Business Law

This business law course package explains legal principles so the average person can understand them. A turn-key online course package, Business Law relies heavily on the Michigan form jury instructions, which of course are written with non-lawyers in mind. The text encourages students to concentrate on elements and the cases demonstrate how courts interpret and apply the elements.

Cases include many of the familiar law school classics such as Hawkins v. McGee (the hairy hand), Pierson v. Post (who owns the fox?), and Frigaliment v. BNS (what's a "chicken?"), making it easy for both full-time and part-time faculty to prepare for class. In addition, it integrates newer cases that illustrate basic points of law in a way undergrad students can grasp. For example, it includes the recent 9th Circuit case deciding whether Led Zeppelin plagiarized Stairway to Heaven, the recent 7th Circuit case regarding COVID vaccination mandates at Indiana University, and the Supreme Court case dealing with whether state legalization of marijuana impacts whether federal marijuana prohibitions still apply.

Built in assessment tools include in text questions, chapter quizzes, two term papers, chapter discussion boards, a midterm exam, and a final exam.