Preface | |
The Legal Environment of Business | p. 1 |
Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning | p. 2 |
Business Ethics | p. 24 |
Courts and Civil Dispute Resolution | p. 43 |
Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business | p. 73 |
Torts | p. 91 |
Criminal Law | p. 114 |
Torts and Crimes Related to Business | p. 130 |
Intellectual Property and Computer Law | p. 146 |
Focus on Ethics - Ethics and Social Responsibility | p. 166 |
Contracts | p. 170 |
Nature and Terminology | p. 172 |
Agreement | p. 184 |
Consideration | p. 203 |
Capacity | p. 219 |
Genuineness of Assent | p. 233 |
Legality and the Statute of Frauds | p. 248 |
Third Party Rights | p. 270 |
Performance and Discharge | p. 283 |
Breach of Contract and Remedies | p. 299 |
Focus and Ethics - Contract Law and the Application of Ethics | p. 314 |
Domestic and International Sales Law | p. 320 |
Introduction to Sales Contracts and Their Formation | p. 322 |
Title, Risk, and Insurable Interest | p. 345 |
Performance and Obligation | p. 363 |
Remedies of Buyer and Seller for Breach | p. 376 |
Introduction to Sales Warranties | p. 392 |
Product Liability | p. 410 |
International Transactions | p. 426 |
Focus on Ethics - Domestic and International Sales Law | p. 441 |
Commercial Paper and Banking | p. 446 |
Basic Concepts of Commercial Paper | p. 448 |
Negotiability and Transfer | p. 457 |
Holder in Due Course and Defenses | p. 476 |
Liability and Discharge | p. 493 |
Checks and the Banking System | p. 507 |
Electronic Fund Transfers | p. 526 |
Focus on Ethics - Commercial Paper and Banking | p. 539 |
Creditors' Rights, Bankruptcy, and Lender Liability | p. 544 |
Secured Transactions | p. 546 |
Other Creditors' Remedies and Suretyship | p. 572 |
Bankruptcy and Reorganization | p. 585 |
Lender Liability | p. 606 |
Focus on Ethics - Creditors' Rights, Bankruptcy, and Lender Liability | p. 620 |
Agency | p. 624 |
Agency Formation and Duties | p. 626 |
Liability to Third Parties and Termination | p. 643 |
Focus on Ethics - Agency | p. 662 |
Business Organizations | p. 666 |
Forms of Business Organization and Private Franchises | p. 668 |
Partnership/Nature, Formation, and Operation | p. 683 |
Partnerships/Termination and Limited Partnerships | p. 698 |
Corporations/Introduction, Formation, and Management Powers | p. 710 |
Corporations/Rights and Duties of Directors, Managers, and Shareholders | p. 731 |
Corporations/Merger, Consolidation, and Termination | p. 744 |
Corporations/Financing and Investor Protection | p. 756 |
Focus and Ethics - Business Organizations | p. 775 |
Government Regulation | p. 782 |
Introduction and Administrative Law | p. 784 |
Consumer Law | p. 801 |
Environmental Law | p. 815 |
Antitrust Law | p. 830 |
Employment and Labor Relations Law | p. 853 |
Focus on Ethics - Government Regulation | p. 876 |
Property | p. 880 |
The Nature of Property and Personality | p. 882 |
Bailments | p. 896 |
Real Property | p. 912 |
Landlord-Tenant Relationships | p. 932 |
Focus on Ethics - Property | p. 949 |
Special Topics | p. 954 |
Insurance | p. 956 |
Wills, Trusts, and Estates | p. 976 |
Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals | p. 995 |
The International Legal Environment | p. 1008 |
Focus on Ethics - Special Topics | p. 1023 |
App.: A. How to Brief a Case and Selected Cases | p. A-1 |
App.: B. The Constitution of the United States | p. A-41 |
App.: C. The Uniform Commercial Code | p. A-51 |
App.: D. The Uniform Partnership Act | p. A-218 |
App.: E. A Guide to Research in Business Law | p. A-227 |
App.: F. Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English | p. A-232 |
Glossary | p. G-1 |
Table of Cases | p. TC-1 |
Index | p. I-1 |
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