Business Law Principles for Today's Commercial Environment
by Twomey, David P.; Jennings, Marianne M.Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-02-27
Publisher(s): South-Western College/West
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Summary
Not only helping you to ace your business law course, BUSINESS LAW: PRINCIPLES FOR TODAY'S COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT, Second Edition, also provides the information and resources to assist you in studying for the CPA exam. Based on the #1 business law summarized case text on the market today, this excerpted case version helps you grasp key legal concepts and principles, reinforcing your understanding with applications and examples of real-world dilemmas, issues, and problems. Current, comprehensive, easy-to-understand and fascinating to read, BUSINESS LAW will help you prepare you for every class lecture and gives you all the resources you need to do your best on exams.
Author Biography
David P. Twomey is Professor of Law, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Member of the Massachusetts and Florida Bars.
Table of Contents
| The Legal and Social Environment of Business | |
| The Nature and Sources of Law | |
| The Court System and Dispute Resolution | |
| Business Ethics, Social Forces, and the Law | |
| The Constitution as the Foundation of the Legal Environment | |
| Government Regulation of Competition and Prices | |
| Administrative Agencies | |
| The Legal Environment of International Trade | |
| Crimes | |
| Torts | |
| Intellectual Property Rights and the Internet | |
| Cyberlaw | |
| Contracts | |
| Nature and Classes of Contracts: Contracting on the Internet | |
| Formation of Contracts: Offer and Acceptance | |
| Capacity and Genuine Assent | |
| Consideration | |
| Legality and Public Policy | |
| Writing, Electronic Forms, and Interpretation of Contracts | |
| Third Persons and Contracts | |
| Discharge of Contracts | |
| Breach of Contract and Remedies | |
| Sales and Leases Of Goods | |
| Personal Property and Bailments | |
| Legal Aspects of Supply Chain Management | |
| Nature and Form of Sales | |
| Title and Risk of Loss | |
| Product Liability: Warranties and Torts | |
| Obligations and Performance | |
| Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts | |
| Negotiable Instruments | |
| Kinds of instruments, parties, and negotiability | |
| Transfers of negotiable instruments and warranties of parties | |
| Liability of the parties under negotiable instruments | |
| Checks and funds transfers | |
| Debtor-Creditor Relationships | |
| Nature of the Debtor/Creditor Relationship | |
| Consumer protection | |
| Secured transactions in Personal Property | |
| Bankruptcy | |
| Insurance | |
| Agency and Employment | |
| Agency | |
| Third persons in agency | |
| Regulation of employment | |
| Equal employment opportunity law | |
| Business Organizations | |
| Types of business organizations | |
| Partnerships | |
| LPs, LLCs, and LLPs | |
| Corporation Formation | |
| Shareholder rights in corporations | |
| Securities regulation | |
| Accountants' liability and malpractice | |
| Management of corporations | |
| Real Property and Estates | |
| Real property | |
| Environmental law and land use controls | |
| Leases | |
| Decedents' estates and trusts | |
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