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The aim of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the legal environment in which businesses operate.
After the successful completion of this course, you will understand the following;

Employment Law and Labour Law:

Employment Law:

• Employment law and ethics.
• Employment discrimination.
• Executive compensation and employee benefits.
• Other Employment-Related Laws.
• Employment Agreement Introduction to Employment Law.

Labour Law:

• Labour and employment Discrimination Law.
• Foreign law permitting difficult work conditions.
• Unsafe Labour condition.
• Prison Labour.
• Child labour.
• Consequences of participation in illegal and harsh work conditions

Contractual Environment:

• Law and Institutionalization.
• Basic requirements of contract.
• Genuineness of assets.
• Statute of Fraud.
• Contract Modification.
• Discharge of contract.
• Third party remedies.
• The Uniform Commercial Code.
• Express Contract.
• Implied Contract act.
• Contract Implied in Law: Quasi-Contract.
• Mutuality.
• Enforceability.

Corporate Governance Ownership:

• Directors, Officers & Controlling Shareholders.
• Debtor/creditor relations.
• Prohibition against agreements to restrict competition.
• Abuse of dominant market position.

Employment Law:

• Employment law and ethics.
• Employment discrimination
• Employment at Will
• Executive compensation and employee benefits.
• Other Employment-Related Laws
• Employment Agreement Introduction to Employment Law
• Federal Employment Discrimination Laws
  Civil Rights & Employment Discrimination

Labour Law:

• Labour and employment Discrimination Law:
• Approaches of labour law.
• Foreign law permitting difficult work conditions.
• Unsafe Labour condition.
• Prison Labour.
• Child labour.
• Consequences of participation in illegal and harsh work conditions

Agency:

• Formation of agency Relationship.
• Types of agency relationship.
• Distinguish between employees and independent contractor.
• Fiduciary duty.
• Liability for torts of agents.

Sales, Licensing, and E-Commerce:

• Product Liability
• Sales of goods.
• Legal issues in international transactions.
• The Nature of Securities Regulation. Franchising: Licensing outside the technological context.

Law & Ethics:

• What Is Ethics?
• Major Ethical Perspectives
• An Ethical Decision Model
• Relationship b/w law and ethics.
• Ethical tone sets at the top.
• Ethical business leader decision tree.
• Tension b/w short- and long-term returns.
• Social Responsibility
• Positive actions.
• Promoting ethical Behaviour.
• Moral of market place.

Antitrust:

• History and Basic Framework of Antitrust Laws.
• Horizontal Restraints of Trade.
• Vertical Restraints of Trade
• Price Discrimination- The Robinson-Patman Act
• Sherman Act, Section 2- Concentrations of Market Power
• Acquisitions and Mergers under Section 7 of the Clayton Act
• Unfair methods of competition section 5 of the federal commission act
• Antitrust enforcement. Antitrust injury.
• Limitations of antitrust enforcement.
• Antitrust considerations.