West's business law : Alternate edition : text summarized cases legal, ethical, international, and e-commerce environment / [printed text] / Gaylord A. Jentz, Author ; Roger LeRoy Miller, Author ; Frank B. Cross, Author  . -  10th ed. . - Mason, Ohio : Thomson South-Western, 2007 . - xxxiv, 972 p., A-242 p., G-36 p., TC-10p., I-31 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-324-36499-6
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Class number:

340

Contents note:

Unit One The Legal Environment of Business 1. Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning; 2. Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution; 3. Court Procedures; 4. Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business; 5. Ethics and Business Decision Making Unit wo Torts and Crimes 6. Intentional Torts; 7. Negligence and Strict Liability; 8. Intellectual Property; 9. Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes Unit Three Contracts and E-Contracts 10. Nature and Terminology; 11. Agreement; 12. Consideration; 13. Capacity and Legality; 14. Genuineness of Assent; 15. The Statute of Frauds; 16. Third Party Rights; 17. Performance and Discharge; 18. Breach of Contract and Remedies; 19. E-Contracts Unit Four Domestic and International Sales and Lease Contracts 20. The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts; 21. Title, Risk, and Insurable Interest; 22. Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts; 23. Warranties and Product Liability Unit Five Negotiable Instruments 24. The Function and Creation of Negotiable Instruments; 25. Transferability and Holder in Due Course; 26. Liability, Defenses, and Discharge; 27. Checks, the Banking System, and E-Money Unit Six Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy 28. Creditors' Rights and Remedies; 29. Secured Transactions; 30. Bankruptcy Law Unit Seven Agency and Employment 31. Agency Formation and Duties; 32. Liability to Third Parties and Termination; 33. Employment and Labor Law; 34. Employment Discrimination Unit Eight Business Organizations 35. Sole Proprietorships and Franchises; 36. Sole Proprietorships and Limited Liability Partnerships; 37. Limited Liability Companies and Special Business Forms; 38. Corporations - Formation and Financing; 39. Corporations - Directors, Officers, and Shareholders; 40. Corporations - Merger, Consolidation and Termination; 41. Corporations - Securities Law and Corporate Governance; 42. Law for Small Businesses Unit Nine Government Regulation 43. Administrative Law; 44. Consumer Law; 45. Environmental Law; 46. Antitrust Law Unit Ten Property 47. Personal Property and Bailments; 48. Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Relationship Unit Eleven Special Topics 49. Insurance; 50. Wills, Trusts and Elder Law; 51. Professional Liability and Accountability; 52. International Law Appendices: A. How to brief Cases and Analyze case Problems; B. The Constitution of the United States; C. The Uniform Commercial Code; D. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Excerpts); E. The Uniform Partnership Act (Excerpts); F. The Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (Excerpts); G. The Revised Model Business Corporation Act (Excerpts); H. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act for 2002 (Excerpts and Explanatory Comments); I. Sample Answers for End-of-Chapter; Glossary; Table of Cases; Index.