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Course Syllabus
Course Name Credit Collection and Creditors’ Rights in US
Category American Law (Cultural Competence)
No. of Credit 1
Number of Classes 8
Professor Kazuo Makino

Professor Profile:
Graduated from Waseda University Law Department (1981). Completed Georgetown University Law School LLM (Master of Law) program (1991). Worked at Isuzu Mortors Ltd. Law Department and Apple Computer (Japan). Taught at Kokushikan University and Tokyo University of Science as a professor and a visiting professor. Qualificaton of Michigan State Attorney at law and an attorney at law and patent attorney in Japan. Authored books: “International Transaction laws and contract practices” and many ohers. Involved in distance education at Babel University Professional School of Translation since 2005.
Course Summary Lecture US credit collection and creditors’ rights in US in Japanese language
How this course was developed From 2004 to 2006, BABEL University Professional School of Translation developed 30 courses on U.S. laws to help the students who majored in International Paralegal and Legal Translation, to build background knowledge on their major. This course is one of them. The course was established in 2006 and updated in 2007.
Course Objectives Students acquire comprehensive knowledge of US credit collection and creditors’ rights in the US
Learning Outcome  Students who have successfully completed this course will have a comprehensive knowledge of US credit collection and creditors’ rights in the US
Prerequisite Japanese Law Courses
Course Progression (1) Study basic learning materials and listen to audio lectures
(2) Submit homework assignments as per the class instruction booklet
(3) Take part in interactive classes using audio lectures, Q&A, electronic message boards, etc. with professors
Course Length Standard* 2 months (can be completed in a minimum of 1 months or a maximum of 4 months)
Estimated Hours of Study Reading course guide and course material, listening to audio lecture: 1.5hrs
Completing assignments should take 3 hours or more.
The entire course should take 32 hours or more to complete.
Deliverables
(Course Text etc.)
Credit Collection and Creditors Right in U.S. (Babel University original text)
*Authored originally for this course. Copyrighted by Babel University Professional School of Translation.
Course Outline
There will be 8 lectures as below.
The class instruction booklet (study guide) will provide students with (l) the objectives of the class, (2) an explanation of the learning materials, and (3) instruction in how to go about studying the materials.
Students will (l) read the text to acquire knowledge of the content of the class, (2) listen to the professor's audio lecture to deepen their understanding of the content, and (3) verify their understanding by completing exercises, and submit their answers to the exercises.

 Lecture Course Title
Lecture 1 Credit Management and Collection Managements
Lecture 2 Collection of Bad Debts under Non-judicial Procedure and Regulations     
Lecture 3 Debt Collection through Judicial Procedure
Lecture 4 Execution for Remedy
Lecture 5 Creditor's Rights against Debtor: Fraudulent Conveyances as Creditors’ Rights against Debtor
Lecture 6 Bulk Transfer
Lecture 7 Debtors’ Relief
Lecture 8 Other Problems in Creditor-Debtor Relationship
Grade Evaluation and Course Requirement Grade will be based on total scores from the following:

*Assignment Submission --- 8
After you have studied each lecture, you will need to submit the assignment within two weeks.

Grading Procedure: Evaluate submitted reports in five-grade system.
Grade Score
A 85 - 100
B 70 - 84
C 60 - 69
D 50 - 59
F 49 and under
Submission papers will be returned with the evaluation sheet, which states evaluation marking and comments as well as corrections with rubrics.

*Minimum Course Requirement: B or above

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