Business Law Today, Standard Edition

by Miller, Roger LeRoy; Jentz, Gaylord A.

• ISBN13: 9780324120974
• ISBN10: 0324120974
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Table of Contents

UNIT ONE The Legal Environment of Business	1	(217)
The Legal Environment	2	(32)
Constitutional Law	34	(29)
Traditional and Online Dispute Resolution	63	(37)
Torts and Cyber Torts	100	(30)
Intellectual Property and Internet Law	130	(28)
Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes	158	(34)
Ethics and Social Responsibility	192	(25)
UNIT TWO Contracts	217	(140)
Nature and Classification	218	(19)
Agreement and Consideration	237	(27)
Capacity and Legality	264	(22)
Defenses to Contract Enforceability	286	(24)
Third Party Rights and Discharge	310	(25)
Breach and Remedies	335	(22)
UNIT THREE Sales and Lease Contracts	357	(130)
The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts	358	(28)
Title and Risk of Loss	386	(20)
Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts	406	(27)
E-Contracts	433	(23)
Warranties and Product Liability	456	(31)
UNIT FOUR Negotiable Instruments	487	(90)
Negotiability and Transferability	488	(26)
Rights and Liabilities of Parties	514	(27)
Checks, the Banking System, and E-Money	541	(36)
UNIT FIVE Debtor-Creditor Relationships	577	(69)
Secured Transactions	578	(31)
Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy	609	(37)
UNIT SIX Business Organizations	646	(195)
Agency Relationships in Business	646	(30)
Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships	676	(24)
Corporate Formation and Financing	700	(30)
Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders	730	(25)
Corporate Merger, Consolidation, and Termination	755	(16)
Investor Protection and Online Securities Offerings	771	(27)
Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships	798	(24)
Special Business Forms and Private Franchises	822	(19)
UNIT SEVEN Government Regulation	841	(114)
Antitrust Law	842	(25)
Consumer and Environmental Law	867	(32)
Labor and Employment Law	899	(27)
Employment Discrimination	926	(29)
UNIT EIGHT Property and Its Protection	955	(80)
Personal Property and Bailments	956	(25)
Real Property	981	(24)
Insurance, Wills, and Trusts	1005	(30)
UNIT NINE The International Legal Environment	1035	(1)
International Law in a Global Economy	1036
APPENDICES
Appendix A How To Brief Cases and Analyze Case Problems	1	(3)
Appendix B The Constitution of the United States	4	(8)
Appendix C The Uniform Commercial Code	12	(161)
Appendix D The Uniform Partnership Act	173	(8)
Appendix E The Revised Model Business Corporation Act (Excerpts)	181	(10)
Appendix F The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Excerpts)	191	(3)
Appendix G Restatement (Second) of Torts (Excerpts)	194	(1)
Appendix H Restatement (Third) of Torts (Excerpts)	195	(1)
Appendix I Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 (Excerpts)	196	(1)
Appendix J Securities Act of 1933 (Excerpts)	197	(2)
Appendix K Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts)	199	(1)
Appendix L Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Excerpts)	200	(2)
Appendix M United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Excerpts)	202	(4)
Appendix N Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (Excerpts)	206	(2)
Appendix O Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Excerpts)	208	(2)
Appendix P Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (Excerpts)	210	(2)
Appendix Q Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (Excerpts)	212	(2)
Appendix R Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English	214
Glossary	1	(1)
Table of Cases	1	(1)
Index	1