Business Law and the Legal Environment, Comprehensive Volume,9780538882446

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Business Law and the Legal Environment, Comprehensive Volume

by Anderson, Ronald

Edition:

17th

ISBN13:

9780538882446

ISBN10:

0538882441

Format:

Paperback

Pub. Date:

8/17/1998

Publisher(s):

South-Western College/West

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Provides the business law instructor with all the tools needed to make the teaching process successful in preparing the student for the real world of business. Provides an understanding of the legal environment, what it is for, & how it can be utilized for both protection & advantage. DLC: Commercial law - U.S.

Preface

iii

(28)

About the Authors

xxxi

PART 1 THE LEGAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS

(194)

1 The Nature and Sources of Law

(8)

2 The Court System and Dispute Resolution

(16)

3 Business Ethics, Social Forces, and the Law

(24)

4 The Constitution as the Foundation of the Legal Environment

(20)

5 Government Regulation of Competition and Prices

(12)

6 Administrative Agencies

(20)

7 The Legal Environment of International Trade

103

(24)

8 Crimes

127

(24)

9 Torts

151

(20)

10 Intellectual Property Rights

171

(24)

PART 2 CONTRACTS

195

(220)

11 Nature and Classes of Contracts

197

(16)

12 The Agreement

213

(22)

13 Capacity and Genuine Assent

235

(26)

14 Consideration

261

(18)

15 Legality and Public Policy

279

(20)

16 Form of Contract

299

(20)

17 Interpretation of Contracts

319

(20)

18 Third Persons and Contracts

339

(18)

19 Discharge of Contracts

357

(22)

20 Breach of Contract and Remedies

379

(20)

21 Accountants' Liability and Malpractice

399

(16)

PART 3 PERSONAL PROPERTY AND BAILMENTS

415

(50)

22 Personal Property

417

(14)

23 Bailments

431

(16)

24 Legal Aspects of Warehousing, Transportation, Factoring, and Hotelkeeping

447

(18)

PART 4 SALES AND LEASES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

465

(116)

25 Nature and Form of Sales

467

(22)

26 Passage of Title and Risk of Loss: Rights of Parties

489

(20)

27 Obligations of Performance

509

(12)

28 Warranties and Other Product Liability Theories

521

(18)

29 Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts

539

(16)

30 Consumer Protection

555

(26)

PART 5 NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

581

(70)

31 Kinds of Instruments, Parties, and Negotiability

583

(14)

32 Transfer of Negotiable Instruments

597

(16)

33 Rights of Holders and Defenses

613

(14)

34 Checks and Funds Transfers

627

(24)

PART 6 DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONS AND RISK MANAGEMENT

651

(74)

35 Secured Transactions in Personal Property

653

(22)

36 Other Security Devices

675

(14)

37 Bankruptcy

689

(18)

38 Insurance

707

(18)

PART 7 AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT

725

(92)

39 Agency

727

(22)

40 Third Persons in Agency

749

(18)

41 Regulation of Employment

767

(30)

42 Equal Employment Opportunity Law

797

(20)

PART 8 BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

817

(138)

43 Forms of Business Organizations

819

(14)

44 Creation and Termination of Partnerships

833

(20)

45 Partnerships, Limited Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies

853

(22)

46 Introduction to Corporation Law

875

(22)

47 Corporate Stocks and Bonds

897

(20)

48 Securities Regulation

917

(20)

49 Management of Corporations

937

(18)

PART 9 REAL PROPERTY AND ESTATES

955

50 Real Property

957

(22)

51 Environmental Law and Land Use Controls

979

(20)

52 Leases

999

(16)

53 Decedents' Estates and Trusts

1015

APPENDICES

1 How to Find the Law

A-1

(4)

2 The Constitution of the United States

A-5

(10)

3 Uniform Commercial Code

A-15

(46)

4 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Excerpts)

A-61

(6)

5 Uniform Partnership Act

A-67

(10)

6 Revised Model Business Corporation Act

A-77

(14)

7 Answers to Odd-numbered AICPA Questions

A-91

GLOSSARY

G-1

CASE INDEX

CI-1

SUBJECT INDEX

SI-1

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