West’s Business Law with Online Research Guide

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

• ISBN13: 9780324152821
• ISBN10: 0324152825
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-24
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Summary

This text is used at more colleges and universities than any other business law text. With the perfect balance of tradition and innovation, this benchmark text brings to life the functions and inner-workings of business law in the real world. Rich with classic and modern cases, West's Business Law is the ideal text for students entering virtually any field of business. By combining this market leading text with a complete supplements and technology package, this is the one clear choice in business law courses.

Table of Contents

UNIT ONE The Legal Environment of Business	1	(100)
Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning	2	(28)
Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution	30	(23)
Court Procedures	53	(22)
Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business	75	(26)
UNIT TWO Torts and Crimes	101	(96)
Torts and Cyber Torts	102	(24)
Strict Liability and Product Liability	126	(14)
Intellectual Property and Internet Law	140	(24)
Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes	164	(33)
UNIT THREE Contracts and E-Contracts	197	(158)
Nature and Terminology	198	(12)
Agreement	210	(17)
Consideration	227	(13)
Capacity and Legality	240	(18)
Genuineness of Assent	258	(14)
The Statute of Frauds	272	(15)
Third Party Rights	287	(13)
Performance and Discharge	300	(15)
Breach of Contract and Remedies	315	(15)
E-Contracts	330	(25)
UNIT FOUR Domestic and International Sales and Lease Contracts	355	(94)
The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts	356	(25)
Title, Risk, and Insurable Interest	381	(15)
Performance of Sales and Lease Contracts	396	(15)
Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts	411	(13)
Sales and Lease Warranties	424	(25)
UNIT FIVE Negotiable Instruments	449	(92)
The Function and Creation of Negotiable Instruments	450	(16)
Transferability and Holder in Due Course	466	(19)
Liability, Defenses, and Discharge	485	(22)
Checks, the Banking System, and E-Money	507	(34)
UNIT SIX Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy	541	(70)
Secured Transactions	542	(24)
Other Creditors' Remedies and Suretyship	566	(15)
Bankruptcy Law	581	(30)
UNIT SEVEN Agency and Employment	611	(84)
Agency Formation and Duties	612	(14)
Liability to Third Parties and Termination	626	(21)
Labor and Employment Law	647	(22)
Employment Discrimination	669	(26)
UNIT EIGHT Business Organizations	695	(150)
Sole Proprietorships and Franchises	696	(11)
Partnerships and Special Business Forms	707	(22)
Corporations---Formation and Financing	729	(21)
Corporations---Directors, Officers, and Shareholders	750	(20)
Corporations---Merger, Consolidation, and Termination	770	(13)
Corporations---Investor Protection and Online Securities Offerings	783	(23)
Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships	806	(16)
Ethics and Business Decision Making	822	(23)
UNIT NINE Government Regulation	845	(74)
Administrative Law	846	(17)
Consumer Law	863	(14)
Environmental Law	877	(18)
Antitrust Law	895	(24)
UNIT TEN Property	919	(68)
Personal Property and Bailments	920	(24)
Real Property	944	(20)
Landlord-Tenant Relationships	964	(23)
UNIT ELEVEN Special Topics	987
Insurance	988	(17)
Wills, Trusts, and Elder Law	1005	(22)
Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals	1027	(18)
International and Comparative Law	1045	(21)
Law for Small Business	1066
APPENDICES
A How to Brief Cases and Analyze Case Problems	A-2
B The Constitution of the United States	A-5
C The Uniform Commercial Code	A-14
D The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Excerpts)	A-189
E The Uniform Partnership Act	A-193
F The Revised Uniform Partnership Act (Excerpts)	A-202
G The Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act	A-206
H The Revised Model Business Corporation Act (Excerpts)	A-217
I The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Excerpts)	A-227
J The Securities Act of 1933 (Excerpts)	A-230
K The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts)	A-232
L Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts)	A-233
M The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Excerpts)	A-235
N The Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 (Excerpts)	A-237
O The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (Excerpts)	A-239
P The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Excerpts)	A-241
Q The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (Excerpts)	A-243
R The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (Excerpts)	A-246
S Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English	A-248
Glossary	G-1
Table of Cases	TC-1
Index	I-1