The course has 10 units divided into introduction to law and legal methodology (15 hours), business law (9 hours), and international trade law (6 hours).
Continuous assessment accounts for 50% of the course grade: a group oral presentation is worth 25%, and an individual multiple-choice test on Units 1–5 is worth 25%.
The final exam accounts for 50% of the course grade and is an individual 60-minute multiple-choice test covering all 10 units, scheduled for 14 December 2026.
📌 The group oral presentation lasts 12 minutes, uses a maximum of five slides, and must be delivered without reading a script or the slides.
1. How are the course’s 10 units allocated across its three subject areas and teaching hours?
2. A student is preparing for the final exam; what format, duration, and scope should they expect?
3. What distinguishes law as a system for regulating a community’s conduct?
What is law, according to Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute?
A system of rules regulating community conduct, often enforced by a controlling authority through penalties.
What gives law its official authority?
Creation by a state institution or recognition by courts as legally binding.
What does the principle that law applies equally mean?
No one is above the law.
How does law evaluate conduct?
As legal or illegal, and lawful or unlawful.
How are legal sanctions enforced?
Formally by a controlling authority.
What form do moral sanctions take?
Informal social pressure.
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