BA 230 – Business Law
Spring Term, 2005

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Welcome to the common website for the Business Law I course offered by the College of Business at OSU. This course provides insight into the impact of business law on business, with particular insights for aspiring business managers. We include current topics, such as intellectual property and cyberlaw and international law, to demonstrate the impact of changing technology, the globalization of business, and ethical implications of business.

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Business Law I (BA 230) covers the nature and function of law in our business society. The areas of business law covered in the course include the obligations arising out of agency, contract formation and breach, crimes, torts, warranty, regulation of competition, and international aspects thereof. A prerequisite to the course is sophomore standing.  Special class sections for business majors are offered than include smaller class sizes to facilitate discussion and a focus on analyzing and writing about legal issues related to business.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR THE COURSE:

1) Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the legal environment of business including the judicial system, legislative system, and administrative agencies;

2) Demonstrate understanding and skill applying business law concepts to business problems including those involving contract, tort and criminal law issues;

3) Demonstrate the ability to critically analyze news reports of current legal proceedings and issues and relate them to the material covered in the course;

4) Demonstrate the ability to analyze the meaning of selected judicial cases including the management implications of legal rules drawn from those cases;

5) Demonstrate the ability to use the web to research basic legal issues, to find cases and other legal reference materials and to access and download materials for the course;

6) Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of contemporary legal issues related to managing a business including the impact of global business markets, e-business, and technology;

7) Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of sustainability, business ethics and social responsibility as well as the legal implications of business problems.

 

INSTRUCTORS FOR BA 230

Several sections of BA 230 are offered each year by the College of Business. The sections are taught by several well-qualified instructors who are also Attorneys with practical experience. Buttons at the top of this page lead to the course materials used by each instructor.

 REQUIRED MATERIALS:

Text: Essentials of the Legal Environment, Miller, Cross & Jentz (2005) and the Online Legal Research Guide to accompany this text.

Common Web Site: You are on this Site.

Section Web Site: Some instructors have their own section Web sites, from the COB Website, click “course material”, then click “BA 230 – [instructor’s name, e.g. Nancy King].

Text Web Site: http://www.swlearning.com/blaw/ele/ele1e/ele1e.html

Additional materials will be provided in class and/or on the Section Web Site, if any.