Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials,
5th Edition Kubasek, Browne, All Chapters 1-25),
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1: The Legal Environment of Business
C h. 1 An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Dynamic Business Law
Ch. 2 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Ch. 3 The U.S. Legal System and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Ch. 4 Administrative Law
Ch. 5 Constitutional Law
Ch. 6 Criminal Law and Business
Ch. 7 Tort Law
Ch. 8 Real, Personal, and Intellectual Property
PART 2: Contract Law
Ch. 9 Introduction to Contracts and Agreement
Ch. 10 Consideration
Ch. 11 Capacity and Legality
Ch. 12 Reality of Assent
Ch. 13 Contracts in Writing and Third-Party Contracts
Ch. 14 Discharge and Remedies
Part 3: Domestic and International Sales Law
Ch. 15 Formation and Performance of Sales and Lease Contracts
Ch. 16 Sales and Lease Contracts: Performance, Warranties, and Remedies
PART 4: Negotiable Instruments and Banking
Ch. 17 Negotiable Instruments: Negotiability and Transferability
Ch. 18 Holder in Due Course, Liability, and Defenses
,PART 5: Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
Ch. 19 Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy
PART 6: Agency
Ch. 20 Agency and Liability to Third Parties
PART 7: Business Organizations
Ch. 21 Forms of Business Organization
Ch. 22 Corporations: Formation and Organization
Ch. 23 Securities Regulation
PART 8: Government Regulation
Ch. 24 Employment and Discrimination Law
Ch. 25 Consumer Law
, Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Dynamic Business Law
CHAPTER iOVERVIEW
Chapter iOne ilays ithe ifoundation ifor ithe itextbook. iMake isure iyou ilook ion ithe ipublisher‘s iweb isite
ifor iinformation iabout ihow ibusiness ilaw iintersects iwith ithe isix ifunctional iareas iof ibusiness. iThe
iauthors iencourage istudents ito i―connect ito ithe icore,‖ iand iremember ithe iways iin iwhich ilaw
iintersects iwith iother iareas iof istudy, iincluding icorporate imanagement, iproduction iand
itransportation, imarketing, iresearch iand idevelopment, iaccounting iand ifinance, iand ihuman iresource
imanagement.
This i manual i supports i the i ―connecting i to i the i core‖ i theme i by i giving i ideas i for i assignments i that
i encourage istudents ito iintegrate itheir ibusiness ilaw iknowledge iwith iknowledge ithey iare iacquiring
ifrom itheir iother ibusiness iclasses. iThe imanual ialso iencourages iprofessors ito iimprove itheir iteaching
iskills. iFinally, ithe imanual isuggests iteaching iideas ifor iboth ibeginning iand iexperienced iteachers.
LEARNING iOBJECTIVES
After ireading ithis ichapter, istudents iwill ibe iable ito:
1-1 Define ibusiness ilaw.
1-2 Relate ithe ifunctional iareas iof ibusiness ito ithe irelevant iareas iof
ibusiness ilawi1-3 iRecall ithe ipurposes iof ilaw.
1-4 Distinguish iamong itypes iof ilaw.
1-5 Differentiate ibetween isources iof ithe ilaw.
1-6 Identify ithe ivarious ischools iof ijurisprudence.
LECTURE iNOTES iWITH iDEFINITIONS
In ithe inews… Teaching itip: iFor ieach ichapter, iconsider iasking istudents ito irelate icurrent
inewsiitems ito imaterial ifrom ithe ichapter.
In i addition i to i ideas i students i come i up i with i on i their i own, i consider
i weaving i ininews istories iprovided iby ithe iMcGraw iHill.
For iChapter iOne, iMcGraw iHill ioffers ithe ifollowing istories:
―Smoking iBan: iTobacco iTyrants: iGone iToo iFar? iMany iStates iAre
iPuttingiStronger iRestrictions ion iWhere iYou iCan iSmoke‖
Have istates igone itoo ifar iin ibanning ismoking?