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Assignment #1: business law in the news LAW 1702
Assignment Objectives:
Through this assignment, students will:
- Research examples of business law cases or issues
- Summarize key facts relating to simple legal situations
- Identify the law that would apply in a simple legal situation
- Describe consequences and outcomes relating to simple legal case studies
- Relate legal requirements to internal controls of other areas of business administration such as business
- Identify legal protections and risks associated with different forms of businesses and use of agents, practices, conventions and regulations and/or accounting and financial principles[CLR 1, 3, 4]
Assignment instructions:
Not a day passes without a news story on an issue concerning business law. Examples include court decisions and the passage of legislation in a regulatory area affecting business, corporate governance issues or liability concerns for entrepreneurs.
For this assignment, students are invited to analyse a current even relevant to the course material. The article, which can be sourced in a newspaper, business report, magazine, or authoritative website, must pertain to one or more topics covered in weeks 1 to 5 of the course. Students must:
1. Clearly and concisely summarize the article;
2. Identify, discuss and analyze the primary business law issues covered in the article, making links to all relevant secondary issues and concepts; and
3. Comment on the actions taken by the parties.
Students whose choice of issues demonstrates creativity and a deep understanding of the selected topic will score well. Please see the scoring rubric below for further information on how this assignment will be marked..