Business Law In Film Assignment

The law is everywhere. For this exercise, students will apply course objectives through film by watching a film that relates to the course and discussing how it applies to our course objectives. You will need to rent a copy of one of the following films. Amazon.com and itunes are two convenient places to rent this media or your local movie store. Some titles are also available for free rental in the MC library.

Please submit your answers to the exercise questions below in .doc or .docx format via the assignments quicklink. Students may select one of the following films or another film of their choice: “Conviction” (2010), “The Firm” (1993), “Erin Brokovich” (2000), “A Civil Action” (1998), “The Paper Chase” (1953), “12 Angry Men” (1957), “Philadelphia” (1993), “The Rainmaker” (1997), “The Lincoln Lawyer” (2011) , “The Judge” (2014), “Horrible Bosses” (2011), and “Wolf of Wall Street” (2013).

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1. Briefly  Summarize  the  Film   _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________    

2. Discuss  generally  how  the  film  relates  to  Business  Law.     _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________  

3. List  an  example  of  a  specific  scene  from  the  film,  and  the  rule  of  law  that   applies  here,  citing  the  text.  

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4. List  another  example  of  another  scene  from  the  film,  and  the  rule  of  law   that  applies  here,  citing  the  text.  

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