LEGL 4400-Business Law
Dr. Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander
dawndba@uga.edu
University of Georgia Terry College of Business
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University of Georgia Terry College of Business
LEGL 4400 - BUSINESS LAW
Dr. Bennett-Alexander (Dr. B-A)
Fall 2010 (Tu. 8/17/10)
9:30 Library B2 11:00 Caldwell 204
Syllabus
Quick Finder:
OBJECTIVE: To familiarize students with several of the business related aspects of the law, including negotiable instruments, secured transactions and agency and partnerships.
REQUIRED TEXT:
Smith
& Roberson, Business Law 14th ed., 2009, South-Western/Cengage
Learning, Pub. There is an e-version and there are other less expensive
versions of the text (such as by chapters). Check the book's website or
others, for options. You can also check out CourseSmart.com for e-alternatives.
http://www.coursesmart.com I will also email to the listserv PowerPoint
slides for each chapter, which I suggest you print out in the format that
leaves rooms for notes on the slides.
Students find it extremely helpful when taking notes in class.
CLASS TIME: I have two sections of
this course: T, Th 9:30-10:45 *---------*
11:00-12:15 
OFFICE & HOURS: 202 Brooks Hall. T, Th 7:00-7:45 a.m 12:20-1:30 and by appointment. Call (706) 338-2293 for scheduling.
TESTING & GRADING:
Grading: The course grade is determined by adding together test scores and any extra credit points, then dividing by four. Since each exam is equally weighted, it is best to maximize performance on each one. Since extras credit points count as full points, it is best to take advantage of every opportunity to gain extra points. For all purposes, and unless notified otherwise, the grading scale is 100-94 A, 93-90 A-, 89-87 B+, 86-84 B, 83-80 B-, 79-77 C+, 76-74 C, 73-70 C-, 69-65 D, 64 and below, F.
Exams: There will be four examinations during the quarter, including the final. Each exam is equally weighted. Make-up exams are generally not given. Exam scores are not posted. Rather, exams are returned in class, generally by the next or the second class after the exam. Exam dates are Tu. 9/14; Tu. 10/12; Tu 11/16 and the final exam is Th. 12/9, 8-11a.m. for the 9:30 class and Tu. 12/14 from 12-3 for the 11:00 class.
Extra Credit: During the first day of class I will pass out a sheet on which students can sign up to do an extra-credit oral presentation on an article on any topic. The article may be from any source, including YouTube, as long as the information is current and relates in a meaningful way to contracts. The presentation is to be no longer than five minutes and is worth three points.
Unannounced quizzes MAY be given from time to time as a means of testing student knowledge and providing an opportunity for additional points. Quizzes are generally worth ten points, and I don't generally give more than two per quarter, if that many.
I also may give Web-connected assignments for extra credit. Check e-mail to see.
Attendance: I take roll every day. Make sure to sign it in class, as I have no satisfactory way of knowing if you were really here if you forget and try to prove it later (friends can give you notes and/or swear you were there...). Having someone sign the roll for you in your absence will result in ten points being deducted from your class points for both you, as well as whoever signed for you. You are allowed two unexcused absences, but after that 3 points will be deducted from your final grade for each absence over 2. Be in class. You will thank me for the policy when its test time or when you take the CPA. J
MISCELLANEOUS:
Doing Well: Since many of you will be taking the CPA exam, you really should start prepping now with this class. Students have said that it greatly improves performance if they come to class prepared. I have had a great success rate for the Contracts portion with my students who took the CPA exam. Preparation includes reading the chapters and answering the chapter-end questions. After finishing each chapter, the chapter-end questions will be discussed. It is expected that you have gone over the questions and analyzed them in depth and are prepared to answer them when called upon in class. Failure to do so can result in loss of points. Analyzing fact patterns is not only enormously helpful for the CPA exam, but also for teaching you how to think and analyze in life. You will NOT be able to get the benefit from only letting your classmates do the work. Each person called upon should be prepared to answer any question asked. I dont mind wrong answers. I do mindvery muchlack of effort.
E-Mail, the Web, and the listserv: Students are required to have a gmail account with their photo attached and to subscribe to the class listserv. The gmail accounts are free and can be set up in minutes. If you don't already have one, you should. It's free and you have virtually unlimited space as well as the ability to search your emails like you conduct a google search. You can even keep your old email address and just forward everything to your gmail account the way I do with my dawndba@uga.edu account. You can even make it seem like you are answering from the old account! It's the bomb. Make sure you set the picture (under settings) so that it can be seen by not just whoever you are chatting with, but by me also.
