COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: BUSINESS LAW

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
LAW 203	C	3	3	0	0	3	5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Desara Dushi
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Course Description:	Business Law: The titles of the subjects are; Commercial undertaking, commercial affairs and results, merchant, trade register, unfair competition, classification of companies, Stock Corporation, negotiable instruments.
Course Objectives:	The objective of the subject "Business Law" is equipping the student with legal knowledge on business practices. The student should be knowledgeable and understand the various legal problems faced by business organizations, various commercial transactions and propose solutions to them. At the same time, the student must be able to communicate, argue and analyze the information before audiences, legal experts and non-experts in this field.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction to the Module and Course Requirement; IRAC Method
2	The Nature and Sources of Law; The Court system and dispute resolution.
3	Business Ethics, social forces, and the law
4	Contracts, Nature of contracts.
5	Formation of contracts. Capacity and Genuine Assent
6	Consideration; Legality and public policy
7	Breach of contract and remedies; Third persons and contracts. Review for Midterm
8	Midterm Exam
9	Intellectual property rights & the internet; Crimes (White-Collar crime and cybercrime)
10	Tort Law
11	Business organizations and franchise agreement (Part A)
12	Business organizations and franchise agreement (Part B)
13	Procurement, the main principles, procedures
14	Bankruptcy

Prerequisite(s):	-None
Textbook:	David P. Twomey, Marianne Jennings and Stephanie M. Greene (2017) Anderson’s Business Law and the Legal Environment, Cengage Learning; 23rd edition.
Other References:
Laboratory Work:	N/A
Computer Usage:	N/A
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Gain knowledge on possible legal problems in commercial companies
2	Effective communication, argumentation and analysis of legal issues in general
3	The acquisition of ethical principles in business and those involved in business
4	Recognition of relations between stakeholders in business
5	Gain knowledge on legal actions in the field of business, in particular sales contract and agency

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Business Informatics (3 years) Program

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	30
Project	0	0
Final Exam	1	70
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	2	32
Mid-terms	1	20	20
Assignments			0
Final examination	1	20	20
Other	1	5	5
Total Work Load:			125
Total Work Load/25(h):			5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			5