Semester: Spring 2004 Version: (
BUSN 440Z Senior Writing
Requirement
Time: Thursday
Instructor: Melinda G. Hickman, J.D. Office: DB
317
Telephone: 423-869-6264
E-Mail: ozlaws63@yahoo.com
OR hickmanm@lmunet.edu
Webpage: http://sharepoint.lmunet.edu/hickmanm
Description: Survey of legal issues directly relating to business
including the court system, legal forms of business, torts, contracts,
strict and vicarious liability, product liability, and federal and state
regulation of business activities.
3 credit hours.
Goals: This class will help students to develop a level
of understanding of
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the
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the major legal systems of the
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government regulation of business
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business formation
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torts
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business crimes
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contracts and remedies for breach
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the U.C.C. and contracts
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product liability
As well as a level of practice experience in
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working in small groups
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analyzing legal decisions
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analyzing and forming legal arguments
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informal and formal presentations
Text: Business Law Today: The Essentials, 6th Ed., Miller & Jentz,
Thomson-Southwestern, 2002.
Materials: Business Law Today on the Web: http://blt.westbuslaw.com
Serpent
on the Rock: Crime, Betrayal, and the
Terrible Secrets of Prudential Bache, Kurt Eichenwald, 1995.
Re Disability: “Any student with a disability requiring accommodation(s)
should make an appointment with the Vice President for Student Affairs
(423-869-6393) to discuss specific needs.”
Integrity: It is the aim of
the faculty of
1. Cheating: dishonesty of any kind on examinations
or written assignments, unauthorized possession of examination questions, the
use of unauthorized notes during an examination, obtaining information during
an examination from another student, assisting others to cheat, altering grade
records, or illegally entering an office are instances of cheating.
2. Plagiarism: offering the work of another as
one’s own without proper acknowledgment is plagiarism; therefore, any student
who fails to give credit for quotations or essentially identical material taken
from books, magazines, encyclopedias, web sources or other reference works, or
from the themes, reports, or other writing of a fellow student has committed
plagiarism. (LMU Catalog)
Plagiarism: Anti-plagiarism software licensed by Lincoln Memorial
University for faculty use may be used to evaluate writing assignments in this
class.
Grading: A 95-100 A- 90-94
B+ 88-89 B 85-87 B- 80-84
C+ 78-79 C 75-77 C- 70-74
D+ 68-69 D 65-67 D- 60-64
F 0-59
Requirements: Attendance 5% Participation 15% Homework 20%
Examinations 30% Analytical Paper 20% Readings 10%
Schedule:
Date |
Discussion |
Assigned |
DUE |
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01/15 |
Introduction |
Read Chapter 1 Definitions: Chapter 1 Preview: Chapter 1 |
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01/22 |
Chapter 1: The Historical and Constitutional
Foundations |
Read Chapter 2 Definitions: Chapter 2 Preview: Chapter 2 Analytical Paper: Topic |
Definitions: Chapter 1 Preview: Chapter 1 |
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01/29 |
Chapter 2: Ethics and Social Responsibility |
Read Chapter 3 Definitions: Chapter 3 Preview: Chapter 3 |
Definitions: Chapter 2 Preview: Chapter 2 |
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02/05 |
Chapter 3: Traditional and Online Dispute Resolution |
Read Chapter 4 Definitions: Chapter 4 Preview: Chapter 4 Reading Assignment #1 Reading Assignment #2 |
Definitions: Chapter 3 Preview: Chapter 3 Analytical Paper:
Problem Statement and Questions |
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02/12 |
Chapter 4: Torts, Intellectual Property, and Internet
Law |
Read Chapter 5 Definitions: Chapter 5 Preview: Chapter 5 |
Definitions: Chapter 4 Preview: Chapter 4 |
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02/19 |
Chapter 5: Criminal Law |
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Definitions: Chapter 5 Preview: Chapter 5 |
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02/26 |
Examination 1: Chapters 1-5 |
Read Chapter 6 Definitions: Chapter 6 Preview: Chapter 6 |
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03/04 |
Chapter 6: Contracts:
Nature, Classification, Agreement, .and Consideration |
Read Chapter 7 Definitions: Chapter 7 Preview: Chapter 7 |
Definitions: Chapter 6 Preview: Chapter 6 |
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03/11 |
Chapter 7: Contracts:
Capacity, Legality, Assent, and Form |
Read Chapter 8 Definitions: Chapter 8 Preview: Chapter 8 |
Definitions: Chapter 7 Preview: Chapter 7 Reading Assignment #1 |
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03/18 |
Chapter 8: Contracts:
Third Party Rights, Discharge, Breach, and Remedies |
Read Chapter 9 Definitions: Chapter 9 Preview: Chapter 9 Read Chapter 10 Definitions: Chapter 10 Preview: Chapter 10 |
Definitions: Chapter 8 Preview: Chapter 8 Analytical Paper: Rough Draft |
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03/26 |
Spring Break – No Class |
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04/01 |
Chapter 9: Sales and Leases: Formation, Title, and Risk Chapter 10: Sales and Leases: Performance and Breach |
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Definitions: Chapter 9 Preview: Chapter 9 Definitions: Chapter 10 Preview: Chapter 10 |
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04/08 |
Examination 2: Chapters 6-10 |
Read Chapter 11 Definitions: Chapter 11 Preview: Chapter 11 |
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04/15 |
Chapter 11: Warranties, Product Liability, and Consumer
Law |
Read Chapter 15 Definitions: Chapter 15 Preview: Chapter 15 Read Chapter 16 Definitions: Chapter 16 Preview: Chapter 16 Read Chapter 20 Definitions: Chapter 20 Preview: Chapter 20 |
Definitions: Chapter 11 Preview: Chapter 11 |
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04/22 |
Chapter 15: The Entrepreneur’s Options Chapter 16: Corporations Chapter 20: Antitrust Law |
Read Chapter 18 Definitions: Chapter 18 Preview: Chapter 18 Read Chapter 19 Definitions: Chapter 19 Preview: Chapter 19 |
Definitions: Chapter 15 Preview: Chapter 15 Definitions: Chapter 16 Preview: Chapter 16 Definitions: Chapter 20 Preview: Chapter 20 Analytical Paper: Final Draft |
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04/29 |
Chapter 18: Agency and Employment Chapter 19: Employment Discrimination |
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Definitions: Chapter 18 Preview: Chapter 18 Definitions: Chapter 19 Preview: Chapter 19 Reading Assignment #2 |
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05/06 |
Final Examination: Chapters 1-11, 15-16, 18-20 |
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