BADW_Business Law

About Course

This course introduces students to the Canadian business legal environment and forms an appreciation for decision making based on common law, provincial and federal statutes based on examples of precedent.
Topics will include an overview of the legal system, torts, contracts, forms of business, agency, sale of goods, consumer protection, real estate, intellectual property and employment.
Environmental, privacy and other current business laws will be explored as part of this course.

After completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
● Describe the basic origins of Canadian common law, equity, and statute law.
● Explain the BC and Canadian court system and structure.
● Explain the differences between intentional and unintentional torts and the legal
remedies available to successful plaintiffs.
● Describe the elements of a contract with emphasis on contract validity and
enforceability.
● Understand how a contract can be discharged and the possible remedies of breach
of contract.
● Explain the different forms of business and understand the benefits and
disadvantages of proprietorship, general partnerships, corporations, use of LTD and
INC, and requirements for other provincial registrations.
● Apply rules from sale of goods legislation to determine when title to goods passes to
a buyer.
● Identify seller activities designed to drive up prices of goods or services, cause price
discrimination or unduly lessen competition.
● Explain how mortgages, conditional sale agreements and other security instruments
protect creditor investments and creditors' rights upon default.
● Explain patents, trademarks, copyright and industrial design and general registration
procedures.
● Specify types of remedies available to a plaintiff under environmental common law
cases and why legislation is required to address pollution causing more fundamental
environmental damage.
● Describe the effect of contract law on the employer-employee relationship.