COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This is an online hybrid course, meaning it meets face-to-face and online over the World Wide Web via the Internet. On average, we will meet face-to-face once a week at City Tech in our 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn location. We will also meet once a week in an Online Classroom located through an educational software program called Blackboard that you access on your personal computer. You should plan on visiting the Online Classroom at least three separate days out of the seven-day week.
This survey course covers the historical background and sources of law as related to business procedures with particular emphasis on the formation, operation, performance, and discharge of contracts. It will provide students with an introduction to several important areas of substantive and procedural law governing the relationships between persons and business organizations.
Topics of study will include (1) Anglo-American Jurisprudence; (2) the U.S. federal and state court systems; (3) key Constitutional Law concepts; (4) Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures, such as arbitration and mediation; (5) Business Crimes and Torts; (6) Commercial and Sales Contract Formation under Article 2 of The Uniform Commercial Code; and (7) the basic legal concepts of Property, including Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks.
Students will also explore how the legal principles in each area are being applied, successfully or not, to the novel issues presented in the online world of the Internet and e-Business.
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