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BUSINESS LAW ONLINE
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge of some of the vital legal concepts that affect commerce and trade. First, they will gain some familiarity with how laws are created and interpreted. Then, they will be introduced to the types of businesses that can be created to engage in commerce as well as the contractual and liability considerations that can impact a business. Laws that affect how a business is regulated will also be reviewed, particularly the impact of administrative rules and regulations on a business.

​As the students work through matters of law and business, they will also consider scriptural principles.
​Global commerce and international agreements, treaties, organizations, and courts that can affect business will be discussed to get a better sense of what it means to "go global" with a business. This global emphasis will also survey what is prophesied in the Bible about buying and selling in the last days.
Consumer and environmental protections will be explained as well as bankruptcy options, should a business go insolvent. In particular, students will look at what the Bible has to say about the ethics of bankruptcy. Lastly, no business exists without experiencing some kind of dispute or another, and so we will review the options that exist for dispute resolution and alternative dispute resolution to provide a better understanding of how best to deal with such matters.
UNIT 1 - ROLE OF LAW AND ITS IMPACT ON BUSINESS
UNIT 2 - LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS IN BUSINESS LAW
  1. Course Overview
  2. Law Sources: The Legislative and the Executive Branches
  3. Law Sources: The Constitution and the Judicial Branch
  4. Project: A Supreme Court Case (Visit the official website of the US Supreme Court. Look to the right side of the homepage for Recent Decisions. Click on one of Court's decisions made during this current term. Review the case to get the answers to the questions given below. Because the case may be lengthy, pay close attention to the first page or two and then skim the rest)
  5. The Bill of Rights and Fundamental Guarantees
  6. Project: A Comparison of Human Rights Bills (Following World War II, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The date was December 10, 1948. Visit this UN website and review Articles 1 through 30 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights)
  7. Quiz 1: Sources Of Law and The Bill Of Rights
  8. Sole Proprietorships and Agency
  9. Project: Starting a Business (You want to start an independent business, selling gidgits on the Internet, from your bedroom. Identify the following aspects of your business identity and business procedure. Write them down as a record of your initial business plan)
  10. Partnerships
  11. Corporations
  12. Project: Understanding the Tender Offer
  13. Quiz 2: Corporations
  14. Test
  15. Course Project  (Part 1: Role of Law and Its Impact on Business – Refer to the assignment requirements to complete this assignment)
  16. Glossary and Credits
  1. Contracts: Basic Elements of Contracts
  2.  Project: Identifying Internet Agreements
  3.  Contracts: Uniform Commercial Code
  4. Project: Buyers, Sellers, and Warranties  (Complete this project related to Buyers, Sellers, and Warranties)
  5. Contract Defenses
  6. Project: Defensible Defenses (Using your understanding of the defenses explored in the previous lesson, identify which defenses can easily apply to Internet contracts.  Create a 500-word report)
  7. Quiz 1: Contracts
  8. Torts: Intentional Torts
  9. Torts: Negligence
  10. Project: Lulu the Runaway Dog
  11. Torts: Strict Liability and Nuisance
  12. Project: You be the Author: Write Your Own Newspaper Articles
  13. Quiz 2: Torts
  14. Test
  15. Course Project  (Part 2: Legal Considerations in Business Law - Refer to the assignment requirements to complete this assignment)
  16. Glossary and Credits
UNIT 3 - REGULATING A BUSINESS
UNIT 4 - GLOBAL COMMERCE
  1. Ethics and the Law: Crimes Against Persons
  2. Project: Know Your State's Penal or Criminal Code and Create Your Own Law (Look up your state's Penal or Criminal Code and familiarize yourself with some of the crimes listed there)
  3. Ethics and the Law: Crimes Against Property
  4. Criminal Procedure
  5. Quiz 1: Ethics and The Law – Criminal and Civil Procedure
  6. Introduction to Administrative Law
  7. Project: Federal Agencies and Their Functions  (First visit the Web site www.federalregister.gov and follow these instructions to answer the following questions – see assignment)
  8. Administrative Law and Adjudication
  9. Project: News Stories on Federal Agencies  (In this project it's up to you to conduct your own news search about changes proposed by federal agencies. Search the Internet regarding news stories in the past week or two (or month if necessary) and see what you can find. One good resource is the Federal Register. You can enter search terms if you want to look up specific agencies such as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and so on. You decide which areas are of specific interest to you)
  10. Employment, Regulation, and Discrimination in the Workplace
  11. Prepare Scenarios Using Gidgits Galore
  12. Quiz 2: Administrative Law, The Commerce Clause, and Employment Law
  13. Test
  14. Course Project  (Part 3: Regulating a Business - Refer to the assignment requirements to complete this assignment)
  15. Glossary and Credits
  1. Intro to Intellectual Property: Patents
  2. Intro to Intellectual Property: Trademarks and Copyrights
  3. Project: Applying for a Trademark (Complete the assignment as listed related to applying for a trademark)
  4. Electronic Commerce
  5. Project: Privacy Issues (Go to https://www.cdt.org and find its privacy policy. Read the privacy policy and then do the following exercise. Complete the assignment as listed related to privacy issues)
  6. Quiz 1: Intellectual Property and E-Commerce
  7. Sources of International Law
  8. Project: Look Up a Treaty (As the chief author of this project, you get to decide what kind of treaty you would like to investigate and describe. First, look up a treaty via the Internet or a book, cite your source, and answer the following questions in a report of at least 750 words. Complete the assignment as listed related a treaty)
  9. International Trade, GATT, and the WTO
  10. Governmental Systems of the United Nations
  11. Project: International Courts and Adjudication (Complete the assignment as listed related to court decisions)
  12. Quiz 2: International Governmental Systems and Law
  13. Test
  14. Course Project  (Part 4: Global Commerce - Refer to the assignment requirements to complete this assignment)
  15. Glossary and Credits
UNIT 5 - PROTECTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
UNIT 6 - COURSE REVIEW AND EXAM
  1. Consumer Law
  2. Environmental Law
  3. Business Protection – Bankruptcy
  4. Project: Bankrupt Your Business (Complete the assignment as listed related to bankruptcy)
  5. Quiz 1: Consumer Law, Environmental Law, and Bankruptcy Law
  6. Dispute Resolution
  7. Project: Create a Business Dispute and Resolve It (Complete the assignment as listed related to resolving a business dispute)
  8. Alternative Dispute Resolution
  9. Career Opportunities in Business Law
  10. Project: Career Assessment (Complete the assignment as listed related to your career assessment)
  11. Quiz 2: Dispute Resolution and Alternative Dispute Resolution
  12. Test
  13. Course Project  (Part 5: Protections and Resolutions - Refer to the assignment requirements to complete this assignment.)
  14. Glossary and Credits
  1. Course Project (Part 6: Pitching Your Product - Refer to the assignment requirements to complete this assignment. This is the final step in completing your course project)
  2. Review
  3. Exam