Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials,
5th Edition Kubasek, Browne,
All Chapters 1-25)
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PART 1: The Legal Environment of Business
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C h. 1 An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Dynamic Business Law
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Ch. 2 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Ch. 3 The U.S. Legal System and Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Ch. 4 Administrative Law
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Ch. 5 Constitutional Law
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Ch. 6 Criminal Law and Business
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Ch. 7 Tort Law
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Ch. 8 Real, Personal, and Intellectual Property
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PART 2: Contract Law
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Ch. 9 Introduction to Contracts and Agreement
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Ch. 10 Consideration
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Ch. 11 Capacity and Legality
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Ch. 12 Reality of Assent
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Ch. 13 Contracts in Writing and Third-Party Contracts
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Ch. 14 Discharge and Remedies
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Part 3: Domestic and International Sales Law
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Ch. 15 Formation and Performance of Sales and Lease Contracts
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Ch. 16 Sales and Lease Contracts: Performance, Warranties, and Remedies
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PART 4: Negotiable Instruments and Banking
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Ch. 17 Negotiable Instruments: Negotiability and Transferability
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Ch. 18 Holder in Due Course, Liability, and Defenses
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,PART 5: Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
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Ch. 19 Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy
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PART 6: Agency
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Ch. 20 Agency and Liability to Third Parties
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PART 7: Business Organizations
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Ch. 21 Forms of Business Organization
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Ch. 22 Corporations: Formation and Organization
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Ch. 23 Securities Regulation
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PART 8: Government Regulation
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Ch. 24 Employment and Discrimination Law
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Ch. 25 Consumer Law
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, Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Dynamic Business Law
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CHAPTER OVERVIEW nc
Chapter One lays the foundation for the textbook. Make sure you look on the publish
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er‘s web site for information about how business law intersects with the six function
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al areas of business. The authors encourage students to ―connect to the core,‖ and re
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member the ways in which law intersects with other areas of study, including corpor
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ate management, production and transportation, marketing, research and developme
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nt, accounting and finance, and human resource management.
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This manual supports the ―connecting to the core‖ theme by giving ideas for assign
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ments that encourage students to integrate their business law knowledge with knowl
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edge they are acquiring from their other business classes. The manual also encourag
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es professors to improve their teaching skills. Finally, the manual suggests teaching i
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deas for both beginning and experienced teachers.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES nc
After reading this chapter, students will be able to:
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1-1 Define business law. nc nc
1-2 Relate the functional areas of business to the relevant areas
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of business law1-3 Recall the purposes of law.
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1-4 Distinguish among types of law. nc nc nc nc
1-5 Differentiate between sources of the law. nc nc nc nc nc
1-6 Identify the various schools of jurisprudence. nc nc nc nc nc
LECTURE NOTES WITH DEFINITIONS nc nc nc
In the news…
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te current newsitems to material from the chapter.
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In addition to ideas students come up with on their own, con
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sider weaving innews stories provided by the McGraw Hill.
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For Chapter One, McGraw Hill offers the following stories:
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―Smoking Ban: Tobacco Tyrants: Gone Too Far? Many States nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc nc
Are PuttingStronger Restrictions on Where You Can Smoke‖
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• Have states gone too far in banning smoking? nc nc nc nc nc nc nc