Business Law: A Comprehensive Summary

The fundamentals for law, management, marketing and accounting students as well as business owners and entrepreneurs

What you'll learn

The fundamentals of Law, applicable to students learning business or business owners

The anatomy of a Contract and the fundamentals of establishing an 'air-tight' one

An A-Z on establishment, operations and liquidations of Companies

A comprehensive overview of Commercial Law, including the Law of Agency, Sale of Goods and International Trade

How to safeguard your economic interests and corporate identity with Copyright, Patents and Industrial Design

Requirements

An interest in how the Law operates in practice

Being a Law, Management or Business Student is an advantage

Description

Business Law: A Comprehensive SummaryWelcome to The Law Simplified's comprehensive course on Business Law! This course has been designed to provide the fundamentals of the Law pertaining to Contracts, Intellectual Property, Sale of Goods and Company Law.'Business Law: A Comprehensive Summary' harnesses lessons from some of The Law Simplified's best selling courses in Law, on Udemy, to provide you with a structured, academically proven set of lessons which are essential for both students and professionals in Law and Business.This course broadly covers:Contract LawCommercial LawIntellectual Property LawCompany LawIncluding specifics, such as:How a Contract is formed and dischargedThe regulation of terms and exclusion clausesFundamentals of Agency Law and the relationship between Principals and AgentsSale of Goods and the obligation of buyers and sellersCopyright Law and the enforcement of Economic and Moral RightsWhat's more, the inclusion of a comprehensive guide on Company Law ensures a practitioner's approach towards formation of a Company, its operation and liquidation.Complete Topic Breakdown:Contract LawAgreement (Offer & Acceptance)ConsiderationFormative RequirementsTermsRegulation of TermsMisrepresentationCommercial LawIntroduction to the Law of AgencyTypes of AuthorityAgency by EstoppelRatificationNecessityRelationship with Third PartiesMerger & ElectionUndisclosed AgencyDuties of an AgentDuties of a PrincipalTermination of AgencyIntroduction to the Sale of GoodsDefinitionsCategorizationsTypes of ActsPassing of PropertyRiskTransfer of TitleIntellectual PropertyIntroduction to Intellectual PropertyCopyright LawIntroductionEconomic RightsMoral RightsIndustrial DesignIntroductionRights to an Industrial DesignPatentsIntroductionRights of the OwnerCompany LawForms of Business OrganizationSole Trader & PartnershipsCompaniesNature of Legal PersonalityLifting the Veil of IncorporationLegislative InterventionEvolution of CaselawCommercial TortPromoters and Pre-Incorporation ContractsRaising CapitalEquityIntroductionFinancial Conduct Authority & LSERegulating TakeoversInsider DealingDebenturesIntroduction to DebenturesRedress for Lenders & LiquidationBook DebtsShare CapitalDoctrine & Raising CapitalReturnsReduction of Share CapitalPublic CompaniesClass RightsFundamentals of SharesClasses of SharesVariation of Class Rights

Overview

Section 1: Welcome to Business Law: A Comprehensive Summary

Lecture 1 Welcome to Business Law!

Section 2: Contract Law

Lecture 2 Agreement (Offer & Acceptance)

Lecture 3 Consideration

Lecture 4 Formative Requirements

Lecture 5 Terms & Regulation of Terms

Lecture 6 Misrepresentation

Section 3: Commercial Law

Lecture 7 Introduction to Agency Law

Lecture 8 Creation of Agency [Part I]: Types of Authority

Lecture 9 Creation of Agency [Part II]: Agency by Estoppel

Lecture 10 Creation of Agency [Part III]: Ratification

Lecture 11 Creation of Agency [Part IV]: Necessity

Lecture 12 Relationship with Third Parties

Lecture 13 Merger & Election

Lecture 14 Undisclosed Agency

Lecture 15 Duties of an Agent

Lecture 16 Duties of a Principal

Lecture 17 Termination of Agency

Lecture 18 Introduction to Sale of Goods

Lecture 19 Sale of Goods [Part I]: Definitions

Lecture 20 Sale of Goods [Part II]: Categorizations

Lecture 21 Sale of Goods [Part III]: Types of Acts

Lecture 22 Sale of Goods [Part IV]: Passing of Property

Lecture 23 Risk

Lecture 24 Transfer of Title

Section 4: Intellectual Property

Lecture 25 Introduction to Intellectual Property

Lecture 26 Copyright [Part I]: Introduction

Lecture 27 Copyright [Part II]: Economic Rights

Lecture 28 Copyright [Part III]: Moral Rights

Lecture 29 Industrial Design [Part I]: Introduction

Lecture 30 Industrial Design [Part II]: Rights to an Industrial Design

Lecture 31 Patents [Part I]: Introduction

Lecture 32 Patents [Part II]: Introduction Continued & Rights of the Owner

Section 5: Company Law

Lecture 33 Forms of Business Organizations [Part I]: Sole Trader & Partnership

Lecture 34 Forms of Business Organizations [Part II]: Companies

Lecture 35 Nature of Legal Personality

Lecture 36 Lifting the Veil of Incorporation [Part I]: Legislative Intervention

Lecture 37 Lifting the Veil of Incorporation [Part II]: Evolution of Caselaw

Lecture 38 Lifting the Veil of Incorporation [Part III]: Commercial Tort

Lecture 39 Promoters and Pre-Incorporation Contracts

Lecture 40 Raising Capital - Equity [Part I]: Introduction & Methods of Raising Capital

Lecture 41 Raising Capital - Equity [Part II]: Financial Conduct Authority & LSE

Lecture 42 Raising Capital - Equity [Part III]: Regulating Takeovers

Lecture 43 Raising Capital - Equity [Part IV]: Insider Dealing

Lecture 44 Raising Capital - Debentures [Part I]: Introduction to Debentures

Lecture 45 Raising Capital - Debentures [Part II]: Redress for Lenders & Liquidation

Lecture 46 Raising Capital - Debentures [Part III]: Book Debts

Lecture 47 Share Capital [Part I]: Doctrine & Raising Capital

Lecture 48 Share Capital [Part II]: Returns

Lecture 49 Share Capital [Part III]: Reduction of Share Capital & Solvency Statement

Lecture 50 Share Capital [Part IV]: Public Companies

Lecture 51 Dealing with Insiders [Part I]: Constitution of the Company

Lecture 52 Dealing with Insiders [Part II]: Membership of the Company

Lecture 53 Class Rights [Part I]: Fundamentals of Shares

Lecture 54 Class Rights [Part II]: Classes of Shares

Lecture 55 Class Rights [Part III]: Variation of Class Rights

Anyone interested in the Law and Business,Law Students will find mandatory and elective modules which are prerequisites of a Law Degree,Management, Marketing and Accounting Students will find prerequisite modules in Law, applicable in CIM, CIMA and MBA qualifications