Business Law Fundamentals for Accountants
Important Notice
This course is not active. Please contact Department Chair for more information.
Overview
- Sources of Canadian and British Columbia law
- Law of Torts
- general principles including liability insurance and vicarious liability
- intentional torts
- strict liability torts
- the tort of negligence
- Law of Contracts
- nature of a contract
- elements of a contract
- terms of a contract
- factors affecting the contractual relationship (ex. misrepresentation, illegality, undue influence)
- discharge and breach of contract
- contractual remedies
- Law of Agency
- Business Organizations
- sole proprietorships
- partnerships and limited partnerships
- corporations
- Consumer Transactions, including Sale of Goods
- Real Property Law and Environmental Protection
- Personal Property Law
- Negotiable Instruments
- Secured Transactions and Creditor's Rights
- Bankruptcy Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- trade-marks
- copyright
- patents, trade secrets and confidential information
Lectures, assignments, anaylsis of legal issues, discussion of legal cases, and group activities.
Term examinations (2-3) | 55-60%* |
Final examination | 30-35% |
Participation and assignments | 5-10% |
100% |
*No one examination may be worth more than 40%
Upon completing this course, successful students will be able to:
- describe the structure of the Canadian legal system;
- recognize the main aspects of the Canadian judicial system including the sources of law, and the levels and roles of courts in the judicial system;
- set out the difference between common law, statute law, administrative law, and criminal law;
- demonstrate a basic understanding of the law of contracts;
- describe fundamental principles of tort law and identify some of the important common law torts;
- distinguish between the main forms of business organizations;
- identify the important legal aspects pertaining to corporate governance;
- recognize key principles of the law of intellectual property, personal property, and real property (including environmental protection);
- summarize the rights and priorities that arise in a secured transaction;
- set out the main features of bankruptcy proceedings;
- recognize general characteristics of the law of negotiable instruments; and
- describe basic sources of consumer protection, including sale of goods legislation.
Yates, Richard, T. Bereznicki-Korol, and T. Clarke, Business Law in Canada. Latest editon (Toronto: Pearson Education Canada), or
Duplessis, Dorothy, S. O'Byrne, P. King, L. Adams, and S. Enman, Canadian Business and the Law. Latest edition (Toronto: Nelson), or
such other textbook(s) as approved by the Business Law Department; and
Additional cases and readings decided upon by the Instructor.
Requisites
Prerequisites
Courses listed here must be completed prior to this course:
- No prerequisite courses
Corequisites
Courses listed here must be completed either prior to or simultaneously with this course:
- No corequisite courses
Equivalencies
Courses listed here are equivalent to this course and cannot be taken for further credit:
- No equivalency courses
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers to Other Institutions
Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.
Institution | Transfer details for BUSN 1005 | |
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There are no applicable transfer credits for this course. |