SHE level 7 SCQF credit points 20 ECTS credit points 10 Module code M1M225695 Module Leader Naveed Kayani School Glasgow School for Business and Society Subject Law Trimester A (September start), B (January start)
Summary of content This module introduces the student to the role of law in business in the context of the legal life cycle of a business from establishment to dissolution. Students will consider the choice of business medium the establishment/ incorporation of the business organisation and the ongoing regulation of the company and LLP forms in terms of formation, capital structure, management, administration, flotation and reconstruction sources of finance and property rights the use of agents the legal regulation of the provision of goods and services and the legal regulation generally of business relations with suppliers, customers and employees including consideration of the potential for both contractual and delictual liability.
Module details Syllabus arrow_forward The syllabus will be covered in a chronological manner in the context of a typical legal lifecycle of a business. Indicatively, the order will follow: choice of business medium, incorporation, raising of capital, premises, business property, IP rights, employing staff - hire and fire, discrimination claims, contract (at various stages e.g. lease or buy premises, contract with suppliers, customers, employees), legal regulation of the provision of goods and services - consumer law, sale of goods, misdescription, delictual issues -including those that may arise in relation to product liability, injured employee, company law issues continuing through lifetime of business.
Learning outcomes arrow_forward Learning Outcome
Teaching / learning strategy arrow_forward The delivery of this module will reflect the legal life cycle of a business from its formation to its dissolution and this will be reflected in the timing of the delivery of the content of the module in terms of lectures and seminars. It will emphasise the value added to a business provided by an understanding of law and legal compliance. The teaching strategy employed will make use of lectures, online directed learning packages, podcasts and discussion boards. There will be two lectures and one seminar/practical workshop per week. The seminar programme will alternate between classroom discussion of substantive legal issues arising from scenarios issued in advance, and project seminars which will be led by student groups working on tasks which will form part of their assessed group portfolio. The project seminars will require debate on the embedding of PRME principles in the legal aspects of running a business.
Indicative reading arrow_forward Transferrable skills arrow_forward By the end of this module students will have gained competence in the following key areas:
Module structure Activity Total hours Lectures 24 Tutorials 0 Practicals 12 Seminars 12 Independent Learning 102 Assessment 50 Placement 0
Assessment methods Component Duration Weighting Threshold Description Course Work001 40 35 Group portfolio Exam002 2 60 35 Examination, Exam period Tri B.
