EMGT 652 SYLLABUS

SYLLABUS

EMGT 652 Legal Aspects of Engineering Management

WEEK	DATE	TOPIC	READING DUE (7th Ed)
1	01APR24	Introduction to the course and principles of the law view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/652-19-intro_player.html (10 min) view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/DU15-1.html (10 min) view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWa1.htm (65 min) remastered 2022 view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWa2.htm (52 min) remastered 2022 see also ENR: A Real Judge Will Decide What an Ambiguous Spec Means, Not You	Ch 1-5 Extra Reading: footnotes and Chapter Questions
2	08APR24	Definition of the term "CONTRACT." Formation / Terms & Conditions view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWb1.htm (65 min) remastered 2022 view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWb2.htm (50 min) remastered 2022 see also ENR: Law and Risk Mitigation	Ch 6-8 (& 29-30)*
3	15APR24	Definition of the term "CONTRACT". Interpretation / Coordination view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWc1a.html (58 min) view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWc1b.html (48 min) see also ENR: What's Wrong With Change Orders?	Ch 9-12 (& 31-33)*
4	22APR24	Discharge, Breach & Remedies - General Review of Contracts - Midterm Distributed view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWc1c.html (43 min) view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWc2.htm (39 min) remastered 2022 view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWd1.htm (23 min) REVIEW for MIDTERM	Ch 13 (& 34)*
		Midterm Distributed 23APR24 and Due Back 29APR24 Review of Midterm (Suggested Answers) Posted 30APR24
5	29APR24	Torts: Civil Wrongs view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWf1.html (35 min) view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWf2.html (40 min) view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWf3.html (56 min) see also ENR: Will Google Voice Open the Door Again to Trustworthy Verbal Contracts? see also ENR: RFID Tags in ID Badges for All Employees?	Ch 20-24 FastCase Legal Research Tutorial (60 min)
6	06MAY24	Torts: Civil Wrongs and Professional Liability view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWf4.html (50 min) view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWf5.html (42 min) view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWf6.html (72 min) see also ENR: Fla. Supreme Court Reverses Course on Economic Loss: A Must-Read for Designers	Ch 25, 38-40
7	13MAY24	Agency, Partnership, Corporations, Forms of Business, Insurance, Bonds and Sureties view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWe1.html (45 min) view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWe2.html (43 min)	Ch 14-18
8	20MAY24	Real Property view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWh1.html (62 min) view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWh2.html (73 min)	Ch 26-27
9	27MAY24	Real Property (continued) view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/LAWh3.html (84 min) view new material on Blockchain and Recordation of Title - insert at 61min 59 sec - http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel13/652-19-BlockChain.html (9:46 min) see also http://www.newsweek.com/blockchain-sell-real-estate-first-time-ethereum-682982 see also https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/financial-services/articles/blockchain-in-commercial-real-estate.html see also https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-blockchain-technology-changing-real-estate/	TBA
10	03JUN24	BONUS WEEK on INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY -- This material is not on final view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel16/tglaw07i.html (160 min) http://www.fplotnick.com/pspephilly/BootCamp23/BootCamp23WED-2.mp4 (60 min)	CH 28 Updated & Revised
11	10JUN24	Final Distributed 04JUN24 and Due Back 11JUN24 view http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel16/tglaw07k.html (23 min) audio only http://www.fplotnick.com/EDUC/drexel16/652FinalPrep.mp3 (23 min)	*light reading only

Text: Contracts and the Legal Environment for Engineers & Architects , Joseph T. Bockrath and Fredric L. Plotnick, 7^th Edition, McGraw Hill, ISBN 978–0–07–339784–9, MHID 0–07–339784–9
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