Westfield High – Business Law

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Business Law - This course must be blocked with Business Management Grades: 10, 11, 12 Credit: one-half Business Law provides students with the basic knowledge to become a better informed citizen, employee, and consumer. The course offers students the opportunities to study the nature and function of our legal system, courts, and procedures. Topics include contracts, sales agreements, torts, constitutional law, criminal law, and family law. Students focus on consumer rights and responsibilities, examine legal aspects of employment, research careers in law, and discuss the impact of laws on travelers and those living abroad. Enriched with student projects, debates, mock trials, field trips, guest speakers, and Internet activities, the course helps students understand the laws affecting businesses and consumers.