Brief Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Law and Legal Systems

Chapter 2: Introduction to Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics

Chapter 3: Introduction to Courts and the Legal Process

Chapter 4: Introduction to Constitutional Law and U.S. Commerce

Chapter 5: Introduction to Administrative Law

Chapter 6: Introduction to Criminal Law

Chapter 7: Introduction to Tort Law

Chapter 8: Introduction to Contract Law

Chapter 9: Offer and Acceptance

Chapter 10: Real Acceptance: Free Will, Knowledge, and Capacity

Chapter 11: Consideration

Chapter 12: Legality

Chapter 13: Form and Meaning

Chapter 14: Third-Party Rights

Chapter 15: Discharge of Common-Law Contract Obligations

Chapter 16: Common-Law Remedies

Chapter 17: Bailments and the Storage, Shipment, and Leasing of Goods

Chapter 18: Introduction to Sales and Leases

Chapter 19: Title and Risk of Loss

Chapter 20: Sales Contracts Performance and Remedies

Chapter 21: Products Liability

Chapter 22: Nature and Form of Commercial Paper

Chapter 23: Negotiation of Commercial Paper

Chapter 24: Holder in Due Course and Defenses

Chapter 25: Liability and Discharge of Commercial Paper

Chapter 26: Legal Aspects of Banking

Chapter 27: Consumer Credit Transactions

Chapter 28: Secured Transactions and Suretyship

Chapter 29: Mortgages and Nonconsensual Liens

Chapter 30: Bankruptcy

Chapter 31: Introduction to Property: Personal Property and Fixtures

Chapter 32: Intellectual Property

Chapter 33: Regulation of Real Estate

Chapter 34: Environmental Law

Chapter 35: The Transfer of Real Estate by Sale

Chapter 36: Landlord and Tenant Law

Chapter 37: Estate Planning: Wills, Estates, and Trusts

Chapter 38: Insurance

Chapter 39: Relationships Between Principal and Agent

Chapter 40: Liability of Principal and Agent; Termination of Agency

Chapter 41: Partnerships: General Characteristics and Formation

Chapter 42: Partnership Operation and Termination

Chapter 43: Hybrid Business Forms

Chapter 44: Corporation: General Characteristics and Formation

Chapter 45: Legal Aspects of Corporate Finance

Chapter 46: Corporate Expansion, State and Federal Regulation of Foreign Corporations, and Corporate Dissolution

Chapter 47: Corporate Powers and Management

Chapter 48: Securities Regulation

Chapter 49: Antitrust Law

Chapter 50: Unfair Trade Practices, the Federal Trade Commission, and Consumer Protection Laws

Chapter 51: Employment Law

Chapter 52: International Law

Chapter 53: Liability and Regulation of Accountants