BLW 330 - Personal Law - The legal rights and responsibilities of business persons and consumers with respect to estate planning, wills and probate, general criminal and civil responsibilities and liabilities, family relationships, motor vehicles, real property, employment, consumer transactions, electronic media, and small business. Course Syllabus
BLW 335 - Business Law - An examination of various legal relationships, which are significant in business including contracts, agency, torts, suretyship and bailments, and related subjects. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Course Syllabus
BLW 366 - Real Estate Law - Legal concepts of real estate, land description, real property rights, estates in land, contracts, conveyances, encumbrances, foreclosures, recording procedures, evidence of title, consumer protection, and landlord-tenant law. (Same as FIN 366). Course Syllabus
BLW 437 - Regulation of Business by National Governments - The legal principles involved in the regulation of international business activity by the governments of the world. Prerequisite: BLW 335. Course Syllabus
BLW 456 - Employment and Agency Law - A study of the legal principles which define the relationship between employers and employees including obligations imposed by federal and Texas statutes. Course Syllabus
BLW 468 - Oil and Gas Law - An examination of the legal principles involved in oil, gas, and mineral ownership, title research, curative work, and leases. Course Syllabus
BLW 478 - Environmental Regulatory Law - A study of environmental regulation, including that directed at business activities and that intended to define the use and protection of natural resources. Both statutes and case law will be examined to provide an overview of the history and current requirements of selected environmental regulation. Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. Course Syllabus
BLW 537 - Legal and Social Environment of Business - The legal, social, and political basis for governmental regulation of business activity, the patterns of government regulation of business activity, the patterns of government regulation in such areas as anti-trust, securities marketing, consumer protection and environmental protection. Prerequisites: ACC 501, ECO 515, FIN 504. Course Syllabus
BLW 547 - Legal Environment of International Business - An examination of the social, cultural, political, and legal aspects of doing business abroad. Attention will be paid to the three major legal systems of the world, the political and governmental structures of other nations, and some of the cultural pitfalls the American who does business abroad may encounter. Lastly, attention will be paid to the transitional disputes by legal action. Course Syllabus