, state, and federal law works in conjunction with international law. Students need to also be able to distinguish unethical behavior from illegal behavior and to understand the rising importance of social responsibility as an aspect of corporations and organizations in a global society. One of the most crucial changes in business law involves teaching students about the efforts of the courts and the legislature to deal with how technology has impacted the law, particularly with regard to computers and the Internet.
The topics covered include the history, development, and classification of laws, personal and business law related to everyday life, contract law, the court system and courtroom procedures, legal terminology, constitutional rights, ethics, technology law, intellectual property, social responsibility, international law and consumer protection.
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
*Explain the stages in the growth of law.
*Identify the origin of the U.S. legal system
*Identify the four sources of law
*Discuss how conflicts laws are resolved
*Compare and contrast criminal and civil law, and substantive and procedural law
*Discuss ethics and the ways ethics are reflected in law.
*Identify the documents written in the course of the nation’s founding
*Explain Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities and Supremacy
*Explain how the U.S. Constitution grants and protects our rights
*Describe the system of checks and balances in the U.S. government
*Understand the foundations of cyber law
*Identify the various constitutional issues involved in the use of electronic communication
*Explain how the power to govern is divided between the federal and state governments.
*Explain our Legal System including the Roles of Judges and Juries
*Explain the different levels of courts and their powers and how legal disputes can be resolved without the court system.
*Recognize how our state court system is structured and identify the different courts with specialized jurisdiction.
*Explain criminal Law, Procedure, Sentencing and Incarceration
*List and explain the three elements of a criminal act.
*Classify crimes based on severity and understand common defenses to criminal culpability. *Understand a person’s legal rights when arrested.
*Identify the types of crimes that affect business
*Name and describe the two types of defenses to criminal charges
*Understand appropriate punishments for crimes
*Explain the steps in criminal procedure
*Recognize sentencing options and different levels of incarceration.
*Understand the difference between a crime and a tort.
*Identify the four elements of a tort.
*Explain why one person may be responsible for another’s tort
*Recognize the elements of negligence
*Identify common intentional torts
*Explain the basis for strict liability
*State the legal remedies available to a tort victim and explain how damages are collected.
*Describe the procedure used to try a civil case
*List the elements of a contract and describe the requirements of a valid offer and acceptance. *Explain the ways that an offer may be terminated.
*Identify the legal protections afforded creditors and debtors as well as the different types of bankruptcies that exist.
*Identify the different forms of business organization and the pros and cons of each.
*Explain the need for government involvement in the marketplace and recognize unfair trade practices.
*Understand the protection provided by product liability law and the warranties associated with sales transactions.