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Advanced Business Law and the Legal Environment

Advanced Business Law and the Legal Environment provides students with context and essential legal concepts relating to the Uniform Commercial Code and various aspects of property law. The text provides the vocabulary and legal savvy necessary for business people to talk in an educated way to their customers, employees, suppliers, and other stakeholders — and to their own lawyers.

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Contents· 237 sections
  1. 01: Law and Legal Systems
  2. 1.01: What Is Law
  3. 1.02: Schools of Legal Thought
  4. 1.03: Basic Concepts and Categories of US Positive Law
  5. 1.04: Sources of Law and Their Priority
  6. 1.05: Legal and Political Systems of the World
  7. 1.06: A Sample Case
  8. 1.07: Summary and Exercises
  9. 02: Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
  10. 2.01: What Is Ethics
  11. 2.02: Major Ethical Perspectives
  12. 2.03: An Ethical Decision Model
  13. 2.04: Corporations and Corporate Governance
  14. 2.05: Summary and Exercises
  15. 03: Courts and the Legal Process
  16. 3.01: Introduction to the Courts and the Legal Process
  17. 3.02: The Relationship between State and Federal Court Systems in the United States
  18. 3.03: The Problem of Jurisdiction
  19. 3.04: Motions and Discovery
  20. 3.05: The Pretrial and Trial Phase
  21. 3.06: Judgment Appeal and Execution
  22. 3.07: When Can Someone Bring a Lawsuit
  23. 3.08: Relations with Lawyers
  24. 3.09: Alternative Means of Resolving Disputes
  25. 3.10: Cases
  26. 04: Constitutional Law and US Commerce
  27. 4.01: Basic Aspects of the US Constitution
  28. 4.02: The Commerce Clause
  29. 4.03: Dormant Commerce Clause
  30. 4.04: Preemption- The Supremacy Clause
  31. 4.05: Business and the Bill of Rights
  32. 4.06: Cases
  33. 4.07: Summary and Exercises
  34. 05: Administrative Law
  35. 5.01: Administrative Agencies- Their Structure and Powers
  36. 5.02: Controlling Administrative Agencies
  37. 5.03: The Administrative Procedure Act
  38. 5.04: Administrative Burdens on Business Operations
  39. 5.05: The Scope of Judicial Review
  40. 5.06: Cases
  41. 5.07: Summary and Exercises
  42. 06: Criminal Law
  43. 6.01: Introduction to Criminal Law
  44. 6.02: Types of Crimes
  45. 6.03: The Nature of a Criminal Act
  46. 6.04: Responsibility
  47. 6.05: Procedure
  48. 6.06: Constitutional Rights of the Accused
  49. 6.07: Cases
  50. 6.08: Summary and Exercises
  51. 07: Tort Law
  52. 7.01: Purpose of Tort Laws
  53. 7.02: Intentional Torts
  54. 7.03: Negligence
  55. 7.04: Strict Liability
  56. 7.05: Cases
  57. 7.06: Summary and Exercises
  58. 08: Contracts
  59. 8.01: General Perspectives on Contracts
  60. 8.02: Contract Formation
  61. 8.03: Remedies
  62. 8.04: Cases
  63. 8.05: Summary and Exercises
  64. 09: Products Liability
  65. 9.01: Why Products-Liability Law Is Important
  66. 9.02: Warranties
  67. 9.03: Negligence
  68. 9.04: Strict Liability in Tort
  69. 9.05: Tort Reform
  70. 9.06: Cases
  71. 9.07: Summary and Exercises
  72. 10: Consumer Credit Transactions
  73. 10.01: Introduction to Consumer Credit Transactions
  74. 10.02: Entering into a Credit Transaction
  75. 10.03: Consumer Protection Laws and Debt Collection Practices
  76. 10.04: Cases
  77. 10.05: Summary and Exercises
  78. 11: Secured Transactions and Suretyship
  79. 11.01: Introduction to Secured Transactions
  80. 11.02: Priorities
  81. 11.03: Rights of Creditor on Default and Disposition after Repossession
  82. 11.04: Suretyship
  83. 11.05: Cases
  84. 11.06: Summary and Exercises
  85. 12: Mortgages and Nonconsensual Liens
  86. 12.01: Uses History and Creation of Mortgages
  87. 12.02: Priority Termination of the Mortgage and Other Methods of Using Real Estate as Security
  88. 12.03: Nonconsensual Liens
  89. 12.04: Cases
  90. 12.05: Summary and Exercises
  91. 13: Bankruptcy
  92. 13.01: Introduction to Bankruptcy and Overview of the 2005 Bankruptcy Act
  93. 13.02: Case Administration Creditors Claims Debtors Exemptions and Dischargeable Debts Debtors Estate
  94. 13.03: Chapter 7 Liquidation
  95. 13.04: Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcies
  96. 13.05: Alternatives to Bankruptcy
  97. 13.06: Cases
  98. 13.07: Summary and Exercises
  99. 14: Relationships between Principal and Agent
  100. 14.01: Introduction to Agency and the Types of Agents
  101. 14.02: Duties between Agent and Principal
  102. 14.03: Cases
  103. 14.04: Summary and Exercises
  104. 15: Liability of Principal and Agent Termination of Agency
  105. 15.01: Principals Contract Liability
  106. 15.02: Principals Tort and Criminal Liability
  107. 15.03: Agents Personal Liability for Torts and Contracts Termination of Agency
  108. 15.04: Cases
  109. 15.05: Summary and Exercises
  110. 16: Employment Law
  111. 16.01: Introduction to Employment Law
  112. 16.02: Federal Employment Discrimination Laws
  113. 16.03: Employment at Will
