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Business Law Minor
The Business Law Minor provides students with a strong understanding of the legal principles and government statutes needed to make effective management decisions. Accountants must follow the proper steps when liquidating or reorganizing a business. Financiers need to identify instances of insider trading or front-running to avert prosecution. Marketing managers must avoid claims of predatory pricing or false advertising so as not to be sued. Human resource professionals need to apply progressive discipline correctly to prevent expensive lawsuits. Supply chain managers must negotiate binding contracts so costly disruptions or cost overruns are avoided.
Many BBA graduates will also use this minor to test their interest and aptitude for a career in the legal profession. Being admitted to one of Canada's 24 law schools, including Canada’s newest program at Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law, is not easy. All require excellent grades, a top score on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), and a strong personal interview. After three years of intensive study, graduates are awarded a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree and then start to practice. Some work in major law firms where they aspire to become a partner or form their own smaller practices. Others work in industry, government, or the non-profit sector as in-house counsels, criminal prosecutors, or social advocates. After gaining valuable experience, an increasing number of lawyers are completing a master's degree or Ph.D. before beginning a career in teaching and research.
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this program, students are able to:
- Discuss the origins of Canadian common law, equity, and statute law.
- Illustrate the different dispute resolution systems available to businesses emphasizing how they are litigated through the provincial and federal court systems.
- Propose the appropriate legal actions to take when making business decisions involving contracts, torts, sale of goods, consumer protection, real property, and intellectual property law.
- Arrange transactions relating to the acquisition, financing, administration, and sale of property rights.
- Design workplace rules governing the employee-employer relationship that comply with relevant laws and regulations.
- Incorporate a business and execute corporate transactions.
- Judge whether an environmental assessment meets all its legal requirements.
- Formulate a business plan that allows an organization to successfully partner with Indigenous peoples on their lands.
Program requirements
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BLAW 3910 Real Estate Law (3,0,0) BLAW 3910 Real Estate Law (3,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Students investigate the legal principles and law relating to acquiring property rights in and developing legal interests in land. Case law and statutes are studied in depth to reinforce an understanding of legal concepts. Topics include Canada's legal system and the real estate industry; estates and interests in land; contract law relating to land; land registration and land title procedure; land ownership and tort liability; real property transactions and agency law; mortgage law; commercial and residential tenancies; condominium law; and legal and ethical standards for real estate professionals.
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BLAW 3920 Employment Law (3,0,0) BLAW 3920 Employment Law (3,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Students investigate the legal principles and law relating to the individual employer-employee relationship and how its influences business decision-making. Topics include an overview of the legal framework; common law issues in employment; the unionized workplace; Canada Labour Code; the employment contract; employment standards legislation; human rights in the workplace; occupational health and safety; workers compensation; workplace privacy; navigating the employment relationship; resignation and retirement; dismissal with cause; dismissal without cause; and post-employment obligations.
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BLAW 3930 Environmental Law (3,0,0) BLAW 3930 Environmental Law (3,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Students explore the evolution of environmental law and how it impacts business operations. Case law, statutes and regulations are studied to reinforce an understanding of the legal concepts. Topics include evolution of environmental law and regulations; aspects of environmental law; regulator regimes; integrated approaches to environmental law; and protecting environmental rights.
Prerequisites: BLAW 2910 (min. grade C-) or TMGT 2250 (min. grade C-) |
BLAW 4910 Advanced Commercial Law (3,0,0) BLAW 4910 Advanced Commercial Law (3,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Building on BLAW 2910 Commercial Law, students investigate the legal principles and law relating to managing a corporate entity. Case law and statutes are studied to reinforce legal concepts. Topics include business regulation; choosing a business form and name; creating, organizing, and maintaining a corporation; corporate transactions; personal liability in the corporate context; public corporations and securities law; debt and security for corporations; and not-for-profit entities.
Prerequisites: BLAW 2910 (min. grade C-) or TMGT 2250 (min. grade C-) |
BLAW 4930 Indigenous Business Law (3,0,0) BLAW 4930 Indigenous Business Law (3,0,0)Credits: 3 credits Students investigate the legal principles and laws relating to doing business in partnership with Canada's Indigenous peoples on their lands. Case law and statutes are studied to reinforce legal concepts. Topics include an overview of indigenous rights, duty to consult and accommodate, self-governance, corporate structuring for Indigenous nations, consultation and accommodation, taxation in Indigenous communities, and reserve lands development.
Prerequisites: BLAW 2910 (min. grade C-) or TMGT 2250 (min. grade C-) |
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