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Legal Aspects of Property, Estate Planning, and Insurance
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Contents· 128 sections
- 01: Introduction to Law and Legal Systems
- 1.01: What Is Law?
- 1.02: Schools of Legal Thought
- 1.03: Basic Concepts and Categories of US Positive Law
- 1.04: Sources of Law and Their Priority
- 1.05: Legal and Political Systems of the World
- 1.06: A Sample Case
- 1.07: Summary and Exercises
- 02: Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
- 2.01: What is Ethics
- 2.02: Major Ethical Perspectives
- 2.03: An Ethical Decision Model
- 2.04: Corporations and Corporate Government
- 2.05: Summary and Exercises
- 03: Courts and the Legal Process
- 3.01: The Relationship between State and Federal Court Systems in the United States
- 3.02: The Problem of Jurisdiction
- 3.03: Motions and Discovery
- 3.04: The Pretrial and Trial Phase
- 3.05: Judgment, Appeal, and Execution
- 3.06: When Can Someone Bring a Lawsuit
- 3.07: Relations with Lawyers
- 3.08: Alternative Means of Resolving Disputes
- 3.09: Cases
- 04: Constitutional Law and US Commerce
- 4.01: Basic Aspects of the US Constitution
- 4.02: The Commerce Clause
- 4.03: Dormant Commerce Clause
- 4.04: Preemption- The Supremacy Clause
- 4.05: Business and the Bill of Rights
- 4.06: Cases
- 4.07: Summary and Exercises
- 05: Administrative Law
- 5.01: Administrative Agencies- Their Structure and Powers
- 5.02: Controlling Administrative Agencies
- 5.03: The Administrative Procedure Act
- 5.04: Administrative Burdens on Business Operations
- 5.05: The Scope of Judicial Review
- 5.06: Cases
- 5.07: Summary and Exercises
- 06: Criminal Law
- 6.01: The Nature of Criminal Law
- 6.02: Types of Crimes
- 6.03: The Nature of a Criminal Act
- 6.04: Responsibility
- 6.05: Procedure
- 6.06: Constitutional Rights of the Accused
- 6.07: Cases
- 6.08: Summary and Exercises
- 07: Introduction to Tort Law
- 7.01: Purpose of Tort Laws
- 7.02: Intentional Torts
- 7.03: Negligence
- 7.04: Strict Liability
- 7.05: Cases
- 7.06: Summary and Exercises
- 08: Contracts
- 8.01: General Perspectives on Contracts
- 8.02: Contract Formation
- 8.03: Remedies
- 8.04: Cases
- 8.05: Summary and Exercises
- 09: Introduction to Property - Personal Property and Fixtures
- 9.01: The General Nature of Property Rights
- 9.02: Personal Property
- 9.03: Fixtures
- 9.04: Case
- 9.05: Summary and Exercises
- 10: Intellectual Property
- 10.01: Patents
- 10.02: Trade Secrets
- 10.03: Copyright
- 10.04: Trademarks
- 10.05: Cases
- 10.06: Summary and Exercises
- 11: The Nature and Regulation of Real Estate and the Environment
- 11.01: Estates
- 11.02: Rights Incident to Possession and Ownership of Real Estate
- 11.03: Easements- Rights in the Lands of Others
- 11.04: Regulation of Land Use
- 11.05: Environmental Law
- 11.06: Cases
- 11.07: Summary and Exercises
- 12: The Transfer of Real Estate by Sale
- 12.01: Forms of Ownership
- 12.02: Brokers, Contracts, Proof of Title, and Closing
- 12.03: Adverse Possession
- 12.04: Cases
- 12.05: Summary and Exercises
- 13: Landlord and Tenant Law
- 13.01: Types and Creation of Leasehold Estates
- 13.02: Rights and Duties of Landlords and Tenants
- 13.03: Transfer of Landlord's or Tenant's Interest
- 13.04: Landlord's Tort Liability
- 13.05: Cases
- 13.06: Summary and Exercises
- 14: Estate Planning - Wills Estates and Trusts
- 14.01: Wills and Estate Administration
- 14.02: Trusts
- 14.03: Factors Affecting Estates and Trusts
- 14.04: Cases
- 14.05: Summary and Exercises
- 15: Insurance
- 15.01: Definitions and Types of Insurance
- 15.02: Property Insurance Liability Insurance and Life Insurance
- 15.03: Insurers Defenses
- 15.04: Case
- 15.05: Summary and Exercises
- 16: Secured Transactions and Suretyship
- 16.01: Introduction to Secured Transactions
- 16.02: Priorities
- 16.03: Rights of Creditor on Default and Disposition after Repossession
- 16.04: Suretyship
- 16.05: Cases
- 16.06: Summary and Exercises
- 17: Mortgages and Nonconsensual Liens
- 17.01: Uses, History, and Creation of Mortgages
- 17.02: Priority, Termination of the Mortgage, and Other Methods of Using Real Estate as Security
- 17.03: Nonconsensual Lien
- 17.04: Cases
- 17.05: Summary and Exercises
- 18: Bailments and the Storage Shipment and Leasing of Goods
- 18.01: Introduction to Bailment Law
- 18.02: Liability of the Parties to a Bailment
- 18.03: The Storage and Shipping of Goods
- 18.04: Negotiation and Transfer of Documents of Title (or Commodity Paper)
- 18.05: Cases
- 18.06: Summary and Exercises