Maricopa Community Colleges  LAS214   19964-20074 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 02/27/96
LAS214 19964-20074 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Law of Business Organizations
Law of corporations, partnerships, associations, and principal and agent.
Prerequisites: (GBS/LAS206 and GBS/LAS207) or LAS204, and LAS109, or permission of department chairperson or program director/coordinator.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
LAS214   19964-20074 Law of Business Organizations
1. Perform classroom assignments simulating the duties of a legal assistant, who would be under the direction and supervision of an attorney, in the area of sole proprietorship businesses. (I)
2. Analyze legal documents relating to sole proprietorship businesses. (I)
3. Articulate the essential characteristics of sole proprietorship businesses. (I)
4. Draft legal documents relating to sole proprietorship businesses. (I)
5. Perform classroomassignments simulating the duties of a legal assistant, who would be under the direction and supervision of an attorney, in the area of partnership businesses. (II)
6. Analyze legal documents relating to partnership businesses. (II)
7. Articulate the essential characteristics of a partnership business. (II)
8. Draft legal documents relating to partnership business. (II)
9. Perform classroom assignments simulating the duties of a legal assistant, who would be under the direction and supervision of an attorney, in the area of corporate businesses. (III)
10. Analyze legal documents relating to corprate businesses. (III)
11. Articulate the essential characteristics of a corporate busines. (III)
12. Draft legal documents relating to corporate businesses. (III)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
LAS214   19964-20074 Law of Business Organizations
    I. Sole Proprietorships
        A. Characteristics and elements
        B. Advantages
        C. Disadvantages
        D. Legal documents
      II. Partnerships and Agency
          A. Agency
          B. Master-servant relationships
          C. General partnerships
          D. Limited partnerships
          E. Legal documents
        III. Corporations
            A. The business corporation
            B. Special corporate forms
            C. Formation of a corporation
            D. Corporate financial structures
            E. Corporate meetings
            F. Corporate dividends and other distributions
            G. Employment and compensation
            H. Agreements regarding share ownership
            I. Corporations in foreign jurisdictions
            J. Changes in corporate structure and dissolutions
            K. Legal documents
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