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| 7.6.8 LEGAL STUDIES
(LGS) Head: Professor Billy P. Helms, Office: 206 Alston Hall The School does not offer a graduate-level major program in legal studies. However, these courses will add breadth and a valuable background to any of the available graduate programs, by incorporating understanding of law within other disciplines. LGS 402 Government and Business. Three hours. Prerequisite: EC 111. This course is designed to give students some information about the regulations government may or may not impose on business, leaving students free to form their own conclusions as to the wisdom, adequacy, and practicability of the regulations. A survey of basic constitutional principles and the legal aspects of recent federal legislation affecting business and antitrust laws. LGS 403 Estates and Trusts. Three hours. This course treats principles and rules of law relating to wills and inheritances; how the estates of deceased persons are administered; why and how trusts are created and their operation; and the duties and settlement of executors, administrators, and trustees. LGS 404 Legal Issues in the Accounting Profession. Three hours. Prerequisite: LGS 200. A study of various legal issues in the accounting profession. Among the topics covered are accountant liability, commercial transactions, and business organizations. LGS 405 International Business Law. Three hours. Prerequisite: LGS 402 recommended. This course is concerned with law pertaining to international marketing, regulations pertaining to import-export trade, etc. LGS 407 Real and Personal Property Law. Three hours. This course is concerned with the conveyance of property, deeds, covenants, condemnation of property, rights of landlord and tenant, and bailments. LGS 408 Law of Business Organizations. Three hours. This course covers the law of business organizations, their formation, and bankruptcy. LGS 472 Legal Aspects of Health Care (same as HCM 472). Three hours. Prerequisite: HCM 370. Examines aspects of the law that are of most concern to individuals in health care management, including administrative law, hospital law, welfare law, public health law, and licensing and legislation. LGS 491 Independent Study. Variable credit. LGS 504 Legal Issues in Accounting. Three hours. Prerequisite: LGS 200. Study of various legal issues in the accounting profession. Among topics covered are accountant liability, commercial transactions, and business organizations. LGS 522 Legal and Social Environment of Business. Variable hours. Prerequisite: Admission to the M.B.A. program. A study of the legal system, with an emphasis on government regulation, including antitrust law. LGS 591 Independent Study. Variable credit. LGS 597 Special Topics in Legal Studies. Variable credit. LGS 600 Problems in International Business Law. Three hours. |
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