Business Law: Text & Exercises (MindTap Course List)

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Contents in Brief
Contents
Preface to the Instructor
Unit 1: The Law and Our Legal System
	Chapter 1: Introduction to the Law
		1-1 What Is Law?
		1-2 Business Activities and the Legal Environment
		1-3 Sources of American Law
		1-4 Civil Law versus Criminal Law
		1-5 National Law around the World
		1-6 International Law
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Consulting an Expert for Advice
		Chapter 1 - Work Set
	Chapter 2: Ethics in Business
		2-1 The Importance of Business Ethics
		2-2 Setting the Right Ethical Tone
		2-3 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
		2-4 Business Ethics and the Law
		2-5 Approaches to Ethical Reasoning
		2-6 Business Ethics and Social Media
		2-7 Business Ethics on a Global Level
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Managing a Company’s Reputation
		Chapter 2 - Work Set
	Chapter 3: The Courts and Our Legal System
		3-1 Jurisdiction
		3-2 The State Court System
		3-3 The Federal Court System
		3-4 The State Court Case Process
		3-5 Alternative Dispute Resolution
		Chapter 3 - Work Set
	Chapter 4: Constitutional Law
		4-1 The Constitutional Powers of Government
		4-2 Business and the Bill of Rights
		4-3 Due Process and Equal Protection
		4-4 Privacy Rights
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Pretexting and Marketing
		Chapter 4 - Work Set
	Chapter 5: Business Torts
		5-1 The Basis of Tort Law
		5-2 Intentional Torts against Persons
		5-3 Intentional Torts against Property
		5-4 Negligence
		5-5 Strict Liability
		Chapter 5 - Work Set
	Chapter 6: Intellectual Property
		6-1 Trademarks and Related Property
		6-2 Patents
		6-3 Copyrights
		6-4 Trade Secrets
		6-5 International Protection for Intellectual Property
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Trademarks and Service Marks
		Chapter 6 - Work Set
	Chapter 7: Business Crimes
		7-1 Civil Law and Criminal Law
		7-2 Constitutional Safeguards
		7-3 Crimes Affecting Business
		7-4 Defenses to Criminal Liability
		7-5 Cybercrime
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Protect Your Company against Hacking
		Chapter 7 - Work Set
Unit 2: Contracts
	Chapter 8: Introduction to Contracts
		8-1 The Definition of a Contract
		8-2 Types of Contracts
		8-3 Interpretation of Contracts
		Chapter 8 - Work Set
	Chapter 9: Offer and Acceptance
		9-1 Requirements of the Offer
		9-2 Termination of the Offer
		9-3 Acceptance
		9-4 E-Contracts - Offer and Acceptance
		Chapter 9 - Work Set
	Chapter 10: Consideration
		10-1 Elements of Consideration
		10-2 The Lack of Consideration
		10-3 Settlement of Claims
		10-4 Promissory Estoppel
		Chapter 10 - Work Set
	Chapter 11: Capacity
		11-1 Minors
		11-2 Intoxicated Persons
		11-3 Mentally Incompetent Persons
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Contracts with Minors
		Chapter 11 - Work Set
	Chapter 12: The Legality of Agreements
		12-1 Contracts Contrary to Statute
		12-2 Contracts Contrary to Public Policy
		12-3 The Effect of Illegality
		Chapter 12 - Work Set
	Chapter 13: Voluntary Consent
		13-1 Mistakes
		13-2 Fraudulent Misrepresentation
		13-3 Undue Influence and Duress
		Chapter 13 - Work Set
	Chapter 14: Contracts That Must Be in Writing
		14-1 The Statute of Frauds - Writing Requirement
		14-2 The Sufficiency of the Writing
		14-3 The Parol Evidence Rule
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Enforceable E-Mail and Text Contracts
		Chapter 14 - Work Set
	Chapter 15: Third Party Rights
		15-1 Assignments and Delegations
		15-2 Third Party Beneficiaries
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Assignment and Delegation
		Chapter 15 - Work Set
	Chapter 16: Termination and Remedies
		16-1 Contract Termination
		16-2 Contract Remedies
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Performance and Compromise
		Chapter 16 - Work Set
Unit 3: Sales and Leases
	Chapter 17: Introduction to Sales and Lease Contracts
		17-1 Sales and Leases of Goods
		17-2 Sales and Lease Contracts
		Chapter 17 - Work Set
	Chapter 18: Title and Risk of Loss
		18-1 Identification
		18-2 Passage of Title
		18-3 Risk of Loss
		18-4 Insurable Interest
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Risk Management
		Chapter 18 - Work Set
	Chapter 19: Performance and Breach
		19-1 Obligations of the Seller or Lessor
		19-2 Obligations of the Buyer or Lessee
		19-3 Remedies of the Seller or Lessor
		19-4 Remedies of the Buyer or Lessee
		Chapter 19 - Work Set
	Chapter 20: Warranties and Product Liability
		20-1 Warranties of Title
		20-2 Express Warranties
		20-3 Implied Warranties
		20-4 Warranty Disclaimers and Limitations on Liability
		20-5 Product Liability
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Quality Control Management
		Chapter 20 - Work Set
	Chapter 21: Consumer Protection
		21-1 Deceptive Advertising
		21-2 Labeling Laws and Consumer Sales
		21-3 Credit Protection
		21-4 Protection of Health and Safety
		Chapter 21 - Work Set
Unit 4: Negotiable Instruments
	Chapter 22: The Essentials of Negotiability
		22-1 Types of Instruments
		22-2 What Is a Negotiable Instrument?
