BLAW4310, Advanced Topics | Professor Shannon
Managers face various legal challenges that can both help and hinder success. This course examines several advanced topics in the legal environment that will provide a foundation that will equip students to recognize the legal challenges they will encounter as managers. We will focus on issues related to information privacy law during this semester. While we will not turn students into lawyers, we will develop the legal knowledge and analytical skills that guide entrepreneurs in a complicated legal environment.
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Episodes
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Episode 1: The Constitution’s Big Picture
Discover how the Constitution establishes the framework for the legal environment of business and protects the rights and responsibilities of businesses in a dynamic economy. This episode reviews the Constitution’s design, purpose, and the delicate balance of power it creates.
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Episode 2: The Supremacy Clause and Preemption
Discover how the Constitution establishes the framework for the legal environment of business and protects the rights and responsibilities of businesses in a dynamic economy. This episode examines one of the Constitution’s most essential and intriguing principles: the Supremacy Clause.
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Episode 3: The Commerce Clause and Contracts Clause
Discover how the Constitution establishes the framework for the legal environment of business and protects the rights and responsibilities of businesses in a dynamic economy. Episode 3 explores two provisions fundamentally shaping the balance of power and economic structure in the United States: the Commerce Clause and the Contracts Clause.
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Episode 4: The First Amendment Freedoms
Discover how the Constitution establishes the framework for the legal environment of business and protects the rights and responsibilities of businesses in a dynamic economy. Episode 4 discusses the First Amendment, one of the most vital parts of the U.S. Constitution.
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Episode 5: The Second Amendment
Discover how the Constitution establishes the framework for the legal environment of business and protects the rights and responsibilities of businesses in a dynamic economy. Episode 5 focuses on one of the most debated and divisive elements of the Constitution, the Second Amendment.
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Episode 6: The Fifth Amendment and Property Rights
Discover how the Constitution establishes the framework for the legal environment of business and protects the rights and responsibilities of businesses in a dynamic economy. Episode 5 discusses property rights, an essential yet often misunderstood aspect of the Fifth Amendment, including the Takings Clause and the principle of eminent domain.
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Episode 7: The Fourteenth Amendment—Equal Protection and Due Process
Discover how the Constitution establishes the framework for the legal environment of business and protects the rights and responsibilities of businesses in a dynamic economy. Episode 7 examines the Fourteenth Amendment, one of the most transformative amendments in the U.S. Constitution.
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Episode 8: The First Fifteen Amendments—Building the Framework of Rights
Discover how the Constitution establishes the framework for the legal environment of business and protects the rights and responsibilities of businesses in a dynamic economy. Episode 8 explores the First Fifteen Amendments as a cohesive framework of rights.