Full Description
Essentials of Business Law is a practical, concise, and broad-based introduction to the vibrant field of business law. While continuing to offer all the features that have made this title successful including chapters on the areas of law affected by social media, updated content, and enhanced support materials as well as traditional areas of law, such as contracts and property, and the emerging areas of law, such as e-commerce and environmental, are covered in short, informative chapters written to capture the essence of each topic.
The objective of the text throughout its coverage is ease - ease of use, ease of teaching, ease of assessment, and ease of understanding. It has been developed for those seeking a more fundamental overview of the concepts and principles that are vital to the understanding of business law.
Contents
PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO LAW
1 Our System of Law
2 Ethics and the Law
3 Criminal Law
4 Tort Law
5 Constitutional Law
6 Administrative Law
PART 2: CONTRACTS
7 Introduction to Contracts
8 Offer and Acceptance
9 Mutual Agreement
10 Consideration
11 Competent Parties
12 Legal Purpose of Contracts
13 Form of Contracts
14 Operation of Contracts
15 Discharge of Contracts
PART 3: SALES, AGENCY, AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
16 Transfer of Title
17 Sales
18 Warranties
19 Agency
20 Business Organizations
21 Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy
PART 4: COMMERCIAL PAPER
22 Introduction to Commercial Paper
23 Transfer and Discharge of Commercial Paper
PART 5: PROPERTY
24 Real and Personal Property
25 Bailments
26 Landlord-Tenant Relations
27 Wills, Intestacy, and Trusts
PART 6: BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
28 Intellectual Property
29 Computer Privacy and Speech
30 Social Media and the Law
31 Conducting Business in Cyberspace
PART 7: LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
32 The Employer-Employee Relationship
33 Employment Law
34 Product Liability
35 Professionals' Liability
36 International Business Law
37 Business and the Environment
38 Health Care Law
