UGA Bulletin

Course Description

Explores how law and business intersect to build understanding of how legal systems and contemporary issues affect businesses. Relevant for all business students, the course covers many topics in the AICPA Uniform CPA Examination Blueprints for the Regulation section and beyond.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be required to present to the class extra projects on selected topics, with accompanying detailed written papers.

Athena Title

Business Law

Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in LEGL 4400E

Prerequisite

LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H

Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.

Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

Student learning Outcomes

Students will analyze factual scenarios to identify relevant legal issues and apply foundational principles of business law to determine legal rights, obligations, and potential liabilities in commercial contexts.
Students will assess the economic and strategic significance of key areas of business law by connecting legal frameworks to their functions in enabling markets, managing risk, and promoting accountability.
Students will evaluate how businesses can strategically leverage the law to create value, gain competitive advantage, and enhance long-term organizational resilience.
Students will recognize the legal dimensions of contemporary business situations, demonstrating awareness of how legal principles operate in real-world contexts.

Topical Outline

Contracts
Sale of goods under the Uniform Commercial Code
Secured transactions
Bankruptcy
Agency
Other business law areas

Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes

Analytical Thinking

The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.

Critical Thinking

The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.

Syllabus

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