Loose Leaf for Dynamic Business Law

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

• ISBN13: 9781260512724
• ISBN10: 126051272X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Loose-leaf
• Copyright: 2019-01-10
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Part One: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1An Introduction to Dynamic Business Law
2Business Ethics
3The US Legal System
4Alternative Dispute Resolution
5Constitutional Principles
6International and Comparative Law
7Crime and the Business Community
8Tort Law
9Negligence and Strict Liability
10Product Liability
11Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals
12Intellectual Property

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

Part Three: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL SALES LAW
21Introduction to Sales and Lease Contracts
22Title, Risk of Loss, and Insurable Interest
23Performance and Obligations under Sales and Leases
24Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts
25Warranties

Part Four: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND BANKING
26Negotiable Instruments: Negotiability and Transferability
27Negotiation, Holder in Due Course, and Defenses
28Liability, Defenses, and Discharge
29Checks and Electronic Fund Transfers

Part Five: CREDITORS’ RIGHTS AND BANKRUPTCY
30Secured Transactions
31Other Creditors’ Remedies and Suretyship
32Bankruptcy and Reorganization

Part Six: AGENCY
33Agency Formation and Duties
34Liability to Third Parties and Termination

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

Part Eight: EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR RELATIONS
42Employment and Labor Law
43Employment Discrimination

Part Nine: GOVERNMENT REGULATION
44Administrative Law
45Consumer Law
46Environmental Law
47Antitrust Law

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

APPENDIXES
APPENDIX AThe Constitution of the United States of America
APPENDIX BUniform Commercial Code (Articles 1, 2, 2A, and 3)
APPENDIX CTitle VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
APPENDIX DThe Civil Rights Act of 1991