NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Business Law for Managers – B95.2314.20
Monday/Wednesday: 3:00 – 4:20pm
Room: KMEC 3-60
SPRING 2007
Course Outline
Professor Jeremy Wiesen
KMEC 10-85
(212) 998-0052
jwiesen@stern.nyu.edu
Office hours:
Course Description: What social and environmental impact issues do we cover in the MBA Business
Law course? They are: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Corporate Governance, Insider Trading, Fraud and
Fiduciary Duty, Ethics and the Origins of Law and Legal Procedures and Court Processes, Alternative
Dispute Resolution, and Mediation and Arbitration.
Text: Wiesen abridged edition of West's Business Law, 9th edition, West Publishing, 2003
Requirements: Students are expected to read the assignments listed below and prepare answers to the
questions at the end of the chapter, to be handed in (keep copy for yourself.) The mid-term and final
will each count for 50% of the final grade. The final exam is not cumulative.
Date
Assignment
January 22
Chapter 1: Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning
January 24
Chapter 2: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Chapter 3: Court Procedures
January 29
Chapter 9: Nature and Terminology
January 31
Chapter 10: Agreement
February 5
Chapter 11: Consideration
February 7
Chapter 12: Capacity and Legality
February 12
Chapter 13: Genuineness of Assent
February 14
Chapter 14: The Statute of Frauds
February 19
No Class: President’s Day
February 21
Chapter 15: Third Party Rights
February 26
Chapter 16: Performance and Discharge
February 28
Chapters 17: Breach of Contract and Remedies
March 5
Chapter 6: Torts
March 7
Mid-Term Exam
March 12-16
No Class: SPRING BREAK
March 19
Chapter 6: Strict Liability and Product Liability
March 21
Chapter 23: Sales and Lease Warranties
March 26
Chapter 31: Agency Formation and Duties
March 28
Chapter 32: Liability to Third Party Parties and Termination
April 2
Chapter 37: Corporations – Formation and Financing
April 4
Chapter 38: Corporations – Directors, Officers, and Shareholders
April 9
Chapter 40: Corporations – Investor Protection and Online Securities
Offerings
April 11
Appendix B: The BarChris Case & The Texas Gulf Sulphur Case
April 16
Appendix B: The BarChris Case & The Texas Gulf Sulphur Case
April 18
Appendix A: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
April 23
Appendix A: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
April 25
Article: “Congress Enacts Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: A Two-Ton
Gorilla Awakes and Speaks” by Jeremy Wiesen.
April 30
Final Exam Review session
May 2
FINAL EXAM