Business Law

Code

BUSI1112

School

Nottingham University Business School China

Level

1

Credits

20

Semesters

Full year China

Summary

This module contains:

• UK legal framework
• Impact of EU legislation
• Law of contract – the essential elements, performance and remedies
• Business and the Law of Tort
• Employment Law
• Law in a local and global context
• Agency, Legal personality, sole traders, partnerships and Limited Companies
• Purpose and legal status of memorandum and articles
• Management and the Administration of a company
• Insolvency

Target Students

Compulsory for FAM Qualifying Year students. Optional for IBE Qualifying Year students. Optional for IBC/ IBL Part I students.

Classes

• One 1-hour seminar each week for 4 weeks
• One 2-hour lecture each week for 10 weeks

20 two-hour lectures; One hour Revision Lecture and 8 one-hour seminars Seminar preparation time 25 hours, Self-directed study 86 hours, Exam preparation 40 hours

Assessment

• 40% Exam AUT (1-hour)
• 60% Exam SPR (2-hour)

Assessed in both autumn & spring semest

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

• Leadership, management and development of people and organisations including the implications of the legal context.

• Economic policy at the macroeconomic level with an understanding of analytical methods and model-based argument and of different methodological approaches and their strengths and limitations.

• The ability to analyse facts and circumstances to determine the cause of a problem and identifying and selecting appropriate solutions.
• Conceptual and critical thinking, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

• Articulating and effectively explaining information.

Conveners

• Dr Michael McNamara