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Tables of Contents for Business Law Today
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
UNIT ONE The Legal Environment of Business
1
236
The Legal and International Environment
2
32
Constitutional Law
34
26
Courts and Procedures
60
35
Torts
95
28
Business Torts and Intellectual Property
123
25
Criminal Law
148
29
Cyberlaw in the Legal Environment
177
32
Ethics and Social Responsibility
209
28
UNIT TWO Contracts
237
142
Nature and Classification
238
19
Agreement and Consideration
257
27
Capacity and Legality
284
23
Assent and Form
307
24
Third Party Rights and Discharge
331
25
Breach and Remedies
356
23
UNIT THREE Sales and Lease Contracts
379
112
The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts
380
30
Title and Risk of Loss
410
21
Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts
431
28
Warranties and Product Liability
459
32
UNIT FOUR Negotiable Instruments
491
84
Negotiability and Transferability
492
26
Rights and Liabilities of Parties
518
26
Checks and the Banking System
544
31
UNIT FIVE Debtor-Creditor Relationships
575
64
Secured Transactions
576
28
Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
604
35
UNIT SIX Business Organizations
639
228
Agency Relationships in Business
640
28
Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships
668
23
Partners and Joint Ventures
691
20
Corporate Formation and Financing
711
29
Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders
740
25
Corporate Merger, Consolidation, and Termination
765
17
Additional Shareholders' Rights and Takeovers
782
19
Investor Protection
801
25
Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships
826
21
Special Business Forms and Private Franchises
847
20
UNIT SEVEN Government Regulation
867
162
Administrative Law
868
26
Antitrust Law
894
24
Consumer and Environmental Law
918
32
Labor and Employment Law
950
27
Employment Discrimination
977
26
Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals
1003
26
UNIT EIGHT Property and Its Protection
1029
78
Personal Property and Bailments
1030
23
Real Property
1053
24
Insurance, Wills, and Trusts
1077
30
UNIT NINE The International Legal Environment
1107
1
International Law in a Global Economy
1108
APPENDICES
Appendix A The Constitution of the United States
A-1
Appendix B The Uniform Commercial Code
A-9
Appendix C The Uniform Partnership Act
A-142
Appendix D The Revised Model Business Corporation Act (Excerpts)
A-150
Appendix E The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Excerpts)
A-160
Appendix F The Restatement (Second) of Torts (Excerpts)
A-162
Appendix G The Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability (Excerpts)
A-163
Appendix H The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 (Excerpts)
A-164
Appendix I The Securities Act of 1933 (Excerpts)
A-165
Appendix J The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts)
A-167
Appendix K Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts)
A-168
Appendix L The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Excerpts)
A-170
Appendix M The Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Excerpts)
A-172
Appendix N The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Excerpts)
A-174
Appendix O Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English
A-177
Glossary
G-1
Table of Cases
TC-1
Index
I-1