Dynamic Business Law

OVERVIEW: 3 things to know about the focus of this exciting new text, Dynamic Business Law: * Emphasis on the BUSINESS in business law. Dynamic Business Law emphasizes the tie of legal issues back to the core business curriculum. This will help both students and faculty. Students need to understand how the concepts they learn in this course tie into their business careers. Instructors can easily show that the study of business law is best seen as a foundational component of the larger study of business administration. * Emphasis on TEACHING. We know that many of you teaching this course are practicing attorneys, have little prep time for htthisourse, and often don't have a lot of resources at your didisposalo teach the course as effectively as you might like. Dynamic Business Law is written with you in mind. It contains a very detailed and helpful instructor's manual, particularly for the many adjuncts teaching this course. And most importantly, the author team has won dozens of teaching awards, both state and national, and they are dedicated to help you get started using this book. * Emphasis on ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING. In chapter 2, the authors introduce a framework for making ethical business decisions that students can use on a regular basis. Following each case there are questions designed to train students to apply this approach. Then repeatedly throughout the chapters, questions about business ethics are raised in the text. This framework is designed to help improve the learning process of students and to give a sense of relevancy to the ethical decision making process.

PART ONE: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS 1 An Introduction to Law, Legal Reasoning, and The International Environment of Business 2 Business Ethics 3 The American Legal System 4 Alternative Dispute Resolution 5 Constitutional Authority to Regulate 6 International & Comparative Law 7 Crime and the Business Community 8 An Introduction to Tort Law 9 Negligence and Strict Liability 10 Product Liability 11 Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals 12 Intellectual Property PART TWO: CONTRACTS 13 Introduction to Contracts 14 Agreement 15 Consideration 16 Capacity & Legality 17 Reality of Assent 18 Contracts in Writing 19 Third Party Rights 20 Performance, Breach of Contract, Discharge and Remedies PART THREE: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL SALES LAW 21 Introduction to Sales Contracts and Their Formation 22 Title, Risk, and Insurable Interest 23 Performance and Obligation 24 Remedies of the Buyer and Seller for Breach 25 Sales Warranties PART FOUR: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND BANKING 26 Basic Concepts, Negotiability, and Transferability 27 Holder in Due Course and Defenses 28 Liability and Discharge 29 Checks, the Banking System, and Electronic Fund Transfers PART FIVE: CREDITORS' RIGHTS AND BANKRUPTCY 30 Secured Transactions 31 Other Creditors' Remedies and Suretyship 32 Bankruptcy and Reorganization PART SIX: AGENCY 33 Agency Formation and Duties 34 Liability to Third Parties and Termination PART SEVEN: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 35 Forms of Business Organizations and Private Franchises 36 Partnerships - Nature, Formation, and Operation 37 Partnerships - Termination and Limited Partnerships 38 Corporations - Formation and Financing 39 Corporations - Directors, Officers, and Shareholders 40 Corporations - Mergers, Consolidations, and Termination 41 Corporations - Investor Protection PART EIGHT: EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR RELATIONS 42 Employment & Labor Law 43 Employment Discrimination PART NINE: GOVERNMENT REGULATION 44 Administrative Law 45 Consumer Law 46 Environmental Law 47 Antitrust Law PART TEN: PROPERTY 48 The Nature of Property, Personal Property, and Bailments 49 Real Property 50 Landlord-Tenant Relationships 51 Insurance 52 Wills, Trusts, and Estate