Description
Book SynopsisFor more than 45 years,
Law for Business has set the standard as an easy-to-read textbook that provides students with the tools for understanding the legal environment of business. The 15th edition has not strayed from that winning formula offering a comprehensive, yet concise, approach giving students the ability to understand the fundamental importance of how legal issues impact decision-making in business. To accompany the text, Connect features assignable real-world simulations, an interactive reading experience, and auto-graded analytical assets to develop students' critical thinking skills, and spark engagement.
Table of ContentsPART ONE: Introduction to the Law
Chapter 1: Law and Legal Reasoning
Chapter 2: Dispute Settlement
Chapter 3: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Chapter 4: Business and the Constitution
Chapter 5: Criminal Law and Procedure
Chapter 6: Intentional Torts
Chapter 7: Negligence and Strict Liability
Chapter 8: Intellectual Property
PART TWO: Contracts
Chapter 9: The Nature and Origins of Contracts
Chapter 10: Creating a Contract: Offers
Chapter 11: Creating a Contract: Acceptances
Chapter 12: Consideration
Chapter 13: Capacity to Contract
Chapter 14: Consent to Contract
Chapter 15: Illegality
Chapter 16: Form and Meaning of Contracts
Chapter 17: Third Parties’ Contract Rights
Chapter 18: Contract Performance and Remedies
PART THREE: Sales
Chapter 19: Formation and Terms of Sales Contracts
Chapter 20: Warranties and Product Liability
Chapter 21: Performance of Sales Contracts
Chapter 22: Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts
PART FOUR: Agency and Employment
Chapter 23: The Agency Relationship—Creation, Duties, and Termination
Chapter 24: Liability of Principals and Agents to Third Parties
Chapter 25: Employment Laws
PART FIVE: Business Organizations
Chapter 26: Which Form of Business Organization?
Chapter 27: Partnerships
Chapter 28: Formation and Termination of Corporations
Chapter 29: Management of the Corporate Business
Chapter 30: Financing the Corporation and the Role of the Shareholders
Chapter 31: Securities Regulation
Chapter 32: Legal Liability of Accountants
PART SIX: Property
Chapter 33: Personal Property and Bailments
Chapter 34: Real Property
Chapter 35: Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 36: Estates and Trusts
Chapter 37: Insurance
PART SEVEN: Commercial Paper
Chapter 38: Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 39: Negotiation and Holder in Due Course
Chapter 40: Liability of Parties
Chapter 41: Checks and Electronic Fund Transfers
PART EIGHT: Credit Transactions
Chapter 42: Introduction to Security
Chapter 43: Security Interests in Personal Property
Chapter 44: Bankruptcy
PART NINE: Government Regulation
Chapter 45: The Antitrust Laws
Chapter 46: Consumer Protection Laws
Chapter 47: Environmental Regulation
APPENDIXES
A: The Constitution of the United States of America
B: Glossary of Legal Terms and Definitions
C: Spanish–English Equivalents for Important Legal Terms
