Dynamic Business Law: Summarized Cases with Connect Plus

by Kubasek, Nancy; Browne, M. Neil; Herron, Daniel; Dhooge, Lucien; Barkacs, Linda; Williamson, Carrie

• ISBN13: 9780077630454
• ISBN10: 0077630459
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2012-03-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

Dynamic Business Law: Summarized Cases, 1e is appropriate for the two-term business law course.

• Emphasis on the BUSINESS in business law. Dynamic Business Law 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 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 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 further tie in this component.

Table of Contents

Part 1 – The Legal Environment of Business
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Dynamic Business Law
Chapter 2: Business Ethics
Chapter 3: The U.S. Legal System
Chapter 4: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Chapter 5: Constitutional Principles
Chapter 6: International and Comparative Law
Chapter 7: Crime and the Business Community
Chapter 8: Tort Law
Chapter 9: Negligence and Strict Liability
Chapter 10: Product Liability
Chapter 11: Liability of Accounts and Other Professionals
Chapter 12: Intellectual Property

Part 2 – Contracts
Chapter 13: Introduction to Contracts
Chapter 14: Agreement
Chapter 15: Consideration
Chapter 16: Capacity and Legality
Chapter 17: Legal Assent
Chapter 18: Contracts in Writing
Chapter 19: Third-Party Rights to Contracts
Chapter 20: Discharge and Remedies

Part 3 – Domestic and International Sales Law
Chapter 21: Introduction to Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 22: Title, Risk of Loss, and Insurable Interest
Chapter 23: Performance and Obligations under Sales and Leases
Chapter 24: Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 25: Warranties

Part 4 – Negotiable Instruments and Banking
Chapter 26: Negotiable Instruments: Negotiability and Transferability
Chapter 27: Negotiation, Holder in Due Course, and Defenses
Chapter 28: Liability, Defenses, and Discharge
Chapter 29: Checks and Electronic Fund Transfers

Part 5 – Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
Chapter 30: Secured Transactions
Chapter 31: Other Creditors’ Remedies and Suretyship
Chapter 32: Bankruptcy and Reorganization

Part 6 – Agency
Chapter 33: Agency Formation and Duties
Chapter 34: Liability to Third Parties and Termination

Part 7 – Business Organizations
Chapter 35: Forms of Business Organization
Chapter 36: Partnerships: Nature, Formation, and Operation
Chapter 37: Partnerships: Termination and Limited Partnerships
Chapter 38: Corporations: Formation and Financing
Chapter 39: Corporations: Directors, Officers, and Shareholders
Chapter 40: Corporations: Mergers, Consolidations, and Terminations
Chapter 41: Corporations: Securities and Investor Protection

Part 8 – Employment and Labor Relations
Chapter 42: Employment and Labor Law
Chapter 43: Employment Discrimination

Part 9 – Government Regulation
Chapter 44: Administrative Law
Chapter 45: Consumer Law
Chapter 46: Environmental Law
Chapter 47: Antitrust Law

Part 10 – Property
Chapter 48: The Nature of Property, Personal Property, and Bailments
Chapter 49: Real Property
Chapter 50: Landlord-Tenant Law
Chapter 51: Insurance Law
Chapter 52: Wills and Trusts

Appendixes
Appendix A: The Constitution of the United States of America
Appendix B: Uniform Commercial Code
Appendix C: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Appendix D: The Civil Rights Act of 1991