Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Introduction to the Law. Prerequisite: none. CSP: 1, 6. Requires a 2.5 GSU GPA an 45 semester hours. This course is an introduction to the law, a multifaceted and broad discipline which affects and is affected by every aspect of our society. The course provides an overview of the legal system, sources of law, and legal analytical models. In addition, the course covers specific applications of law from the environment to business to personal relationships. Legal case analysis and legal research are components of the class.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
The Legal Process. Prerequisites: Busa 2106 or Lgls 3020 or consent of instructor. Requires a 2.5 GSU GPA and 75 semester hours. CPS: 1,6. Students will study the legal process and the primary actors in that process: lawyers, judges, and clients. The course will utilize a variety of resources and learning techniques, including propular fiction and non-fiction books and movies as well as guest speakers and extensive class discussion. The course will be on particular benefit to current and future businesspeople who want to be better able to manage their businesses' inevitable encounters with the law and lawyers. This benefit will flow from students gaining a better understanding of the legal process, the role of the primary actors in the process, how they think and act, and why.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Legal Transactions and Risk: Prerequisite: none. CSP: 1, 6. Requires a 2.5 GSU GPA and 45 semester hours. This course examines legal transactions in the corporate environment (from the formation of contracts and sales agreements to the use of commercial paper, secured transactions, bankruptcy, and insurance) to create legal certainty, strategically manage corporate risk, and comply with the increased internal controls imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Internet Law. Prerequisites: Busa 2106 or Lgls 3020 (not both), or consent of instructor. Requires a 2.5 GSU GPA and 60 semester hours. CSP: 1, 6,7. This course examines how the U.S. legal system is evolving to accomodate the Internet's impact on business practices, society and values. The course covers a wide range of Internet-related legal issues including technology and the law, court jurisdiction over Interent-related business activities, intellectual property, e-commerce, taxation of Internet sales, privacy in cyberspace, on-line defamation, information security, cyber-crimes, and government regulation of Internet services. Emphasis is placed on developing legal doctrines and their application to Internet-based business activities.
Credit Hour(s): 1.0 TO 3.0
Directed Readings in Legal Studies. Prerequisite: BusA 2106, consent of instructor.
Credit Hour(s): 3.0
Real Estate Law. Prerequisite: none. Requires a 2.5 GSU GPA and 45 semester hours. This course is designed to provide the business student with a background in the nature, sources, and basic principles of modern real estate law. Topics include real property law, sales transaction contracts, general agency law, deeds and titles, methods of transferring title to real estate, mortgages, liens, land use control, landlord/tenant relationships, and legal analysis through traditional and electronic databases.