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Business Law I

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Business Law I

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Author
Timothy Durfield
Publisher
Citrus College
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CC BY-NC-SA
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Business Administration
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Contents· 147 sections
  1. 01: Introduction to 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: Cases
  17. 3.02: Courts and the Legal Process
  18. 3.03: The Relationship between State and Federal Court Systems in the United States
  19. 3.04: The Problem of Jurisdiction
  20. 3.05: Motions and Discovery
  21. 3.06: The Pretrial and Trial Phase
  22. 3.07: Judgment Appeal and Execution
  23. 3.08: When Can Someone Bring a Lawsuit
  24. 3.09: Relations with Lawyers
  25. 3.10: Alternative Means of Resolving Disputes
  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: Criminal Law
  35. 5.01: The Nature of Criminal Law
  36. 5.02: Types of Crimes
  37. 5.03: The Nature of a Criminal Act
  38. 5.04: Procedure
  39. 5.05: Constitutional Rights of the Accused
  40. 5.06: Cases
  41. 5.07: Summary and Exercises
  42. 06: Introduction to Tort Law
  43. 6.01: Purpose of Tort Laws
  44. 6.02: Intentional Torts
  45. 6.03: Negligence
  46. 6.04: Strict Liability and Product Liability
  47. 6.05: Cases
  48. 6.06: Summary and Exercises
  49. 07: Introduction to Contract Law
  50. 7.01: Case Law and the Uniform Commercial Code
  51. 7.02: Sources of Contract Law
  52. 7.03: Nature and Terminology of Contracts
  53. 7.04: Cases
  54. 7.05: Summary and Exercises
  55. 08: The Agreement
  56. 8.01: The Agreement in General
  57. 8.02: The Offer
  58. 8.03: The Acceptance
  59. 8.04: Cases
  60. 8.05: Summary and Exercises
  61. 09: Consideration
  62. 9.01: General Perspectives on Consideration
  63. 9.02: Legal Sufficiency
  64. 9.03: Promises Enforceable without Consideration
  65. 9.04: Cases
  66. 9.05: Summary and Exercises
  67. 10: Defenses to Contract Formation
  68. 10.01: Duress and Undue Influence
  69. 10.02: Misrepresentation
  70. 10.03: Mistake
  71. 10.04: Capacity
  72. 10.05: Cases
  73. 10.06: Summary and Exercises
  74. 11: Legality
  75. 11.01: General Perspectives on Illegality
  76. 11.02: Agreements in Violation of Statute
  77. 11.03: Bargains Made Illegal by Common Law
  78. 11.04: Effect of Illegality and Exceptions
  79. 11.05: Cases
  80. 11.06: Summary and Exercises
  81. 12: The Writing Requirement and Interpretation of Agreements
  82. 12.01: The Statute of Frauds
  83. 12.02: The Parol Evidence Rule
  84. 12.03: Interpretation of Agreements- Practicalities versus Legalities
  85. 12.04: Cases
  86. 12.05: Summary and Exercises
  87. 13: Third-Party Rights
  88. 13.01: Assignment of Contract Rights
  89. 13.02: Delegation of Duties
  90. 13.03: Third-Party Beneficiaries
  91. 13.04: Cases
  92. 13.05: Summary and Exercises
  93. 14: Discharge of Obligations
  94. 14.01: Performance Discharge and Defenses to Contract Breach
  95. 14.02: Cases
  96. 14.03: Summary and Exercises
  97. 15: Remedies
  98. 15.01: Theory of Contract Remedies
  99. 15.02: Promisees Interests Protected by Contract
  100. 15.03: Legal Remedies- Damages (Monetary)
  101. 15.04: Equitable Remedies
  102. 15.05: Limitations on Contract Remedies
  103. 15.06: Cases
  104. 15.07: Summary and Exercises
  105. 16: Introduction to Sales and Leases
  106. 16.01: Commercial Transactions- the Uniform Commercial Code
  107. 16.02: Introduction to Sales and Lease Law and the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
  108. 16.03: Sales Law Compared with Common-Law Contracts and the CISG
  109. 16.04: General Obligations under UCC Article 2
  110. 16.05: Cases
  111. 16.06: Summary and Exercises
  112. 17: Title and Risk of Loss
  113. 17.01: Transfer of Title
  114. 17.02: Title from Nonowners
  115. 17.03: Risk of Loss
  116. 17.04: Cases
  117. 17.05: Summary and Exercises
  118. 18: Performance and Remedies
  119. 18.01: Performance by the Seller
  120. 18.02: Performance by Buyer
  121. 18.03: Remedies
  122. 18.04: Excuses for Nonperformance
  123. 18.05: Cases
  124. 18.06: Summary and Exercises
  125. 19: Products Liability
  126. 19.01: Introduction- Why Products-Liability Law Is Important
  127. 19.02: Warranties
  128. 19.03: Negligence
  129. 19.04: Tort Reform
  130. 19.05: Cases
  131. 19.06: Summary and Exercises
  132. 20: Agency
  133. 20.01: Introduction
  134. 20.02: The Agency Relationship
  135. 20.03: Duties of Agents and Principals
  136. 20.04: Liability to Third Parties
  137. 20.05: Termination of Agency Relationship
  138. 20.06: Concluding Thoughts
  139. 21: Business Organizations
  140. 21.01: Introduction
  141. 21.02: Sole Proprietorship
  142. 21.03: Partnerships
  143. 21.04: Franchises
  144. 21.05: Joint Venture
  145. 21.06: Corporations
  146. 21.07: Limited Liability Entities
  147. 21.08: Concluding Thoughts