BLAW201 BUSINESS LAW I Professor Richard P. Freedman 215-895-2127 (Drexel) 3601 Market Street‚ Room 708 856-429-0020 (NJ Office) Office Hours: Tu & Th 6-8 AM; Tu after class; or by appt. 215-895-6975 (Fax) freedmrp@drexel.edu COURSE SUBJECT MATTER The subject matter of the course will be a comprehensive review of the law of contracts. In addition to the chapters referred to below‚ handout questions will be distributed to be discussed by the class at the end of the
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claims? Explain. Signal won’t necessarily succeed on his claims. “Acceptance of the goods prevents the buyer or lessee from exercising the right of rejection‚ but it does not necessarily prevent the buyer or lessee from pursuing other remedies” (Business Law Today; page 337). In some circumstances‚ a buyer or lessee are allowed to revoke their acceptance of the goods. The revocation of acceptance is not effective until the seller has been notified. The seller must also be notified within a reasonable
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1. What is law? (There are 6 functions) A body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority. Six functions: keep the peace‚ maintain the status quo‚ preserve individual rights‚ protect minorities against majority‚ promote social justice and provide for orderly social change. 2. What does jurisprudence mean? What does common law mean? Jurisprudence is the philosophy of law. Common law is judicial decisions that don’t involve interpretations of statutes‚ treaties‚ regulations
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BUSINESS LAW FINAL * Article 2 governs sales of goods- True * Delivering of a title- Sale * A warehouse receipt is a document that provides proof of ownership of commodities that are stored in a warehouse * Shipment contract- the seller is required or authorized to ship goods by carrier‚ such as a trucking company. The title passes to the buyer at the time and place of shipment * The risk of loss in a shipment contract passes to the buyer or lessee when the goods are delivered
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Business Law I | Anheuser-Busch: Drink Responsibly | | Tim Burkhart 8/18/2011 | When Eberhard Anheuser purchased a brewery that was going bankrupt‚ he could never have imagined that it would one day grow into the largest brewing company in the world. In 1869‚ Mr. Anheuser’s son-in-law‚ Adolphus Busch became a partner in the business and immediately started touring Europe studying brewing methods and focused on the success of a popular style known as Bohemian lager (Anheuser-Busch
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McGurn v. Bell Microproducts Inc. 284 F.3d 86 (Massachusetts) ISSUE OF THE CASE Bell Microproducts‚ Inc. mailed to McGurn an offer of employment that stated that if McGurn were terminated without cause during the first 12 months of employment‚ he would receive a severance package of $120‚000. McGurn crossed out 12 and replaced it with 24‚ and signed the contract. Bell did not acknowledge the change that had been made to the contract and hired the applicant. McGurn was terminated without cause
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ANSWERS TO AICPA QUESTIONS CHAPTER 10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE INTERNET 1. (a) Computer software is covered under the general copyright laws and is therefore usually copyrightable as an expression of ideas. Answer (b) is incorrect because copyrights in general do not need a copyright notice for works published after March 1‚ 1989. Answer (c) is incorrect because a recent court ruled that programs in both source codes‚ which are human readable‚ and in machine readable object
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Team Reflection Week Five Objectives Law/531 Team Reflection Week Five Objectives Our team learned this week how to differentiate between types of discriminatory issues and knowing the legal considerations linked to it. This knowledge proved to be beneficial in the team’s decision on how to tackle option one of this week’s team reflection exercise. As a senior manager of a prominent security company‚ it is important that I look
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to make judgment call. Special duties‚ Duties to Persons on property Premises liability cases‚ involve possessors of land & those who enter it. Entering party classifications: Invitees: Business visitors‚ people using public property Licensees: possessor must give consent‚ enter for purposes other than to do business Trespassers: Neg. per se: D’s violation of reasonable behavior may cause a breach of duty & may allow P to win if: Was within the class of persons intended to be protected by the statute
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remedy when there is no available remedy at law. Deals with fairness in justice‚ usually stemming from natural law. Injunctions‚ court orders‚ restraining order. Civil action. * Court of Law – “black letter law” you did or did not do something. * Legal action – action typically for money damages such as a tort or breach of contract action. Criminal charges. Sources of Contemporary Law * United States Constitution – supreme law of the land. Any law that conflicts with it is void.
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