You are required to join the listserv and to remove yourself after the course is over. You must sign up for the listserv by 8/24. I automatically receive a notice when you have signed up. For each day after the deadline (including weekends) you will have one point deducted if you have not signed onto the listserv.
Sign up to the listserv by sending an email to listserv@listserv.uga.edu. Make the subject of the email subscribe 4400DBA Your Name . You can also put this in the body of the email. Notice there is no space between 4400 and DBA.
If you have trouble signing on, it is usually that you have not entered something correctly, so check it. You can also try getting on by going to the UGA listserv website and scrolling down for the listserv name 4400DBA and going from there.
Within minutes of sending the subscription request, you should receive an email from the listserv folks saying you requested to be signed up, but you are not actually signed onto the listserv until you respond to this email to confirm subcribing to the listserv. If you do not do it within 24 hours, they drop your subscription request and you have to submit it again.
At the end of the semester after class is over, please don't forget to
sign off of the listserv. To do so,
send an e-mail to:
listserv@listserv.uga.edu
(NOTE: This is not a hot link. You must send the e-mail on your own)
Make the text of the e-mail ONLY the following:
unsubscribe 4400DBA
Please do not e-mail me asking me to take you off
the listserv. You must do it yourself.
As
you can see, I maintain a Web site for the class at http://www.terry.uga.edu/~dawndba/,
which will also have all class information posted. Of course, if you're looking
at this on my Web site, you are already in the know. :-) Watch for
changes.
Absences: I take roll every day, and you should be there. I understand that life happens, but I do not like you missing class. If you are absent more than twice, 3 points are deducted from your final grade for each absence over the limit. Come to class!
Rescheduling exams: Exams must be given when taken, and there are no makeups.
Important Dates:
Tu 8/17 - First day of class
Tu 8/24 - Deadline to sign up for listserv - midnight
Tu 9/14 - Exam 1
Tu 10/12 - Exam 2
Tu 11/16 - Exam 3
Tu 11/23 - Thanksgiving Break, NO
CLASS
Th 11/25 - Thanksgiving Break, NO
CLASS
Th 12/2 - Last day of class
Tu 12/7 - Treat as a Friday schedule. NO
CLASS
Tu 12/14 - Final Exam 12-3 this classroom
The use of computers in class: I do not mind the use of computers in class
for MY class work. If I find you doing anything other than my
class work, you will no longer have the privilege of using your computer in
class. I am hereby giving you fair
warning and this serves as personal notice to you that you will not be allowed
the privilege of using a computer in class if you do anything other than my
class work. No grace period. No first time is a warning. You lose the privilege first time out. Period.
Recording: Lectures may not be
recorded without my permission. Also, you do NOT have my permission to
use notes from my lectures for commercial lecture note purposes. Also, NO
TEXTING IN CLASS. If you are found
texting in class, you will be marked absent for the day. Period.
Recommendations: Students often ask me to write recommendations for them. I don't mind doing it if I know you well enough to do so. In order to help me make the recommendation more than a general one, I need information from you. If you wish to have me write a recommendation, give me the following:
* the latest copy of your transcript
* your phone number and e-mail address
* explicit instructions as to where and to whom the recommendation should be sent
* the deadline for the recommendation
* any necessary forms I need from the place needing the recommendation
* a brief, but full typed essay from you telling
me things about yourself, your family, your goals, ambitions, and motivations,
that might be helpful in painting a picture of you that you may think is
inappropriate for you to do yourself. The information could include such things
as obstacles you have had to overcome to go to school, particular family
circumstances that may make you unique, etc. I don't want the essay you write
for the application, and I don't want a recitation of your grades. I want
something that makes you more than a one-dimensional person.
* a draft recommendation as if I wrote it. Keep in mind that I am a
professional, so do not make it sound casual or like your friend wrote it.
Make sure you give me enough time to work on the recommendation. The longer the better. If it is brought to me at the last minute, you run the risk of me turning you down, or your recommendation being late.
Students
will be responsible for all my newsgroup and Web postings.
All matters of academic dishonesty will be
handled through the student judiciary. Don't cheat.
To see the UGA policies on academic dishonesty,
click here.
