Business Law

Visually engaging, enticing and current examples with an overall focus on business. Business Lawcontinues to be the most engaging text for readers by featuring a visually appealing format with enticing and current examples while maintaining its focus on business. Readers will learn business law, ethics, and the legal environment in a way that will encourage them to ask questions and go beyond basic memorization.

Part I: Legal Environment of Business and E-Commerce
Chapter 1: Legal Heritage and the Digital Age
Chapter 2: Courts and Jurisdiction
Chapter 3: Judicial, Alternative, and E-Dispute Resolution
Chapter 4: Constitutional Law for Business and E-Commerce
Part II: Torts, Crimes, and Intellectual Property
Chapter 5: Intentional Torts and Negligence
Chapter 6: Product and Strict Liability
Chapter 7: Intellectual Property and Cyber Piracy
Chapter 8: Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes
Part III: Contracts and E-Commerce
Chapter 9: Nature of Traditional and E-Contracts
Chapter 10: Agreement
Chapter 11: Consideration and Promissory Estoppel
Chapter 12: Capacity and Legality
Chapter 13: Genuineness of Assent and Undue Influence
Chapter 14: Statute of Frauds and Equitable Exceptions
Chapter 15: Third-Party Rights and Discharge
Chapter 16: Remedies for Breach of Traditional and E-Contracts
Chapter 17: E-Commerce and Digital Law
Part IV: Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 18: Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 19: Title To Goods and Risk of Loss
Chapter 20: Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 21: Warranties
Part V: Negotiable Instruments and E-Money
Chapter 22: Creation of Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 23: Holder in Due Course and Transferability
Chapter 24: Liability, Defenses, and Discharge
Chapter 25: Banks, E-Money, and Financial Reform
Part VI: Credit, Secured Transactions, and Bankruptcy
Chapter 26: Credit, Mortgages, and Debtor’s Rights
Chapter 27: Secured Transactions and E-Filing
Chapter 28: Bankruptcy and Reorganization
Part VII: Agency and Employment
Chapter 29: Agency Formation and Termination
Chapter 30: Liability of Principals, Agents, and Independent Contractors
Chapter 31: Employment, Worker Protection, and Immigration Law
Chapter 32: Labor Law and Collective Bargaining
Chapter 33: Equal Opportunity in Employment
Part VIII: Business Organizations, Investor Protection, and Ethics
Chapter 34: Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and General Partnerships
Chapter 35: Limited Partnerships and Special Partnerships
Chapter 36: Corporate Formation and Financing
Chapter 37: Corporate Governance and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Chapter 38: Corporate Acquisitions and Multinational Corporations
Chapter 39: Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships
Chapter 40: Franchises and Special Forms of Business
Chapter 41: Investor Protection, E-Securities, and Wall Street Reform
Chapter 42: Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business
Part IX: Government Regulation
Chapter 43: Administrative Law and Regulatory Agencies
Chapter 44: Consumer Protection and Product Safety
Chapter 45: Environmental Protection
Chapter 46: Antitrust Law and Unfair Trade Practices
Part X: Property and Insurance
Chapter 47: Personal Property and Bailment
Chapter 48: Real Property
Chapter 49: Landlord—Tenant Law and Land Use Regulation
Chapter 50: Insurance
Part XI: Accounting Profession
Chapter 51: Accountants’ Duties and Liability
Part XII: Personal Law
Chapter 52: Wills, Trusts, and Estates
Chapter 53: Family Law
Part XIII: Global Environment
Chapter 54: International and World Trade Law