Bus A 2106 Legal Environment of Business Course Syllabus
Azerbaijan University
School of Business
BusA 2106 Legal Environment of Business
Spring, 2012
Course Instructor: Farid Nabili,
LL. M (Central European University).
Email: minefe_7885@yahoo.com
Farid_nabili@cbar.az
Mobile: 055 868 86 93
Office Hours: By appointment
Class Hours: See the schedule of classes
Course Description
The aim of this Course is to introduce the legal principles, concepts, rules and reasoning
applicable in business context and to provide students with information on the legal
environment affecting business, with special emphasis on Azerbaijani legislation.
The course shall develop students’ theoretical and practical skills to understand and
analyze legal issues that are relevant to business and shape its nature.
The course covers the topics such as Introduction to law, business organizations,
international business transactions, property rights, intellectual property, government
regulation of business, torts, contracts, financial institutions, employment law.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, alongside with obtaining basic/foundational legal knowledge,
students shall be able to apply legal concepts to practical business issues and analyze legal
rules from the business context taking into account relevant Azerbaijani legislation.
Successful students shall be able to think critically of business matters and activities from
the perspective of legal environment of business.
Teaching Methods
The lessons shall primarily base on lectures and discussions on the legal concepts and
cases. From time to time, students will be asked to write papers on the required questions
and/or make presentations on the selected topics.
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Attendance Policy
As a rule, students are expected to attend all the class meetings. Missing class meetings for
more than 4 times may result in the failing grade.
Course Outline
Week 1
Introduction
Law, Morality and Ethics. Role of Law within social norms.
Sources, Purpose and Classification of law. Court system. Civil
and criminal cases.
Azerbaijani legal system
Week 2
Types of business organizations.
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Property and property rights
Intellectual Property. Protection under Azerbaijani
legislation.
Government Regulation
Antitrust and Competition
Case Study/Presentation
Torts and other wrongdoings under the law
Mid-term exam
Consumer Protection
Contracts I
Elements of contracts, contract formation, Contract
Performance,
Contracts II
Breach, Liability, Remedies.
Financial institutions
Banks and insurance companies
Employment Law I
employment agreement, employment discrimination
Employment Law
Employment discrimination, employment agreement
employee dismissal, employment disputes
Final exam
Note: During the course, students will be assigned to read several selected cases and
Azerbaijani legislation. These will be announced several days before the following
meeting.
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Essential Reading Materials1
a) Azerbaijani Legislation:
Constitution;
Civil Code;
Employment Code;
Law on Entrepreneurship;
Law on the Registration of Legal Entities;
Law on Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Law on Banks;
Law on the Central Bank of Azerbaijan Republic;
Law on Insurance;
b) Literature
Contemporary Business and Commerce Law, H.Cheeseman
Commentaries and cases on the Law of Business Organizations. W.Allen et all, III Edition
Grading
Grading shall base on the grading policy of the University encompassing at least
participation/discussion, paper writing and topic presentation grades.
Students are required to participate in class discussions and respond/comment to the
questions asked by the Instructor.
Students are required to read assigned materials before the meeting. The materials will be
sent to students ‘ emails at least 2 days before the meeting.
Papers shall be 4-7 pages long (font size 12; line spacing 1.5). Instructor will provide
students with several topics/questions to be chosen individually.
Each Student/Student group shall present a specific topic (this can be arguments from a
case) during the time period determined by the Instructor.
Students are required to timely arrive at the classroom (5 minutes grace period). Students
still have to comply with assignment requirements for missed classes. In such cases,
Instructor may require alternate assignments. Late assignments will be graded for 50% of
points of that assignment.
Point breakdown
Attendance
10%
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These materials will be distributed to the students by Instructor. During the course, several additional reading
materials may be added.
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Class participation
10%
Paper
15%
Case Study/Presentation
15%
Mid-term exam
20%
Final exam
30%
Total
100%
Grade scoring
Scores
A+ =
A
=
A- =
B+ =
AKTS scores
97 – 100
93 – 96
90 – 92
87 – 89
B
= 83 – 86
B-
= 80 – 82
C+
= 77 – 79
C
=
C-
= 70 – 72
D+
= 67 – 69
D
= 63 – 66
D-
= 60 – 62
F
= 0 – 59
73 – 76
A = 90 – 100
B = 80 – 89
C = 70 – 79
D = 60 - 69
E = 50 – 59
Fx = 40 – 49
F = 0 – 39
Other Issues
1. Students must abstain from plagiarism and cite sources appropriately – this applies
both to oral assignments and papers. Serious breach of this provision will result in
the failure for specific assignment (Cheating will be considered as plagiarism).
2. Students shall not engage in anything interrupting the flow of class. Bringing
beverages to class room is allowed, food not encouraged.
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3. Students shall bring assigned reading materials with them to the classroom for each
meeting.
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