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Module Title : Business Law
Module Code : CM370,BBA370, BIT330 Business Law

Course Objective
Student will understand the basic legal concepts of the English Legal System, such as how statutes can be interpreted, how the doctrine of precedent works and how to determine the ratio decidendi of a case. The students should be able to use legal reasoning to present a coherent and convincing legal argument. The student should understand how the English Legal System works. The students will understand the concepts of law

Course Description
The English Legal System, The Law of Contract, Commercial Law, Company Law and Partnership.

Course Requirement
A term paper based on primary sources will be due at the end of the semester. I would like to meet each student about his or her paper sometime before the end of September. Information about possible paper topics will be given in the third week. Semester grades will be based on the quality of your class preparation each week, and on the term paper.

There will be 4 case study examination question and course assignments. 

The case study paper provides an opportunity to reflect and consider each chapter presented in this course.  It should contain your own thoughts, reactions, opinions, areas of agreement or disagreement that you arrive at as you progress through the course.  It may be a reaction to something you read in the text, or outside lecture material.  The paper should be hand-written in ink and a minimum of one page (front & back), single-spaced.

All papers must be submitted at the end of the course.

Grading Procedure
Multiple-choice exams are valued at 70% of final grade; assignment is 30% of final grade.

Numeric Grades

Letter Grades

Editorial/Evaluation

4.00

A

Superior work at high honors level produces publishable, professionally presentable work

3.00

B

High quality work.

2.00

C

Satisfactory work.

1.00

D

Below average work.

0.00-0.99

F

Failure. College-level skills not demonstrated.

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