Course Description - Business Law 2
                                                updated: 8/24/01

Welcome to the world of Business Law. Law 2 is the study of the fundamental principles of law as they apply in the business world. The course examines partnerships, corporations, bailment, principles of agency, including rights and liabilities of agent, principle, and third parties, stockholders, negotiable instruments and securities. UC:CSU 3 units.

Business Law II introduces the student to Partnerships and Corporations.

The student will learn to draft simple partnership agreements, the new significant changes under the Revised Uniform Partnership Act of 1994 (Sections 16,000 et seq. Of the Corporations Code), and will learn how to draft a partnership under the new law.

The student will also study and learn the essentials of organizing a corporation, and will learn all of the necessary steps and documentation to file with the various governmental agencies to organize a California Corporation.

The format of this course is an 18 week on-campus class with use of online materials.

This course is designed to give the student familiarity with the substantive law of partnerships and corporations, The student will will learn to "think critically" in law, and in the area of partnerships and corporations. . The student will draft a simple and complex partnership agreement, articles of incorporation, corporate bylaws, and the corporate first meeting of minutes and necessary forms to start and incorporate a business in the State of California.

The student will improve their legal writing skills and legal drafting/writing skills., along with improving teir study skills, and their skills in how to study law.

This course is offered on campus and "in person", however it is supplemented with online materials in order to meet the student's needs for flexibility in time and space. Many college students are working full-time or have transportation limitations due to financial reasons.The course is transferrable to CSU. You should consult with our Counseling Department to determine the exact trasnferability of this class. You may also wish to email a counselor at our college.

Types of activities:

Lectures will be posted under "lectures" on our homepage for this class. The lecture will be both a summary of the reading assignment and a filling-in of the gaps in that assignment. One purpose of the lecture is to answer the question, "What do you really need to know?". It will help the student focus on the major concepts in the textbook.

Reading Assignments are listed under "assignments", and will be given from Textbook :Textbook: Our textbook for this class is WEST'S BUSINESS LAW by Clarkson, Miller, Jentz, and Cross (Eight Editoin - Red Book)and you can order it online for a little over $100. We also use the same book for Business Law 1, Law 10, and Law 19.

Threaded discussions (on Bulletin Board): student participation in asynchronous online discussions will form a significant part of the grade (see grading below). Discussion questions based on text and Website readings will be posted weekly in the Bulletin Board page. Discussions will take place using the Bulletin Board.

Online Quizzes: The quizzes  will consist of multiple choice questions for each chapter. The questions will probe a deeper understanding of the concepts, which requires critical thinking and an intellectual tying-together of the reading material for the class.

Legal Documents: These will consist of a various partnersip and corporate documents. (see assignments)

Course Evaluation:

The final grade will be determined by:

Quiz average: 100 points for each quiz

Discussion participation: 100 points for each discussion question

Research paper: 250 points or more for each written assignment