Essentials of Business Law for a New Century

by Beatty, Jeffrey F.; Samuelson, Susan S.

• ISBN13: 9780324016567
• ISBN10: 0324016565
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-20
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Table of Contents

Preface	xix
UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION	1	(222)
Introduction to Law	2	(24)
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility	26	(22)
Dispute Resolution	48	(31)
Common Law, Statutory Law, and Administrative Law	79	(28)
Constitutional Law	107	(28)
Torts	135	(28)
Crime	163	(31)
International Law	194	(29)
UNIT 2 CONTRACTS	223	(204)
Introduction to Contracts	224	(21)
Agreement	245	(24)
Consideration	269	(21)
Legality	290	(21)
Capacity and Consent	311	(25)
Written Contracts	336	(23)
Third Parties	359	(21)
Performance and Discharge	380	(22)
Remedies	402	(25)
UNIT 3 COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS	427	(246)
Introduction to Sales	428	(25)
Ownership and Risk	453	(24)
Warranties and Product Liability	477	(28)
Performance and Remedies	505	(24)
Creating a Negotiable Instrument	529	(27)
Liability for Negotiable Instruments	556	(26)
Liability for Negotiable Instruments: Banks and Their Customers	582	(28)
Secured Transactions	610	(34)
Bankruptcy	644	(29)
UNIT 4 EMPLOYMENT, BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, AND PROPERTY	673	(206)
Agency	674	(31)
Employment Law	705	(34)
Starting a Business	739	(28)
Corporations	767	(31)
Property	798	(30)
Cyberlaw	828	(25)
Intellectual Property with Cyberlaw	853	(26)
Appendix A: The Constitution of the United States	879	(14)
Appendix B: Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts)	893	(98)
Glossary	991	(16)
Table of Cases	1007	(8)
Index	1015