Read, consider and answer the following discussion questions:
1. If justice is defined as the fair, impartial consideration of opposing interests, are law and justice the same thing?
2. Discuss the differences within the classification of law as civil law and criminal law.
3. If a corporation is incorporated in Delaware, has its main office in New York, and does business in California, but its president lives in Connecticut, in which state(s) can it be sued? Why?
4. How might a large corporation defend against allegations that it intentionally failed to preserve electronic data that a party is attempting to review as part of a discovery request?
Below are the essential questions for the course. You will be asked these in the first and last weeks of the course in order to see how your content knowledge has improved. You don't need to look any of this up, just reveal what you know now.
5. What is law?
6. What is the difference between law and ethics?
7. What is the difference between a tort and a crime?
8. What is the purpose of a contract?
9. How do I avoid getting my business in trouble?