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.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: LS 270
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 on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: LS 280H
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 on a regular basis.
LEGL 4300/6300. Law of Business Organizations. 3 hours.
Oasis title: BUS ORGANIZATIONS.
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 on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: LS 470
LEGL 4400/6400. Business Law. 3 hours.
Oasis title: BUSINESS LAW.
Prerequisite: LEGL 2700.
Debtor-creditor relations, commercial paper, contracts, securities, agency, partnership, joint ventures, corporations, professional and legal responsibility, sales, secured transactions, bankruptcy.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: LS 576/776 OR LS 776A
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 on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: LS 450/650
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 on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: LS 550/750
LEGL 4900. International Legal Transactions for Business. 3 hours.
Oasis title: INTL LEGAL TRANS.
Prerequisite: LEGL 2700.
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.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: LS 460/660
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 on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: RE(LS) 511
LEGL 8000. Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business. 2-3 hours.
Oasis title: LEGAL & REG ENV BUS.
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 on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: LS 800
LEGL 8050. Negotiation. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: NEGOTIATION.
Concepts and tools of integrative, interest-based negotiation.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: LS 740
LEGL 8100. Law for Managers. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: LAW FOR MANAGERS.
Prerequisite: LEGL 8000.
Antitrust, employment discrimination, products liability, environmental laws, securities fraud, and other current legal issues facing business managers.
Offered on a regular basis.
LEGL 8200. Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: NEG & CONFL RES.
Prerequisite: LEGL 8050.
Complex negotiation simulations and interest-based conflict management systems, with emphasis on methods of recognizing and resolving underlying conflicts and resulting disputes.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: LS 550/750
LEGL 8300. Legal Aspects of Financial Institutions. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: LEGAL ASPECT FIN IN.
Prerequisite: LEGL 8000.
Legal issues facing regulated financial institutions, such as banks and credit unions.
Offered on a regular basis.
LEGL 8400. International Legal Transactions for Business. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: INTL LEGAL TRANS.
Prerequisite: LEGL 8000.
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 on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: LS 460/660 OR LS 660A
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 on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: LS 899