LEGL 2700. Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LEGAL & REG ENV BUS.
Not open to students with credit in LEGL 2800H.
The legal and regulatory environment of business, emphasizing why legal duties are placed on the business community and how managers should appropriately respond to them. Covers legal institutions, constitutional law, common law, and public law.
Non-traditional format: This course is also offered through University System of Georgia Independent Study (USGIS).
Offered every year.
LEGL 2800H. Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business (Honors). 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LEGAL & REG ENV BUS.
Not open to students with credit in LEGL 2700.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
The legal and regulatory environment of business, emphasizing why legal duties are placed on the business community and how managers should appropriately respond to them. Covers legal institutions, constitutional law, common law, and public law.
Offered every year.
LEGL 4100H. Current Issues in Legal Studies (Honors). 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LS CURRENT ISSUES.
Prerequisite: LEGL 2700 and permission of Honors.
Legal issues of current importance to business managers designed to develop critical legal thinking skills.
Offered every year.
LEGL 4300/6300. Law of Business Organizations. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: BUS ORGANIZATIONS.
Undergraduate prerequisite: LEGL 2700.
A managerial, entrepreneurial focus on the law applicable to forming partnerships, corporations and other business entities, raising capital and structuring relationships with agents, employees, partners, officers, and directors.
Offered every year.
LEGL 4400/6400. Business Law. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: BUSINESS LAW.
Undergraduate prerequisite: LEGL 2700.
Debtor-creditor relations, commercial paper, contracts, securities, agency, partnership, joint ventures, corporations, professional and legal responsibility, sales, secured transactions, bankruptcy.
Offered every year.
LEGL 4500/6500. Employment Law. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: EMPLOYMENT LAW.
Laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, gender (including sexual harassment), religion, national origin, age, and disability, with an emphasis on avoiding unnecessary liability.
Offered every year.
LEGL 4600. Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: NEGOTIATION & ADRS.
Styles of negotiation as a tool used to resolve and reduce conflicts and disputes. Also studied are ADR systems, such as arbitration and mediation.
Offered every year.
LEGL 4900/6900. International Legal Transactions for Business. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTL LEGAL TRANS.
Undergraduate prerequisite: LEGL 2700.
Study of laws, agreements, and institutions that affect international business transactions with particular emphasis on legal risk in global transactions, including sales contracts, major trade agreements, regulation of imports and exports, anti-trust law, intellectual property rights, labor and employment law, environmental law, as well as cultural, political, and ethical problems related to international legal transactions.
Offered every year.
LEGL(REAL) 5200. Real Estate Law. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: REAL ESTATE LAW.
Prerequisite: REAL 4000.
How law impacts real estate, its ownership, conveyance, and development. Real property ownership interests, restrictions on such interest, methods of transferring such interest, private and public land-use controls, and legal transactions involving real estate, such as gifts, sales, and leases.
Offered every year.
LEGL 5990. Directed Study. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIRECTED STUDY.
Prerequisite: LEGL 2700.
Individual advanced study, reading, or projects under the direction of a faculty project director.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
LEGL 7010. Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business. 1.5-3 hours.
Oasis Title: LEGAL & REG ENV BUS.
Not open to students with credit in LEGL 8000.
The interrelationship of business and the ordering of society through law. Emphasizes why legal duties come to be placed on business and how managers appropriately respond to these duties.
Offered every year.
LEGL 7010E. Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business. 1.5-3 hours.
Oasis Title: LEGAL & REG ENV BUS.
Not open to students with credit in LEGL 7010 or LEGL 8000.
The interrelationship of business and the ordering of society through law. Emphasizes why legal duties come to be placed on business and how managers appropriately respond to these duties.
Offered every year.
LEGL 7050. Negotiation. 1.5-3 hours.
Oasis Title: NEGOTIATION.
Not open to students with credit in LEGL 8050.
Concepts and tools of integrative, interest-based negotiation.
Non-traditional format: Some sections of this class will be taught in a non-traditional, i.e., part distance delivery, format. Where taught in distance delivery for three credit hours, at least one credit hour of lecture, generally on campus, will be included. The remaining hours for this non-traditional format will consist of one or more of on-site lectures, distance lectures, virtual office hours, and other distance exercises and discussions.
Offered every year.
LEGL 7050E. Negotiation. 1.5-3 hours.
Oasis Title: NEGOTIATION.
Not open to students with credit in LEGL 7050 or LEGL 8050.
Concepts and tools of integrative, interest-based negotiation.
Non-traditional format: Some sections of this class will be taught in a non- traditional, i.e., part distance delivery, format. Where taught in distance delivery for three credit hours, at least one credit hour of lecture, generally on campus, will be included. The remaining hours for this non-traditional format will consist of one or more of on-site lectures, distance lectures, virtual office hours, and other distance exercises and discussions.
Offered every year.
LEGL 7200. Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. 1.5-3 hours.
Oasis Title: NEG & CONFL RES.
Not open to students with credit in LEGL 8200.
Prerequisite: LEGL 7050.
Complex negotiation simulations and interest-based conflict management systems, with emphasis on methods of recognizing and resolving underlying conflicts and resulting disputes.
Offered every year.
LEGL 7400. International Legal Transactions for Business. 1.5 hours.
Oasis Title: INTL LEGAL TRANS.
Not open to students with credit in LEGL 8400.
Prerequisite: LEGL 7010.
Laws, agreements, and institutions that affect international business transactions with particular emphasis on licensing, exporting, contract formation, dispute resolution, intellectual property rights, and cultural, political, and ethical problems.
Non-traditional format: Course meets on half-semester.
Offered every year.
LEGL 8100. Law for Managers. 1.5 hours.
Oasis Title: LAW FOR MANAGERS.
Prerequisite: LEGL 7010.
Antitrust, employment discrimination, products liability, environmental laws, securities fraud, and other current legal issues facing business managers.
Offered every year.
LEGL 8300. Legal Aspects of Financial Institutions. 1.5 hours.
Oasis Title: LEGAL ASPECT FIN IN.
Prerequisite: LEGL 7010.
Legal issues facing regulated financial institutions, such as banks and credit unions.
Offered every year.
LEGL 8990. Directed Study in Legal Studies. 1-15 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIRECTED STUDY.
Research in Legal Studies.
Non-traditional format: Course involves independent work outside the traditional classroom format.
Offered every year.