Business Law Today

by Miller, Roger LeRoy; Jentz, Gaylord A.

• ISBN13: 9780314028518
• ISBN10: 031402851X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-01-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Preface
The Legal Environment of Business	p. 1
The Legal and International Environment	p. 2
Ethics and Social Responsibility	p. 33
Courts and Procedures	p. 60
Constitutional Law	p. 99
Torts	p. 127
Business Torts and Intellectual Property	p. 156
Criminal Law	p. 183
Contracts	p. 211
Nature and Classification	p. 212
Agreement and Consideration	p. 229
Capacity and Legality	p. 255
Assent and Form	p. 277
Third Party Rights and Discharge	p. 302
Breach and Remedies	p. 326
Commercial Transactions	p. 347
The Formation of Sales Contracts	p. 348
Title and Risk of Loss	p. 374
Performance and Breach	p. 394
Warranties and Product Liability	p. 418
Commercial Paper - Negotiability and Transferability	p. 447
Commercial Paper - Holder in Due Course, Liability, and Defenses	p. 472
Commercial Paper - Checks and the Banking System	p. 501
Secured Transactions	p. 530
Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy	p. 556
Business Organizations	p. 589
Agency Relationships in Business	p. 590
The Entrepreneur's Options	p. 618
Partnerships	p. 636
Partners and Joint Ventures	p. 659
Corporate Formation and Financing	p. 679
Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders	p. 709
Corporate Merger, Consolidation, and Termination	p. 736
Additional Shareholders' Rights and Takeovers	p. 751
Investor Protection	p. 772
Government Regulation	p. 797
Administrative Law	p. 798
Antitrust Law	p. 824
Consumer and Environmental Law	p. 851
Employment Laws	p. 883
Employment Discrimination	p. 912
Labor Law	p. 928
Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals	p. 951
Property and Its Protection	p. 971
Personal Property and Bailments	p. 972
Real Property	p. 997
Insurance, Wills, and Trusts	p. 1021
The International Legal Environment	p. 1047
International Law in a Global Economy	p. 1048
Appendix A How to Brief a Case and Selected Cases	p. A-1
Appendix B The Constitution of the United States	p. A-18
Appendix C The Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts)	p. A-26
Appendix D The Uniform Partnership Act	p. A-119
Appendix E Restatement (Second) of Torts (Excerpts)	p. A-127
Appendix F Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 (Excerpts)	p. A-128
Appendix G Securities Act of 1933 (Excerpts)	p. A-129
Appendix H Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts)	p. A-131
Appendix I Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts)	p. A-132
Appendix J Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Excerpts)	p. A-134
Appendix K Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Excerpts)	p. A-136
Appendix L Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English	p. A-138
Glossary	p. G-1
Table of Cases	p. TC-1
Index	p. I-1
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