BUSINESS LAW II - PARTNERSHIPS & CORPORATIONS
COURSE SYLLABUS
Section 3561
Meets: Tuesdays, 7:10 to - 10:10 PM - LRC 205
updated: 8/25/01
David C. Jordan, Esq. Attorney at Law (SBN # 69052)
Director-Paralegal Studies Program
Telephone: (Campus) 818/364-7720
Voicemail & Pager 818/546-7060
E-Mail: abogado@pacbell.net
Office Hours: Monday-Thursdays 4:00 to 5:45 PM or by appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Catalog: CSU 3 units. Law II is the
study of the fundamental principles of law as they apply in the
business world. The course examines bailment, principles of agency,
including rights and liabilities of agent, principle, and third
parties, partnerships, corporations, 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.
COURSE TEXT
West's Business Law by Clarkson,
Miller, Jentz, and Cross (Eighth
Edition, and you
can order it online)
COURSE
OBJECTIVES
1. The student will learn the substantive
law of partnerships and corporations, including the forms
of business organizations, partnerships and corporations.
2. The student will learn to "think critically" in law,
and in the area of partnerships and corporations. This will be
accomplished through the multiple-choice
quizzes, the postings to the "threaded
discussions", and the assignments.
The assignments require the student to prepare a simple partnership
agreement, review and learn the new Revised Uniform Partnership
Act, and then draft a more complex partnership agreement, to prepare
articles of incorporation, bylaws, the minutes of the first meeting
of the corporation, and the corporate forms related to the organization
of a coporation.
3. The student will learn how to do legal
research in the area
of Partnerships and Corporations
4. The student will improve
his/her writing skills and legal
drafting/writing skills.
5. The student will improve
their study skills and will improve
how they study law.
GRADING & EVALUATION
The class will be composed of quizzes, postings to an "electronic
bulletin board" - threaded discussions, and written projects,
including the preparation of various agreements and documents
related to the subject matter of the coursed.
Grades will be posted on the internet using microsoft excel. There
will be a column for each quiz, project, and posting. Grades will
be posted for each student under their last four numbers of their
social security number in order to preserve confidentiality.
The "letter grade" scale is as follows.
A = 90-100 percent of total points
B = 80-90
C = 65-80
D = 55-65
F = Below 55
Attendance: It is essential that you attend class. It is
not an optional requirement. You
are allowed ONLY three (3) sick days, or absent days, and no more.
Part of your grade will
consist of your attendance record.
STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS & TESTS
1. LECTURE NOTES
2. QUIZZES
3. ASSIGNMENTS
4. DISCUSSIONS
COMPUTER POLICY
This class frequently uses materials which are posted on
the world wide web. Students are encouraged to learn
computer skills, including word processing, and use of the
internet. No computer skills are required for this class. The
student will learn, and will be taught the necessary skills to
access materials for this class from the class webpage. The first
time student is encouraged to take
a tour of the web page, and then to test their knowledge of
our webpage by taking the
quiz on the tour of our webpage.
The primary web address for this class is http://www.vcsun.org/~djordan,
and this class is located at http://www.vcsun.org/~djordan/f21/bus2
.
All materials for this class may be printed from the web
site. If the student does not have access to a computer at home
or at work, the materials may be printed out (at $.10 -ten cents
per copy) in the Learning Resource Center. The student should
obtain print cards for $1 or $5 purchased on the 2nd Floor of
the Learning Resource Center, for from the Business Office during
regular business hours.
All quizzes, assignments, and postings may be submitted, in writing,
by the student, at the time and dates due. Students are not required
to purchase or own or use a computer for their assignments. The
use of the web site for the class is in conjunction with the lectures,
class attendance and participation, and is intended to supplement
the learning of the assignments, and to provide easier access
for students.
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*syllabus is subject to change. Please note revision dates ("last
updated") above. Students are responsible for the most recent
updated version of this syllabus. Prof. Jordan