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Contents
Unit I: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT.
1. Introduction to Law.
2. Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility.
3. Dispute Resolution.
4. Common Law, Statutory Law, and Administrative Law.
5. Constitutional Law.
6. Torts and Product Liability.
7. Privacy and Internet Law.
8. Crime.
9. International Law.
Unit II: Contracts and the UCC.
10. Introduction to Contracts.
11. Legality, Consent, and Writing.
12. Performance, Discharge, and Remedies.
13. Practical Contracts.
14. The UCC: Sales and Secured Transactions.
15. Negotiable Instruments.
Unit III: Agency and Employment Law.
16. Agency Law.
17. Employment and Labor Law.
18. Employment Discrimination.
Unit IV: Business Organizations.
19. Starting a Business: LLCs and Other Options.
20. Corporations.
21. Bankruptcy.
22. Securities Regulation.
Unit V: Government Regulation and Property.
23. Antitrust.
24. Intellectual Property.
25. Property.
26. Consumer Protection.
27. Environmental Law.
Appendix A: The Constitution of the U.S.
Appendix B: The UCC.
Appendix C: Answer Key for Selected End-of-Chapter Questions.
