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Faculty Contacts: Richard P. Mandel
*Faculty contacts serve as "advisors" to those students who have an interest in the given concentration.
You should feel free to contact these faculty with questions.
The legal system is one of the most important institutions in our society. Developments in the legal system affect all aspects of our lives, including our work lives, our family lives, and our lives as citizens who participate in the democratic process. The law also represents a body of ideas and values that have been studied by scholars in a wide variety of fields, including sociology, political science, cultural studies, history, economics and business. The Legal Studies Concentration provides students with the opportunity to study law from a variety of these perspectives. Students considering careers in law may find that taking courses in this concentration helps them determine if they want to go into the field of law after they graduate from college. The concentration, however, does not constitute a pre-professional course of instruction. The Babson Legal Studies Concentration strives to give students a broad exposure to legal issues as future thought leaders, managers and citizens. For this reason, students are required to take at least one course from Group A and at least one course from Group B. The remaining two courses for the concentration may be taken from Groups A, B, or C. Students can only take the aforementioned courses if they first take Introduction to Business Law, which is a prerequisite for any course in this concentration.
Required Courses:
At least one course from Group A
Group A:
Commercial Law (LAW 3500)
Entertainment Law (LAW 3515)
Marketing Law in the E-Commerce Era (LAW 3520)
International Business Law (LAW 3560)
Building Contracts for a New Venture (LAW 3573)
Taxation (TAX 3500)
AND
At least one course from Group B.
Group B:
Public International Law (LAW3601)
Intolerance, Culture and the Law (LAW 3610)
American Constitutional Law (LAW 3661)
AND
The remaining two courses for the concentration may be taken from Groups A, B, or C.
Group C:
Justice, Revenge and Defeat (POL3675)
Native American Politics and Policy (POL 3673)
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Rights (LIT 3682)
*Please Note: Students may only take the aforementioned courses if they first take Introduction to Business Law, which is a prerequisite for any course in this concentration.
