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Brief and affordable, FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS LAW: SUMMARIZED CASES focuses on core business law topics, including contracts and sales. Summarized cases are integrated throughout the text to illustrate key points of law. FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS LAW: SUMMARIZED CASES is ideal for the one-term course that focuses primarily on contracts and sales.
Synopsis
This brief paperback book presents a clear and comprehensive treatment of what every person should know about business law. Summarized cases are integrated throughout each chapter to illustrate key legal points in an easy, accessible format.
Synopsis
This text is designed as a brief paperback focusing on the core business law topics (including contracts and sales) and is positioned to answer objections based on cost. Summarized cases are integrated throughout the text to illustrate key points of law. The text fits nicely in one-semester courses that focus primarily on contracts and sales.
About the Author
Roger LeRoy Miller studied at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Chicago. He has been on the staff of a number of universities, including the University of Washington, Clemson University, and the University of Miami School of Law, where he taught, among other subjects, intellectual property and entertainment law. He has published in the Insurance Counsel Journal, Defense Research, California Trial Lawyers Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, Wisconsin Law Review, and Connecticut Law Review. He has authored or co-authored numerous textbooks, including BUSINESS LAW: TEXT and CASES--LEGAL, ETHICAL, GLOBAL, AND E-COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT, THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: TEXT and CASES--ETHICAL, REGULATORY, GLOBAL, and E-COMMERCE ISSUES, BUSINESS LAW TODAY, AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT TODAY. Dr. Jentz is the Herbert D. Kelleher Emeritus Centennial Professor in Business Law at the University of Texas at Austin Graduate School of Business. He received his B.A., M.B.A., and J.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Jentz has been past President of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, the Southwestern Federation of Administrative Disciplines, the Southern Business Law Association, Phi Kappa Phi (UT Chapter), and the Texas Association of College Teachers. He is the author or co-author of six monographs and fifty-six books and editions, including West's Business Law: Text and Cases, tenth edition (2006), West's Business Law Alternate Edition, tenth edition (2007), Fundamentals of Business Law, seventh edition (2007), and two versions of Business Law Today, seventh edition (2008), plus the Comprehensive Edition (2007). He has also published in learned journals and is past editor-in-chief of the American Business Law Journal. Dr. Jentz has given advanced purchasing seminars throughout the United States and previously taught over the years at five regional and graduate banking schools. Dr. Jentz is the recipient of sixteen teaching, academic, and service excellence awards, including the CBA Foundation Award for Excellence in Education, the CBA Foundation Advisory Council Distinguished Scholastic Contributions Award, the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Faculty Excellence Award, the Western States School of Banking Leadership Award, the James C. Scarboro Memorial Award for Outstanding Leadership in Banking Education, The University of Texas "Civitatis" Award, and the induction into the Texas Business School (McCombs School of Business) "CBA Hall of Fame."
Table of Contents
Unit 1. THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS. 1. The Legal, International, and Constitutional Environment of Business. 2. Traditional and Online Dispute Resolution. 3. Ethics and Business Decision Making. Unit 2. TORTS AND CRIMES. 4. Torts and Cyber Torts. 5. Intellectual Property. 6. Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes. Unit 3. CONTRACTS. 7. Nature and Classification. 8. Agreement and Consideration. 9. Capacity and Legality. 10. Defenses against Contract Enforceability. 11. Third Party Rights and Discharge. 12. Breach and Remedies. 13. E-Contracts. Unit 4. SALES AND LEASE CONTRACTS. 14. The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts. 15. Title and Risk of Loss. 16. Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts. 17. Warranties and Product Liability. Unit 5. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. 18. Negotiability, Transferability, and Liability. 19. Checks, the Banking System, and E-Money. Unit 6. DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIPS. 20. Secured Transactions. 21. Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy. Unit 7. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS. 22. Agency Relationships. 23. Employment Law. Unit 8. BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS. 24. Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies. 25. Corporate Formation, Financing, and Termination. 26. Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders. 27. Investor Protection and Corporate Governance. UNIT 9. PROPERTY AND ITS PROTECTION. 28. Personal Property and Bailments. 29. Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Law. 30. Insurance, Wills, and Trusts. Unit 10. SPECIAL TOPICS. 31. Professional Liability. 32. International Law. Appendices.