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University of Georgia Terry College of Business
LEGL 4400 - Business Law
Dr. Bennett-Alexander (Dr. B-A)
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF COVERAGE
We will be covering the
chapters in the following order. Be
prepared to cover about two chapters per week.
Make sure you have read the chapters and prepared the chapter-end questions
for class discussion.
Part 2
Contracts
Chapter 9 Introduction to Contracts
Chapter 10 Mutual Assent
Chapter 11 Conduct Invalidating Assent
Chapter 12 Consideration
Chapter 13 Illegal Bargains
Chapter 14 Contractual Capacity
Chapter 15 Contracts in Writing
Chapter 16 Third Parties to Contracts
Chapter 17 Performance, Breach and Discharge
Chapter 18 Contract Remedies
Part 4 Sales
Chapter 21 Introduction to Sales and Leases
Chapter 22 Performance
Chapter 23 Transfer of Title and Risk of Loss
Chapter 24 Product Liability: Warranties and
Strict Liability in Tort
Chapter 25 Sales Remedies
Part 5
Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 26 Form and Content
Chapter 27 Transfer
Chapter 28 Holder in Due Course
Chapter 29 Liability of Parties
Chapter 30 Bank Deposits, Collections and Funds
Transfers
Part 8 Debtor
and Creditor Relations
Chapter 38 Secured Transactions and Suretyship
I reserve the right to modify the syllabus as necessary. Students are held
responsible for all class decisions and discussions which take place in their
absence. Check the class Web page for updates and check with someone in class
for details.
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LEGL
4400 - Business Law
Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander,
Esq.
Terry College of Business
University of Georgia
Article Dates
If you're not sure of the date
you signed up to present your news article in class, check below.
9:30 11:00
Tu 8/17 Matt Kramer, Mick Hodgins
Th8/19 Leonard Hebb,
Ella Everheart Christina
Caruso
Tu 8/24Michael Fox, Kari Stark Jeff Abernathy, David
Trice
Th 8/26 Megan Clayton, Stewart Bohan Rhett
Guyer, Amy Lu
Tu 8/31 Sarah Murphy, Vienn Kim Lisa
Hess, Eric Heath
Th 9/2 Ashley
Martin, Jason Kornblatt Brittany
Ray, Mitchell Snyder
Tu 9/7 Katie Nell,
Denisse Morgado-Ayala Molly
Freeman, Wesley Work
Th 9/9 Kelli Lovett,
David Fallis Jodie
Muaggot, Aaron Torres
Th 9/16 Daniel Lucht, Doug Uhl Bo
Mann, Andrew Lyle
Tu 9/21 Martin Proctor, John Williams Arthur
Corontzes. Lisa DeCarolis
Th 9/23 David White, Blake Barnett Johnny
Elder, Rishi Desai
Tu 9/28 Mary Grace Shea, Harrison Stroman Ethan
Eramian, Kent Bailey
Th 9/30 Kaitlyn Odell, Lindsay Hunt Stephanie
Schweitzer, Keeli Zanders
Tu 10/5 Chris
Collier, Ashley Weathers Lu
Man, Jonathan Spiegel
Th 10/7 Nick Cooper, Kimberly Moore Taylor-Rebecca
Smith, Brent Adams
Th 10/14 Joel Puckett, Michael Bowen Hunter
Smiley, Charlie Steward
Tu 10/19 Kaitlin Looby, Ashley McMahon Jacqueline
Radovich, Meghan Dishroom
Th 10/21 Gina DiCamillo, Harry Scott Abbie
Watson, Michael Westbury
Tu 10/26 Jay Thornton, Bing Li Chris
Peters, Tim Brunelle
Th 10/28 Sungwoo Yang, Kayla Bly Clay
Knowles, Christie Barfield
Tu 11/2 Elexius
Roach, Erick Zuckerman Matt
Dearborn, Michael Brown
Th 11/14 Jake Harris, Andrew Smith Justin
Crawford, Eric Goodman
Tu 11/9 Carter
Bowles, Eric Elliot Rob
Turner, Naomi Martin
Th 11/11 Jessica Ragsdale, Stacia Doster Ryland
Rumph, Will McCorkle
Th 11/18 Porche Wood, Tiffany Gibbs Catherine
Hobbs, Frenesha Greene
Tu 11/30 John Churney, Nolie Sweat Annie
Scarpace, Ashley Hubbard
Th 12/1 Greg Berkes,
Evan Orvis Kelly
Hudgins, Jessica Wallameyer
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