Business Law Principles for Today's Commerical Environment (3rd Edition, Paperback)

PART 1: THE LEGAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS. 1. The Nature and Sources of Law. 2. The Court System and Dispute Resolution. 3. Business Ethics, Social Forces, and the Law. 4. The Constitution as the Foundation of the Legal Environment. 5. Government Regulation of Competition and Prices. 6. Administrative Agencies. 7. The Legal Environment of International Trade. 8. Crimes. 9. Torts. 10. Intellectual Property Rights and the Internet. 11. Cyber law. PART 2: CONTRACTS. 12. Nature and Classes of Contracts: Contracting on the Internet. 13. Formation of Contracts: Offer and Acceptance. 14. Capacity and Genuine Assent. 15. Consideration. 16. Legality and Public Policy. 17. Writing, Electronic Forms, and Interpretation of Contracts. 18. Third Persons and Contracts. 19. Discharge of Contracts. 20. Breach of Contract and Remedies. PART 3: SALES AND LEASES OF GOODS. 21. Personal Property and Bailments. 22. Legal Aspects of Supply Chain Management. 23. Nature and Form of Sales. 24. Title and Risk of Loss. 25. Product Liability: Warranties and Torts. 26. Obligations and Performance. 27. Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts. PART 4: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. 28. Kinds of instruments, parties, and negotiability. 29. Transfers of negotiable instruments and warranties of parties. 30. Liability of the parties under negotiable instruments. 31. Checks and funds transfers. PART 5: DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIPS. 32. Nature of the Debtor/Creditor Relationship. 33. Consumer protection. 34. Secured transactions in Personal Property. 35. Bankruptcy. 36. Insurance. PART 6: AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT. 37. Agency. 38. Third persons in agency. 39. Regulation of employment. 40. Equal employment opportunity law. PART 7: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS. 41. Types of business organizations. 42. Partnerships. 43. LPs, LLCs, and LLPs. 44. Corporation Formation. 45. Shareholder rights in corporations. 46. Securities regulation. 47. Accountants' liability and malpractice. 48. Management of corporations. PART 8: REAL PROPERTY AND ESTATES. 49. Real property. 50. Environmental law and land use controls. 51. Leases. 52. Decedents' estates and trusts.