		22-3 Transfer of Instruments
		Chapter 22 - Work Set
	Chapter 23: Negotiable Instruments: Transfer and Liability
		23-1 Requirements for HDC Status
		23-2 Signature Liability
		23-3 Warranty Liability
		23-4 Defenses
		23-5 Discharge
		Chapter 23 - Work Set
	Chapter 24: Banking
		24-1 Checks and the Bank-Customer Relationship
		24-2 Honoring Checks
		24-3 Accepting Deposits
		24-4 Electronic Fund Transfers
		24-5 Banking in the Digital Age
		Chapter 24 - Work Set
Unit 5: Agency and Employment
	Chapter 25: Agency Relationships
		25-1 Principal-Agent Relationships
		25-2 Agency Formation
		25-3 Duties of Agents and Principals
		25-4 Agent's Authority
		25-5 Liability in Agency Relationships
		25-6 Termination of Agency Relationships
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Independent Contractors
		Chapter 25 - Work Set
	Chapter 26: Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law
		26-1 Employment at Will
		26-2 Worker Protections
		26-3 Retirement Income and Security
		26-4 Immigration Law
		26-5 Labor Law
		Chapter 26 - Work Set
	Chapter 27: Employment Discrimination
		27-1 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
		27-2 Discrimination Based on Age
		27-3 Discrimination Based on Disability
		27-4 Defenses to Employment Discrimination
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Human Resources Management
		Chapter 27 - Work Set
Unit 6: Business Organizations
	Chapter 28: Types of Business Organizations
		28-1 Sole Proprietorships
		28-2 Partnerships
		28-3 Limited Liability Companies
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: "Doing Business As" a Sole Proprietor
		Chapter 28 - Work Set
	Chapter 29: Formation and Ownership of a Corporation
		29-1 Formation of a Corporation
		29-2 Corporate Classifications, Powers, and Liability
		29-3 Corporate Financing
		29-4 Sales of Securities
		29-5 Corporate Ownership - Shareholders
		Chapter 29 - Work Set
	Chapter 30: Management of a Corporation
		30-1 Corporate Management - Directors
		30-2 Corporate Management - Officers
		30-3 Duties of Directors and Officers
		30-4 Liability of Directors and Officers
		Chapter 30 - Work Set
	Chapter 31: Combining and Dissolving Corporations
		31-1 Mergers, Consolidations, and Share Exchanges
		31-2 Purchase of Assets
		31-3 Purchase of Stock
		31-4 Termination of a Corporation
		Chapter 31 - Work Set
Unit 7: Credit and Risk
	Chapter 32: Security Interests and Creditors' Remedies
		32-1 Secured Transactions
		32-2 Laws Assisting Creditors
		Chapter 32 - Work Set
	Chapter 33: Mortgages
		33-1 Types of Mortgages
		33-2 Lender Protections
		33-3 Borrower Protections
		33-4 Foreclosures
		Chapter 33 - Work Set
	Chapter 34: Bankruptcy
		34-1 Types of Bankruptcy Relief
		34-2 Chapter 7 - Liquidation
		34-3 Chapter 11 - Reorganization
		34-4 Chapter 13 - Adjustment
		Chapter 34 - Work Set
	Chapter 35: Insurance
		35-1 Insurance Terminology and Concepts
		35-2 The Insurance Contract
		Linking Business Law to Your Career: Risk Management in Cyberspace
		Chapter 35 - Work Set
Unit 8: Property
	Chapter 36: Personal Property
		36-1 The Nature of Personal Property
		36-2 Property Ownership - Rights of Possession
		36-3 Acquiring Ownership of Personal Property
		36-4 Mislaid, Lost, and Abandoned Property
		Chapter 36 - Work Set
	Chapter 37: Bailments
		37-1 The Elements of a Bailment
		37-2 The Rights of the Bailee
		37-3 The Duties of the Bailee
		37-4 The Duties of the Bailor
		37-5 Special Bailments
		Chapter 37 - Work Set
	Chapter 38: Real Property
		38-1 The Nature of Real Property
		38-2 Ownership Interests
		38-3 Transfer of Ownership
		Chapter 38 - Work Set
	Chapter 39: Landlord and Tenant Law
		39-1 Types of Tenancy
		39-2 The Lease Agreement
		39-3 Rights and Duties of Landlords and Tenants
		39-4 Transferring Rights to Leased Property
		39-5 Terminating the Lease
		Chapter 39 - Work Set
	Chapter 40: Wills and Trusts
		40-1 Wills
		40-2 Intestacy Laws
		40-3 Trusts
		Chapter 40 - Work Set
Unit 9: Special Topics
	Chapter 41: Administrative Law
		41-1 Agency Creation
		41-2 The Administrative Process
		41-3 Controls on Agency Powers
		41-4 Public Accountability
		Chapter 41 - Work Set
	Chapter 42: Antitrust Law
		42-1 The Sherman Act
		42-2 The Clayton Act
		42-3 Enforcement of Antitrust Laws
		42-4 U.S. Antitrust Laws in the Global Context
		Chapter 42 - Work Set
	Chapter 43: International and Space Law
		43-1 International Principles and Doctrines
		43-2 Doing Business Internationally
		43-3 International Contract Provisions
		43-4 Regulation of International Business Activities
		43-5 Space Law
		Chapter 43 - Work Set
Appendix A: Answers to the Issue Spotters
Glossary
Table of Cases
Index