Courses in Business Law

Course Description Prerequisites Credit
hours
BLAW 470
Financial Products: Regulation and Protection		 An inquiry into the legal environment of the financial marketplace. Topics explored include the role of regulatory agencies, the design of contracts which minimize credit risk and maximize marketability and methods of protecting the proprietary component of innovative financial products.
 COB 218 and junior standing

3
BLAW 495
Contract Law, Sals, and Secured  Transactions		 A study of the fundamental principles of law of contracts, sale of goods, agency, bailments and carriers with emphasis on the role these play in both personal and business life, as well as social goals which shall receive legal enforcement and the role of the courts.
 COB 218 and junior standing

3
BLAW 496
The Law of Business Organizations, Negotiable Property Instruments, and Property		 A study of the fundamental principles of the law of commercial paper, partnerships, corporations, bankruptcy, wills, trusts and estates with emphasis on the role these play in business life.
COB 218 and junior standing

3
BLAW 497
Legal Aspects of International Business		 Survey of legal implications of international business dealings including foreign direct sales, distributorship arrangements, licensing of technology and legal aspects of the multi-national corporation. The foreign legal environment, relevant conventions and trade regulations and the transnational reach of regulatory law will be considered. COB 218 and junior standing

3

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