Welcome To:

Business Law

Business and Economics 260

Spring 2006

Adjunct Professor, Drake Mesenbrink, J.D.

Office 360-697-0155 Please Call Between 9 AM & 4:30 PM

Email: drakemesenbrink@earthlink.net

Syllabus Spring 2006

TEXT: UNDERSTANDING THE LAW 4^th EDITION

Chapter Outlines:

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Law

Chapter 2 Our Constitution

Chapter 3 The Court System

Chapter 4 Attorney-Client Relationship and Settling Disputes

Chapter 5 Administrative Law

Chapter 6 Crimes: Public Wrongs

Chapter 7 Torts: Private Wrongs

Chapter 8 Contracts: Enforceable Agreements

Chapter 9 Family Law

Chapter 10 Owning and Operating Motor Vehicles

Chapter 11 Renters and Landlords

Chapter 12 Home Ownership

Chapter 13 Employee and Employer Rights

Chapter 14 Wills, Trusts and Probate

Business Entity

Debtor Creditor

Bankruptcy

Practical Exercises:

Practical Exercise 1 Case Law

Practical Exercise 2 WAC and CRF

Practical Exercise 3 Real Property

Practical Exercise 4 Secretary of State

Legal Sources:

State of Washington

Kitsap County

Kitsap County Code

Office of the Code Reviser for the State of Washington

Municipal Research and Services Center

Washington State Bar Association

U.S. Government

U.S. Code

Information Sources:

MSNBC

Seattle PI

The NY Times

USA Today

The Kitsap Sun

National Archives

Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia