Business Law: Principles for Today's Commercial Environment
In addition to preparing you to ace your business law course, BUSINESS LAW: PRINCIPLES FOR TODAY'S COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT, Fourth Edition, provides information and resources to assist you in studying for the CPA exam. This book helps you grasp key legal concepts and principles by reinforcing your understanding through applications and examples of real-world dilemmas, issues, and problems. Current, comprehensive, easy-to-understand and fascinating to read, BUSINESS LAW: PRINCIPLES FOR TODAY'S...
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This textbook relates legal principles to excerpted cases, with particular attention to contracts, sales and leasing, negotiable instruments, debtor-creditor relationships, agency and employment, business organization, and real property and estates. These topics are discussed as they relate to the legal and social context in which business operates. Twomey teaches management at Boston College. Jennings teaches legal and ethical studies at Arizona State University. Both are lawyers. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
PrefaceAbout the AuthorsPt. 1The Legal and Social Environment of Business11The Nature and Sources of Law22The Court System and Dispute Resolution113Business Ethics, Social Forces, and the Law314The Constitution as the Foundation of the Legal Environment575Government Regulation of Competition and Prices856Administrative Agencies1067The Legal Environment of International Trade1278Crimes1539Torts18110Intellectual Property Rights and the Internet21011Cyberlaw238Pt. 2Contracts26512Nature and Classes of Contracts: Contracting on the Internet26613Formation of Contracts: Offer and Acceptance27714Capacity and Genuine Assent29515Consideration31516Legality and Public Policy32917Writing, Electronic Forms, and Interpretation of Contracts34618Third Persons and Contracts36619Discharge of Contracts37920Breach of Contract and Remedies396Pt. 3Sales and Leases of Goods41121Personal Property and Bailments41222Nature and Form of Sales43023Legal Aspects of Supply Chain Management: Title and Risk of Loss45624Product Liability: Warranties and Torts48525Obligations and Performance51426Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts534Pt. 4Negotiable Instruments55327Kinds of Instruments, Parties, and Negotiability55428Transfers of Negotiable Instruments and Warranties of Parties57029Liability of the Parties Under Negotiable Instruments59030Checks and Funds Transfers607Pt. 5Debtor-Creditor Relationships63531Nature of the Debtor-Creditor Relationship63632Consumer Protection65533Secured Transactions in Personal Property68034Bankruptcy709Pt. 6Agency and Employment73535Agency73636Third Persons in Agency76137Regulation of Employment78238Equal Employment Opportunity Law811Pt. 7Business Organizations84139Types of Business Organizations84240Partnerships85841LTDs., LLCs and LLPs88342Corporation Formation90343Management of Corporations92644Shareholder Rights in Corporations95245Securities Regulation97446Accountants' Liability and Malpractice1005Pt. 8Real Property and Estates102947Real Property103048Environmental Law and Land Use Controls105349Insurance107550Leases109851Decedents' Estates and Trusts1116App. AHow to Find the Law1139App. BThe Constitution of the United States1142Index1153
