Business law : the legal, ethical, and international environment
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Business law : the legal, ethical, and international environment
Prentice Hall, c1995
2nd ed
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PART I. LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS. 1. Introduction to Law & Legal Thinking. 2. Judicial & Nonjudicial Dispute Resolution. 3. Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business. 4. International Law, Courts & Organizations. PART II. TORTS, CRIMES, ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. 5. Intentional Torts, Negligence & Strict Liability. 6. Business Torts and Intellectual Property. 7. Criminal Law and Business Crimes. 8. Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business. PART III. CONTRACTS. 9. Nature and Classification. 10. Agreement. 11. Consideration. 12. Capacity and Legality. 13. Genuineness of Assent. 14. Writing and Contract Form. 15. Third Party Rights and Discharge of Contracts. 16. Contract Remedies and Torts Associated with Contracts. PART IV. SALES AND LEASE CONTRACTS. 17. Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts. 18. Title, Risk and Insurance Interest. 19. Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts. 20. Sales and Lease Warranties. 21. Products Liability. PART V. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. 22. Creation. 23. Transfer. 24. Holder in Due Course. 25. Checks. PART VI. CREDIT AND BANKRUPTCY. 26. Credit, Suretyship and Lender Liability. 27. Secured Transactions. 28. Bankruptcy and Reorganization. PART VII. AGENCY LAW. 29. Creation and Termination of Agency Relationships. 30. Liability of Principles and Agents. PART VIII. SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS. 31. Forms of Conducting Domestic and International Business and Sole Proprietorships. 32. Formation and Dissolution of General Partnerships. 33. Operation of General Partnerships. 34. Limited Partnerships. PART IX. CORPORATIONS. 35. Nature, Formation, and Financing of Corporations. 36. Powers and Management of Corps. 37. Liability of Corporate Directors, Officers and Shareholders. 38. Mergers, Acquisitions and Hostile Takeovers of Corporations. 39. Securities Regulation and Investor Protection. 40. Private Franchises and Licensing. PART X. EMPLOYMENT LAW. 41. Employment Contracts and Worker Protection Laws. 42. Equal Opportunity in Employment. 43. Labor Relations Law. 44. Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals. PART XI. GOVERNMENT REGULATION. 45. Administrative Law and Government Regulation. 46. Consumer Protection. 47. Environmental Protection. 48. Antitrust Law and Unfair Methods of Competition. 49. Natural Resource, Agriculture and Commodities Laws. PART XII. PROPERTY. 50. Personal Property, Bailments. 51. Real Property. 52. Landlord-Tenant Relationship and Land Use Control. 53. Insurance. 54. Wills, Trusts, and Estates.
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