Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials,
6th Edition Kubasek, Browne, All Chapters 1-25),
,TABLEOFCONTENTS
PART 1: The Legal Environment of Business
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C h. 1 An Introduction tothe 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
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Ch. 9 Introduction to Contracts and Agreement r
Ch. 10 Consideration
Ch. 11 Capacity and Legality
Ch. 12 Reality of Assent r
Ch. 13 Contracts in Writing and Third-Party Contracts
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Ch. 14 Discharge and Remedies
Part 3: Domestic and International Sales Law
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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
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Ch. 17 Negotiable Instruments: Negotiability and Transferability
Ch. 18 Holder in Due Course, Liability, and Defenses
,PART 5: Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
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Ch. 19 Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy
PART 6: Agency
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Ch. 20 Agency and Liability to Third Parties
PART 7: Business Organizations
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Ch. 21 Forms of Business Organization
Ch. 22 Corporations: Formation and Organization
Ch. 23 Securities Regulation
PART 8: Government Regulation
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Ch. 24 Employment and Discrimination Law
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Ch. 25 Consumer Law
, Chapter 1- An Introduction to Dynamic Business Law
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
Chapter One lays the foundation for thertextbook. Makersure you look onrthe publisher‗s web siterfor information
about howrbusiness law intersects with the six functional areas of business. The authors encouragerstudents to ―c
onnect to the core,‖ and remember the ways in which law intersects with other areas of study, including corporate
management, production and transportation, marketing,rresearch and development, accountingrandrfinance,rand
human resourcermanagement.
This manual supports the ―connectingrtorthe core‖ themerby givingrideas forr assignments that encourage student
s to integrate their business law knowledge with knowledge they are acquiring from their other business classes. T
he manual also encourages professors to improve theirrteachingrskills. Finally, the manualrsuggests teachingrideas
for both beginningrand experienced teachers.
LEARNINGrOBJECTIVES
After readingrthis chapter, students willrberable to:
1-1 Definebusiness law.
1-2 Relate the functionalrareas of business to the relevant areas of business law1-
3 Recall therpurposes of law.
1-4 Distinguish among types of law.
1-5 Differentiate between sources of the law.
1-6 Identifythe various schools of jurisprudence.
LECTURE NOTESrWITHrDEFINITIONS
In thernews… Teachingrtip: For each chapter, consider askingrstudents to relatercurrent newsitems
to material from therchapter.
In addition to ideas students comer up with on their own, consider weaving innews s
tories providedrby the McGraw Hill.
ForrChapterrOne, McGrawrHill offers the followingrstories:
―Smoking Ban: Tobacco Tyrants: Gone Too Far? Many States Are PuttingStronger R
estrictionsronrWhererYou Can Smoke‖
Have states gonertoorfar inrbanning smoking?