Law for Business

by BARNES

• ISBN13: 9780073524931
• ISBN10: 007352493X
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-20
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

Business Law 10/ehas provided students with a comprehensive, yet concise treatment of the legal issues of fundamental importance to business students and the business profession. The cases, which have always been a strong feature, are edited and re-written by the authors, who divide the material into three categories: facts, issues, decisions. The authors, Barnes, Dworkin, and Richards, choose cases that are appropriate to explain precedent and history as well as include "hot topic" cases that relate to current events. In addition to case applications, the authors use such techniques as content summaries to apply concepts to practice. Effective managers and employees must develop knowledge of both law and business because people involved in business also are involved in, and greatly affected by, the laws concerning business.

Author Biography

A. James Barnes is Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs and Adjunct Professor of Law at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Law	p. 2
Law, Legal Reasoning, and the Legal Profession	p. 3
Dispute Settlement	p. 27
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility	p. 50
Business and the Constitution	p. 78
Crimes	p. 96
Intentional Torts	p. 111
Negligence and Strict Liability	p. 127
Licensing and Intellectual Property	p. 140
Contracts	p. 164
The Nature and Origins of Contracts	p. 165
Creating a Contract: Offers	p. 180
Creating a Contract: Acceptances	p. 196
Consideration	p. 211
Capacity to Contract	p. 226
Voluntary Consent	p. 238
Illegality	p. 253
The Form and Meaning of Contracts	p. 268
Third Parties' Contract Rights	p. 285
Performance and Remedies	p. 296
Sales	p. 314
Formation and Terms of Sales Contracts	p. 315
Warranties and Product Liability	p. 335
Performance of Sales Contracts	p. 361
Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts	p. 379
Agency and Employment	p. 398
The Agency Relationship - Creation, Duties, and Termination	p. 399
Liability of Principles and Agents to Third Parties	p. 421
Employment Laws	p. 441
Business Organizations	p. 464
Which Form of Business Organization?	p. 465
Partnerships	p. 487
Formation and Termination of Corporations	p. 511
Management of the Corporate Business	p. 534
Financing the Corporation and the Role of the Shareholders	p. 555
Securities Regulation	p. 578
Legal Liability of Accountants	p. 602
Property	p. 622
Personal Property and Bailments	p. 623
Real Property	p. 646
Landlord and Tenant	p. 678
Estates and Trusts	p. 701
Insurance	p. 727
Commercial Paper	p. 748
Negotiable Instruments	p. 749
Negotiation and Holder in Due Course	p. 766
Liability of Parties	p. 793
Checks and Electronic Fund Transfers	p. 819
Credit Transactions	p. 838
Introduction to Security	p. 839
Security Interests in Personal Property	p. 854
Bankruptcy	p. 882
Government Regulation	p. 914
The Antitrust Laws	p. 915
Consumer Protection Laws	p. 939
Environmental Regulation	p. 956
The Constitution of the United States of America	p. 980
Glossary of Legal Terms and Definitions	p. 997
Spanish-English Equivalents for Important Legal Terms	p. 1017
Index	p. 1021
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