Assessment - Write a 2-page analysis of a selected business-related case that has been decided by a state court, a federal court, or the United States Supreme Court.
In this introductory course to business law, you will examine real-world court decisions pertinent to the topics that you will be studying. This is not a course designed to train lawyers, and you are not expected to be an attorney-in-training. However, you will be entailed to do a substantial amount of independent research in the scholarly and professional resources of the field. You will be called upon to locate court cases in which the legal topics of focus for each assessment are applied, to select one that you think represents a pertinent example of the law, and to write an analysis paper for each case.
If you have never researched or read court cases before, you may find these tasks daunting at first. To help you get your research started, some prominent searchable databases of court cases have been recommended for you in the Resources. Try to imagine yourself as either the plaintiff or the defendant in the cases you review, to make these controversies more resonant to your life. It will help to make the material more engaging and enjoyable.
Use the resources provided to begin to familiarize yourself with the legal terminology as early as possible, in order to help you make sense of the complex language often found in court cases. It is vital that you start by familiarizing yourself with the essential legal terminology, in order to develop a grounding in the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of American business law. The terminology that you will learn in this course will be useful in both a scholarly and everyday context.
Context
The U.S. legal system is often misunderstood. In the United States, jurisprudence is a result of centuries of commercial disputes, transactional lawsuits, scholarly opinions, and, interestingly, centuries of developed systems of law from Great Britain.
Read the Assessment Context document for important information related to the following topics:
- Common Law Tradition.
- Role of the Judicial Branch.
- Parallel Systems.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Assessment Instructions
Most assessments in this course are case law analysis papers, in which you must express yourself as clearly and fully as possible in dissecting a court decision. The purpose of this format is two-fold:
1. To give you the opportunity to research and investigate a real court decision.
2. To challenge you to think about how you would have decided the case.
In your case law analyses, you must be able to navigate the court's decision and summarize and evaluate it; you are not expected to act as a judge or an advocate. You may choose any business-related court case, either state or federal, as the basis for each of your case law analyses, as long as the case is applicable to the assessment topic. You are expected to conduct your own independent research to locate and evaluate the applicability of cases. A few appropriate case law Web sites are recommended for you in the Resources, but you are not limited to using cases from these sites.
For this assessment, complete the following:
Research federal and state court cases. Select any business-related case that has been decided by a state court, a federal court, or the United States Supreme Court. Write an analysis that addresses the following:
1. Articulate the importance, context, purpose, and relevance of law in a business environment:
- Identify the parties who are before the court.
- Provide a brief background on the problem. Summarize the facts in no more than 2-3 paragraphs.
- Identify the specific disagreement between the parties.
- Explain the ruling of the court in no more than 1-2 paragraphs
2. Evaluate key judicial concepts that influence the decisions related to business:
- Was there a dissenting opinion? If so, explain why some of the judges or justices disagreed with the majority in the decision.
- Do you agree with the court's decision? Why or why not?
Your analysis should be no more than two double-spaced pages in length. References and citations should adhere to APA formatting and style guidelines.
Attachment:- Assignment Context.rar