Dynamic Business Law

by KUBASEK

• ISBN13: 9780073524917
• ISBN10: 0073524913
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-04
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

OVERVIEW: 3 things to know about the focus of this exciting new text,Dynamic Business Law:Emphasis on the BUSINESS in business law.Dynamic Business Lawemphasizes the tie of legal issues back to the core business curriculum. This will help both students and faculty. Students need to understand how the concepts they learn in this course tie into their business careers. Instructors can easily show that the study of business law is best seen as a foundational component of the larger study of business administration.Emphasis on TEACHING. We know that many of you teaching this course are practicing attorneys, have little prep time for this course, and often don't have a lot of resources at your disposal or teach the course as effectively as you might like.Dynamic Business Lawis written with you in mind. It contains a very detailed and helpful instructor's manual, particularly for the many adjuncts teaching this course. And most importantly, the author team has won dozens of teaching awards, both state and national, and they are dedicated to help you get started using this book.Emphasis on ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING. In chapter 2, the authors introduce a framework for making ethical business decisions that students can use on a regular basis. Following each case there are questions designed to train students to apply this approach. Then repeatedly throughout the chapters, questions about business ethics are raised in the text. This framework is designed to help improve the learning process of students and to give a sense of relevancy to the ethical decision making process.

Table of Contents

the Legal Environment Of Business

An Introduction to Dynamic Business Law

Business Ethics

The U.S. Legal System

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Constitutional Principles

International & Comparative Law

Crime and the Business Community

Tort Law

Negligence and Strict Liability

Product Liability

Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals

Intellectual Property

Contracts

Introduction to Contracts

Agreement

Consideration

Capacity & Legality

Reality of Assent

Contracts in Writing

Third Party Rights to Contracts

Performance, Breach of Contract, Discharge and Remedies

Domestic And International Sales Law

Introduction to Sales and Lease Contracts

Title, Risk of Loss, and Insurable Interest

Performance and Obligations Under Sales and Lease Contracts

Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts

Warranties

Negotiable Instruments And Banking

Negotiable Instruments: Negotiability and Transferability

Negotiation, Holder in Due Course, and Defenses

Liability, Defenses, and Discharge

Checks and Electronic Fund Transfers

Creditors' Rights And Bankruptcy

Secured Transactions

Other Creditors' Remedies and Suretyship

Bankruptcy and Reorganization

Agency

Agency Formation and Duties

Liability to Third Parties and Termination

Business Organizations

Forms of Business Organizations

Partnerships - Nature, Formation, and Operation

Partnerships - Termination and Limited Partnerships

Corporations - Formation and Financing

Corporations - Directors, Officers, and Shareholders

Corporations - Mergers, Consolidations, and Termination

Corporations - Securities and Investor Protection

Employment And Labor Relations

Employment & Labor Law

Employment Discrimination

Government Regulation

Administrative Law

Consumer Law

Environmental Law

Antitrust Law

Property

The Nature of Property, Personal Property, and Bailments

Real Property

Landlord-Tenant Law

Insurance Law

Wills and Trusts

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