BUS 504 - Legal Environments

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3

An overview of the role and methodology of the legal environment within which business must operate. Topics will include a) the essential elements of a contract including mutual assent, consideration, legality, capacity and compliance with the statute of frauds; b) other introductory legal concepts of agency, bailments, sales under the uniform commercial code, negligence and product liability; and c) property law including Wisconsin’s Marital Property Law. In addition, the student will use current technology in completing a legal research project involving the operation of our legal system in the context of its relationship to a current social and ethical issue.

Prerequisite(s): None.