West’s Business Law with Online Research Guide,9780324152821

West’s Business Law with Online Research Guide

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Edition: 9th
ISBN13: 9780324152821
ISBN10: 0324152825
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-02-24
Publisher(s): South-Western College/West
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This text is used at more colleges and universities than any other business law text. With the perfect balance of tradition and innovation, this benchmark text brings to life the functions and inner-workings of business law in the real world. Rich with classic and modern cases, West's Business Law is the ideal text for students entering virtually any field of business. By combining this market leading text with a complete supplements and technology package, this is the one clear choice in business law courses.

Table of Contents

UNIT ONE The Legal Environment of Business
1(100)
Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning
2(28)
Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
30(23)
Court Procedures
53(22)
Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business
75(26)
UNIT TWO Torts and Crimes
101(96)
Torts and Cyber Torts
102(24)
Strict Liability and Product Liability
126(14)
Intellectual Property and Internet Law
140(24)
Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes
164(33)
UNIT THREE Contracts and E-Contracts
197(158)
Nature and Terminology
198(12)
Agreement
210(17)
Consideration
227(13)
Capacity and Legality
240(18)
Genuineness of Assent
258(14)
The Statute of Frauds
272(15)
Third Party Rights
287(13)
Performance and Discharge
300(15)
Breach of Contract and Remedies
315(15)
E-Contracts
330(25)
UNIT FOUR Domestic and International Sales and Lease Contracts
355(94)
The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts
356(25)
Title, Risk, and Insurable Interest
381(15)
Performance of Sales and Lease Contracts
396(15)
Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts
411(13)
Sales and Lease Warranties
424(25)
UNIT FIVE Negotiable Instruments
449(92)
The Function and Creation of Negotiable Instruments
450(16)
Transferability and Holder in Due Course
466(19)
Liability, Defenses, and Discharge
485(22)
Checks, the Banking System, and E-Money
507(34)
UNIT SIX Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
541(70)
Secured Transactions
542(24)
Other Creditors' Remedies and Suretyship
566(15)
Bankruptcy Law
581(30)
UNIT SEVEN Agency and Employment
611(84)
Agency Formation and Duties
612(14)
Liability to Third Parties and Termination
626(21)
Labor and Employment Law
647(22)
Employment Discrimination
669(26)
UNIT EIGHT Business Organizations
695(150)
Sole Proprietorships and Franchises
696(11)
Partnerships and Special Business Forms
707(22)
Corporations---Formation and Financing
729(21)
Corporations---Directors, Officers, and Shareholders
750(20)
Corporations---Merger, Consolidation, and Termination
770(13)
Corporations---Investor Protection and Online Securities Offerings
783(23)
Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships
806(16)
Ethics and Business Decision Making
822(23)
UNIT NINE Government Regulation
845(74)
Administrative Law
846(17)
Consumer Law
863(14)
Environmental Law
877(18)
Antitrust Law
895(24)
UNIT TEN Property
919(68)
Personal Property and Bailments
920(24)
Real Property
944(20)
Landlord-Tenant Relationships
964(23)
UNIT ELEVEN Special Topics
987
Insurance
988(17)
Wills, Trusts, and Elder Law
1005(22)
Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals
1027(18)
International and Comparative Law
1045(21)
Law for Small Business
1066
APPENDICES
A How to Brief Cases and Analyze Case Problems
A-2
B The Constitution of the United States
A-5
C The Uniform Commercial Code
A-14
D The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Excerpts)
A-189
E The Uniform Partnership Act
A-193
F The Revised Uniform Partnership Act (Excerpts)
A-202
G The Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act
A-206
H The Revised Model Business Corporation Act (Excerpts)
A-217
I The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Excerpts)
A-227
J The Securities Act of 1933 (Excerpts)
A-230
K The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts)
A-232
L Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts)
A-233
M The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Excerpts)
A-235
N The Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 (Excerpts)
A-237
O The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (Excerpts)
A-239
P The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Excerpts)
A-241
Q The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (Excerpts)
A-243
R The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (Excerpts)
A-246
S Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English
A-248
Glossary G-1
Table of Cases TC-1
Index I-1

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