Dynamic Business Law : The Essentials

by Kubasek, Nancy; Browne, M. Neil; Herron, Dan; Giampetro-Meyer, Andrea; Barkacs, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780073377681
• ISBN10: 0073377686
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-29
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

Dynamic Business Law is appropriate for the one-semester Business Law course. It contains the basics of business law but does not get bogged down in the kind of details that are more appropriate in an upper-level law class. The text provides an examination of the basic questions, concepts, and legal rules of business law. Emphasis on the BUSINESS in business law. Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials emphasizes the tie of legal issues back to the core business curriculum. This will help both students and faculty. Faculty need to know how this is integrated as they are constantly 'defending' the inclusion of this course in the business curriculum. And students need to understand how the concepts tie to their future business careers. Emphasis on TEACHING. Many professors teaching this course are attorneys first and academics second. They do not have a lot of time to prepare or think about how to apply this information effectively for their business students. Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials contains a helpful instructor's manual, particularly for the many adjuncts teaching this course. Emphasis on CRITICAL THINKING. Neil Browne, one of the co-authors of this text, has written a successful text on critical thinking. His framework is included in Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials as well to help students learn how to frame and reframe a question/issue. Critical thinking questions are also included at the end of each case, to tie in this component even further.

Table of Contents

The Legal Environment of Business

An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Dynamic Business Law

Business Ethics and White-Collar Crime

The U.S. Legal System and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Constitutional Principles

Tort Law

Real and Intellectual Property

Contracts

Introduction to Contracts and Agreement

Consideration

Capacity and Legality

Reality of Assent

Contracts in Writing and Third-Party Contracts

Discharge and Remedies

Domestic and International Sales Law

Formation and Performance of Sales and Lease Contracts

Performance and Obligations under Sales and Lease Contracts

Negotiable Instruments and Banking

Negotiable Instruments: Negotiability and Transferability

Holder in Due Course, Liability, and Defenses

Creditorsn++ Rights and Bankruptcy

Secured Transactions, Creditorsn++ Rights, and Bankruptcy

Agency

Agency and Liability to Third Parties

Business Organizations

Forms of Business Organizations

Partnerships

Corporations: Formation and Organization

Securities Regulation

Government Regulation

Administrative Law

Employment and Discrimination Law

Consumer Law

Appendices

The Constitution of the United States of America

Uniform Commercial Code

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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