Business Law Today, Comprehensive Text,

A credible law text with high interest and exceptional visual appeal, BUSINESS LAW TODAY is a book that appeals to both professors and students by providing thorough, dynamic coverage of traditional business law topics and exploration using edited cases. This version includes additional legal environment chapters and those chapters necessary for students taking the CPA exam, making this text the most appropriate BUSINESS LAW TODAY version for accounting students. This text explicitly meets the AACSB curriculum requirements.

UNIT ONE The Legal Environment of Business

1

(236)

The Legal and International Environment

2

(32)

Constitutional Law

34

(26)

Courts and Procedures

60

(35)

Torts

95

(28)

Business Torts and Intellectual Property

123

(25)

Criminal Law

148

(29)

Cyberlaw in the Legal Environment

177

(32)

Ethics and Social Responsibility

209

(28)

UNIT TWO Contracts

237

(142)

Nature and Classification

238

(19)

Agreement and Consideration

257

(27)

Capacity and Legality

284

(23)

Assent and Form

307

(24)

Third Party Rights and Discharge

331

(25)

Breach and Remedies

356

(23)

UNIT THREE Sales and Lease Contracts

379

(112)

The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts

380

(30)

Title and Risk of Loss

410

(21)

Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts

431

(28)

Warranties and Product Liability

459

(32)

UNIT FOUR Negotiable Instruments

491

(84)

Negotiability and Transferability

492

(26)

Rights and Liabilities of Parties

518

(26)

Checks and the Banking System

544

(31)

UNIT FIVE Debtor-Creditor Relationships

575

(64)

Secured Transactions

576

(28)

Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy

604

(35)

UNIT SIX Business Organizations

639

(228)

Agency Relationships in Business

640

(28)

Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships

668

(23)

Partners and Joint Ventures

691

(20)

Corporate Formation and Financing

711

(29)

Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders

740

(25)

Corporate Merger, Consolidation, and Termination

765

(17)

Additional Shareholders' Rights and Takeovers

782

(19)

Investor Protection

801

(25)

Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships

826

(21)

Special Business Forms and Private Franchises

847

(20)

UNIT SEVEN Government Regulation

867

(162)

Administrative Law

868

(26)

Antitrust Law

894

(24)

Consumer and Environmental Law

918

(32)

Labor and Employment Law

950

(27)

Employment Discrimination

977

(26)

Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals

1003

(26)

UNIT EIGHT Property and Its Protection

1029

(78)

Personal Property and Bailments

1030

(23)

Real Property

1053

(24)

Insurance, Wills, and Trusts

1077

(30)

UNIT NINE The International Legal Environment

1107

(1)

International Law in a Global Economy

1108

APPENDICES

Appendix A The Constitution of the United States

A-1

Appendix B The Uniform Commercial Code

A-9

Appendix C The Uniform Partnership Act

A-142

Appendix D The Revised Model Business Corporation Act (Excerpts)

A-150

Appendix E The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Excerpts)

A-160

Appendix F The Restatement (Second) of Torts (Excerpts)

A-162

Appendix G The Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability (Excerpts)

A-163

Appendix H The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 (Excerpts)

A-164

Appendix I The Securities Act of 1933 (Excerpts)

A-165

Appendix J The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts)

A-167

Appendix K Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts)

A-168

Appendix L The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Excerpts)

A-170

Appendix M The Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Excerpts)

A-172

Appendix N The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Excerpts)

A-174

Appendix O Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English

A-177

Glossary

G-1

Table of Cases

TC-1

Index

I-1

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