Weekly Distribution:
- Lecture: 3 Hours Seminar: 1 Hour Total: 4 Hours
Lectures, assignments, anaylsis of legal issues, discussion of legal cases, and group activities.
- 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
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.
| 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%
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.
Courses listed here must be completed prior to this course:
- No prerequisite courses
Courses listed here must be completed either prior to or simultaneously with this course:
- No corequisite courses
Courses listed here are equivalent to this course and cannot be taken for further credit:
- No equivalency courses