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Law for Business


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Law for Business, 12/e

James A. Barnes, Indiana University – Bloomington
Terry M. Dworkin, Indiana University – Bloomington
Eric Richards, Indiana University – Bloomington

ISBN: 0078023815
Copyright year: 2015

Table of Contents

PART ONE Introduction to the Law

Chapter 1: Law, Legal Reasoning, and the Legal Profession
Chapter 2: Dispute Settlement
Chapter 3: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Chapter 4: Business and the Constitution
Chapter 5: Crimes
Chapter 6: Intentional Torts
Chapter 7: Negligence and Strict Liability
Chapter 8: Licensing and 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: Voluntary Consent
Chapter 15: Illegality
Chapter 16: The Form and Meaning of Contracts
Chapter 17: Third Parties' Contract Rights
Chapter 18: 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

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