West's Business Law

by Jentz, Gaylord A.; Miller, Roger LeRoy; Cross, Frank B.

• ISBN13: 9780314009975
• ISBN10: 0314009973
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-10-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

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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