Business Law with UCC Applications

by Sukys, Paul; Brown, Gordon

• ISBN13: 9780077733735
• ISBN10: 0077733738
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781260471373
• Edition: 14th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-01-06
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Table of Contents

Part One: Ethics, Law, and the Judicial System
Chapter 1: Ethics, Social Responsibility, and the Law
Chapter 2: Sources of the Law
Chapter 3: The Judicial Process and Cyber-Procedure
Chapter 4: Alternate Dispute Resolution
Chapter 5: Criminal Law and Cybercrimes
Chapter 6: Tort Law and Cybertorts
Case Study: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Part Two: Contract Law
Chapter 7: The Essentials of Contract Law
Chapter 8: Offer, Acceptance, and Mutual Assent
Chapter 9: Consideration and Cyber-Payments
Chapter 10: Capacity and Legality: The Final Elements
Chapter 11: Written Contracts and Cyber-Commerce
Chapter 12: Third Parties, Discharge, and Remedies
Case Study: Murray v. Accounting Center & Tax Services, Inc., et al.

Part Three: Sales and Consumer Protection
Chapter 13: Sales Contracts: Formation, Title, and Risk of Loss
Chapter 14: Sales Contracts Rights, Duties, Breach, and Warranties
Chapter 15: Product Liability and Consumer Protection
Case Study: DICenzo v. A-Best Products Company Inc.

Part Four: Negotiable Instruments and Banking
Chapter 16: The Nature of Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 17: Holders in Due Course, Defenses, and Liabilities
Chapter 18: Bank-Depositor Relationships and Cyber-Banking
Case Study: Triffin v. Dillabough and American Express

Part Five: Insurance, Secured Transactions, and Bankruptcy
Chapter 19: Insurance
Chapter 20: Mortgages and Security Interests
Chapter 21: Bankruptcy and Debt Adjustment
Case Study: In re: Lisa A. Block, Debtor Plaintiff v. Windham Professionals, et al., Defendants

Part Six: Agency and Employment
Chapter 22: Agency Law
Chapter 23: Employment Law
Chapter 24: Labor Law
Case Study: Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

Part Seven: Business Organization and Regulation
Chapter 25: Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships
Chapter 26: The Corporate Entity
Chapter 27: Corporate Governance
Chapter 28: Government Regulation of Corporate Business
Case Study: Gries Sports Enterprises, Inc. V. Cleveland Browns Football Co., Inc.

Part Eight: Property Law
Chapter 29: Personal Property and Bailments
Chapter 30: Real Property and Landlord and Tenant Law
Chapter 31: Wills, Trusts, and Advanced Directives
Case Study: Estate of Saueressig v. Goff

Part Nine: The Legal Environment
Chapter 32: Professional Liability
Chapter 33: The Intersection of Law and Science
Chapter 34: International Law
Case Study: Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Request for Advisory Opinion), The International Court of Justice

Appendix A: U.S. Constitution
Appendix B: Uniform Commercial Code (Abridged)
Appendix C: United Nations Convention for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)