  114. 16.04: Other Employment-Related Laws
  115. 16.05: Cases
  116. 16.06: Summary and Exercises
  117. 17: Labor-Management Relations
  118. 17.01: Introduction to Labor-Management Relations
  119. 17.02: A Brief History of Labor Legislation
  120. 17.03: The National Labor Relations Board- Organization and Functions
  121. 17.04: Labor and Management Rights under the Federal Labor Laws
  122. 17.05: Case
  123. 17.06: Summary and Exercises
  124. 18: PartnershipsGeneral Characteristics and Formation
  125. 18.01: Introduction to Partnerships and Entity Theory
  126. 18.02: Partnership Formation
  127. 18.03: Cases
  128. 18.04: Summary and Exercises
  129. 19: Partnership Operation and Termination
  130. 19.02: Operation- Relations among Partners
  131. 19.03: Operation- The Partnership and Third Parties
  132. 19.04: Dissolution and Winding Up
  133. 19.05: Cases
  134. 19.06: Summary and Exercises
  135. 20: Hybrid Business Forms
  136. 20.01: Introduction to Hybrid Business Forms
  137. 20.02: Limited Partnerships
  138. 20.03: Limited Liability Companies
  139. 20.04: Other Forms
  140. 20.05: Cases
  141. 20.06: Summary and Exercises
  142. 21: CorporationGeneral Characteristics and Formation
  143. 21.01: Historical Background
  144. 21.02: Partnerships versus Corporations
  145. 21.03: The Corporate Veil- The Corporation as a Legal Entity
  146. 21.04: Classifications of Corporations
  147. 21.05: Corporate Organization
  148. 21.06: Effect of Organization
  149. 21.07: Cases
  150. 21.08: Summary and Exercises
  151. 22: Legal Aspects of Corporate Finance
  152. 22.01: General Sources of Corporate Funds
  153. 22.02: Bonds
  154. 22.03: Types of Stock
  155. 22.04: Initial Public Offerings and Consideration for Stock
  156. 22.05: Dividends
  157. 22.06: The Winds of Change
  158. 22.07: Cases
  159. 22.08: Summary and Exercises
  160. 23: Corporate Powers and Management
  161. 23.01: Powers of a Corporation
  162. 23.02: Rights of Shareholders
  163. 23.03: Duties and Powers of Directors and Officers
  164. 23.04: Liability of Directors and Officers
  165. 23.05: Cases
  166. 23.06: Summary and Exercises
  167. 24: Securities Regulation
  168. 24.01: The Nature of Securities Regulation
  169. 24.02: Liability under Securities Law
  170. 24.03: Cases
  171. 24.04: Summary and Exercises
  172. 25: Corporate Expansion State and Federal Regulation of Foreign Corporations and Corporate Dissolution
  173. 25.01: Corporate Expansion
  174. 25.02: Foreign Corporations
  175. 25.03: Dissolution
  176. 25.04: Cases
  177. 25.05: Summary and Exercises
  178. 26: Antitrust Law
  179. 26.01: History and Basic Framework of Antitrust Laws in the United States
  180. 26.02: Horizontal Restraints of Trade
  181. 26.03: Vertical Restraints of Trade
  182. 26.04: Price Discrimination- The Robinson-Patman Act
  183. 26.05: Exemptions
  184. 26.06: Sherman Act Section 2- Concentrations of Market Power
  185. 26.07: Acquisitions and Mergers under Section 7 of the Clayton Act
  186. 26.08: Cases
  187. 26.09: Summary and Exercises
  188. 27: Unfair Trade Practices and the Federal Trade Commission
  189. 27.01: The Federal Trade Commission- Powers and Law Governing Deceptive Acts
  190. 27.02: Deceptive Acts and Practices
  191. 27.03: Unfair Trade Practices
  192. 27.04: Remedies
  193. 27.05: Cases
  194. 27.06: Summary and Exercises
  195. 28: The Nature and Regulation of Real Estate and the Environment
  196. 28.01: Estates
  197. 28.02: Rights Incident to Possession and Ownership of Real Estate
  198. 28.03: Easements- Rights in the Lands of Others
  199. 28.04: Regulation of Land Use
  200. 28.05: Environmental Law
  201. 28.06: Cases
  202. 28.07: Summary and Exercises
  203. 29: Personal Property and Fixtures
  204. 29.01: The General Nature of Property Rights
  205. 29.02: Personal Property
  206. 29.03: Fixtures
  207. 29.04: Case
  208. 29.05: Summary and Exercises
  209. 30: Intellectual Property
  210. 30.01: Introduction to Intellectual Property
  211. 30.02: Patents
  212. 30.03: Trade Secrets
  213. 30.04: Copyright
  214. 30.05: Trademarks
  215. 30.06: Cases
  216. 30.07: Summary and Exercises
  217. 31: The Transfer of Real Estate By Sale
  218. 31.01: Introduction to the Transfer of Real Estate by Sale
  219. 31.02: Forms of Ownership
  220. 31.03: Brokers Contracts Proof of Title and Closing
  221. 31.04: Adverse Possession
  222. 31.05: Cases
  223. 31.06: Summary and Exercises
  224. 32: Landlord and Tenant Laws
  225. 32.01: Types and Creation of Leasehold Estates
  226. 32.02: Rights and Duties of Landlords and Tenants
  227. 32.03: Transfer of Landlords or Tenants Interest
  228. 32.04: Landlords Tort Liability
  229. 32.05: Cases
  230. 32.06: Summary and Exercises
  231. 33: International Law
  232. 33.01: Introduction to International Law
  233. 33.02: Sources and Practice of International Law
  234. 33.03: Important Doctrines of Nation-State Judicial Decisions
  235. 33.04: Regulating Trade
  236. 33.05: Cases
  237. 33.06: Summary and Exercises