Part One THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS

CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to Dynamic Business Law 1

CHAPTER 2 Business Ethics 16

CHAPTER 3 The U.S. Legal System 40

CHAPTER 4 Alternative Dispute Resolution 67

CHAPTER 5 Constitutional Principles 92

CHAPTER 6 International and Comparative Law 123

CHAPTER 7 Crime and the Business Community 148

CHAPTER 8 Tort Law 183

CHAPTER 9 Negligence and Strict Liability 213

CHAPTER 10 Product Liability 234

CHAPTER 11 Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals 256

CHAPTER 12 Intellectual Property 282

Part Two CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 13 Introduction to Contracts 303

CHAPTER 14 Agreement 323

CHAPTER 15 Consideration 342

CHAPTER 16 Capacity and Legality 358

CHAPTER 17 Legal Assent 382

CHAPTER 18 Contracts in Writing 402

CHAPTER 19 Third-Party Rights to Contracts 425

CHAPTER 20 Discharge and Remedies 449

Part Three DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL SALES LAW

CHAPTER 21 Introduction to Sales and Lease Contracts 472

CHAPTER 22 Title, Risk of Loss, and Insurable Interest 492

CHAPTER 23 Performance and Obligations under Sales and Leases 511

CHAPTER 24 Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts 528

CHAPTER 25 Warranties 545

Part Four NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND BANKING

CHAPTER 26 Negotiable Instruments: Negotiability and Transferability 562

CHAPTER 27 Negotiation, Holder in Due Course, and Defenses 581

CHAPTER 28 Liability, Defenses, and Discharge 604

CHAPTER 29 Checks and Electronic Fund Transfers 630

Part Five CREDITORS’ RIGHTS AND BANKRUPTCY

CHAPTER 30 Secured Transactions 660

CHAPTER 31 Other Creditors’ Remedies and Suretyship 681

CHAPTER 32 Bankruptcy and Reorganization 700

Part Six AGENCY

CHAPTER 33 Agency Formation and Duties 727

CHAPTER 34 Liability to Third Parties and Termination 750

Part Seven BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

CHAPTER 35 Forms of Business Organization 770

CHAPTER 36 Partnerships: Nature, Formation, and Operation 793

CHAPTER 37 Partnerships: Termination and Limited Partnerships 812

CHAPTER 38 Corporations: Formation and Financing 830

CHAPTER 39 Corporations: Directors, Officers, and Shareholders 849

CHAPTER 40 Corporations: Mergers, Consolidations, Terminations 871

CHAPTER 41 Corporations: Securities and Investor Protection 889

Part Eight EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR RELATIONS

CHAPTER 42 Employment and Labor Law 913

CHAPTER 43 Employment Discrimination 934

Part Nine GOVERNMENT REGULATION

CHAPTER 44 Administrative Law 961

CHAPTER 45 Consumer Law 980

CHAPTER 46 Environmental Law 1008

CHAPTER 47 Antitrust Law 1031

Part Ten PROPERTY

CHAPTER 48 The Nature of Property, Personal Property, and Bailments 1059

CHAPTER 49 Real Property 1078

CHAPTER 50 Landlord-Tenant Law 1102

CHAPTER 51 Insurance Law 1123

CHAPTER 52 Wills and Trusts 1141

 Appendixes

APPENDIX A The Constitution of the United States of America

APPENDIX B Uniform Commercial Code

APPENDIX C Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

APPENDIX D The Civil Rights Act of 1991