THE LAW AND YOU

 

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

 

From birth to death, the law touches each of us and defines our legal rights and obligations. The relevance of business law is the principal reason for this course. From the study of business law you will gain a genuine respect and an intelligent appreciation for the law that affects you at home and work. We will cover the three main aspects of business law, the personal, the vocational and the societal. This course will help you to understand how to protect your personal rights and constitutional freedoms from individual infringement on them.

 

COURSE OUTLINE

 

Unit 1 - Law and Society 3 weeks

Unit 2 - Court and Trial System 3 weeks

Unit 3 - Contracts 3 weeks

Unit 4 - Employment 3 weeks

Unit 5 - Wills - Social Security 3 weeks

Unit 6 - Property - ownership & renting 3 weeks

 

GRADING SYSTEM

The semester grade will be an accumulation of points earned during the separate units. This will be from quizzes, exams, chapter assignments, classroom group work and individual projects. This total of points will be put into a corresponding letter grade. This is 90% of your semester grade. The Final Exam will be worth 10% of your semester grade.

 

A 90% of the total points

B 80% of the total points

C 70% of the total points

D 60% of the total points

 

 

Joseph V Kedzior Voice mail: 847-540-4311 E-mail: joseph.kedzior@lz95.org