Mallor, Barnes, Bowers and Langvardt's:Business Law, 15eis appropriate for the two-term business law course. The cases in the 15th edition are excerpted and edited by the authors. The syntax is not altered, therefore retains the language of the courts. As in recent previous editions, the 15th edition includes a mix of actual AND hypothetical cases. This text is our most research-based Business Law text.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Part 1 Foundations of American Law
1 The Nature of Law
2 The Resolution of Private Disputes
3 Business and the Constitution
4 Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, and Critical Thinking
Part 2 Crimes and Torts
5 Criminal Law and Procedure
6 Intentional Torts
7 Negligence and Strict Liability
8 Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition
Part 3 Contracts
9 Introduction to Contracts
10 The Agreement: Offer
11 The Agreement: Acceptance
12 Consideration
13 Reality of Consent
14 Capacity to Contract
15 Illegality
16 Writing
17 Rights of Third Parties
18 Performance and Remedies
Part 4 Sales
19 Formation and Terms of Sales Contracts
20 Product Liability
21 Performance of Sales Contracts
22 Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts
Part 5 Property
23 Personal Property and Bailments
24 Real Property
25 Landlord and Tenant
26 Estates and Trusts
27 Insurance Law
Part 6 Credit
28 Introduction to Credit and Secured Transactions
29 Security Interests in Personal Property
30 Bankruptcy
Part 7 Commercial Paper
31 Negotiable Instruments
32 Negotiation and Holder in Due Course
33 Liability of Parties
34 Checks and Electronic Transfers
Part 8 Agency Law
35 The Agency Relationship
36 Third-Party Relations of the Principal and the Agent
Part 9 Partnerships
37 Introduction to Forms of Business and Formation of Partnerships
38 Operation of Partnerships and Related Forms
39 Partners' Dissociation and Partnerships' Dissolution and Winding Up
40 Limited Liability Companies, Limited Partnerships, and Limited Liability Limited Partnerships
Part 10 Corporations
41 History and Nature of Corporations
42 Organization and Financial Structure of Corporations
43 Management of Corporations
44 Shareholders' Rights and Liabilities
45 Securities Regulation
46 Legal and Professional Responsibilities of Auditors, Consultants, and Securities Professionals
Part 11 Regulation of Business
47 Administrative Law
48 The Federal Trade Commission Act and Consumer Protection Laws
49 Antitrust: The Sherman Act
50 The Clayton Act, The Robinson-Patman Act, and Antitrust Exemptions and Immunities
51 Employment Law
52 Environmental Regulation
Appendix A The Constitution of the United States of America
Appendix B The Uniform Commercial Code, Articles 2, 2A, 3, 4, 7, and 9
Glossary
Index
