This document provides an introduction to business law concepts including: - The functions of law in maintaining order, facilitating planning, and promoting social justice. - The differences between procedural law which establishes rules for courts and litigation, and substantive law which defines legal rights and duties. - An explanation of IRAC, the issue-rule-analysis-conclusion method for analyzing legal cases, and examples of its use. The document aims to give students foundational knowledge of key legal principles as they begin studying business law.

1. Module 1.1
Presentation 1

2. 1. Name
2. Hometown
3. Year in School
4. Major/Concentration
5. Career Plans/Goals
6. Any specific business law area that interests you?
7. Anything you specifically want to study or learn in this
class?
8. Anything else you would like class or me to know
about you?

3. Syllabus
Collaborate

4. Why the law matters to you?
Collaborate

5. Reading Cases
• IRAC
• Questions
• Takeaways
Collaborate

6. Lasar
IRAC
Questions
1. Why is the plaintiff suing Ford?
2. Why was the lawyer fined?
Takeaways
1. One conflict/problem can result in multiple different cases.
Here could have been a DUI proceeding at some point and then
this civil case.

7. Stewart
IRAC
Questions
1. Was the email able to be obtained by the other party?
Takeaways
1. Attorney Client Privilege – a lawyer must keep confidential all
communications between lawyer and client
2. Work Product Rule – documents prepared for litigation are not discoverable
by the other party
Discoverable – A party can obtain documents and evidence to prepare for trial.

8. LegalRules
•General Application – apply to everyone
equally
•Legitimate Authority – a legislative body
that has the right to pass laws
•Sanctions – what happens if you don’t
follow?

9. Functions of Law
• Keeping the Peace
• Example: Nuisance Laws – you can’t blast music at 4 a.m.
every night keeping all your neighbors awake.
• Standards of Conduct/Order
• Example: DUI laws
• Facilitating Planning
• Example: Contracts
• Promoting Social Justice
• Example: Civil Rights Act – illegal to discriminate based on
race, gender, religion, national origin.

10. Procedural vs. Substantive Law
• Procedural
• What are the fines?
• What court does this go to?
• What are the statute of limitations?
• What or whose law will apply?
• Substantive
• What conduct does the law prohibit?
• What is the “meat” of the law?
Statute of Limitations – the amount of time a plaintiff or the prosecutor has to bring a
case. For example, a murder charge can be brought 50 years later because there is
No statute of limitations on murder. However, a medical malpractice case usually has
To be brought within two years of the alleged harm.

11. IRAC
Questions
1. What are the substantive parts of the law in this case?
2. What are the procedural parts of the law in this case?
3. What are the national laws at issue in this case?
4. What are the international law issues in this case?
Takeaways
• Complex issues arise in international law.