LAW 654LEC - Business Associations

This course will introduce students to the basic business structures and organizational relationships. Building on these basics, students will learn to explore and weigh the implications of the structures available to clients as they form new businesses or embark on new business relationships. The course will include an introduction to legal concepts which arise throughout the life of a business organization, including fiduciary duty, agency, liability, management, and transactions. Students will be challenged, through case studies and real world examples, to develop recommendations and arguments for or against different business forms and approaches to corporate issues. Students who have taken Corporations cannot also take this course.

Credits: 3