Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials,
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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 b b b b
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 b b b b b b b b
CHAPTER OVERVIEW b
Chapter One lays the foundation for the textbook. Make sure you look on the publisher‘s web site for information
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about how business law intersects with the six functional areas of business. The authors encourage students to
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―connect to the core,‖ and remember the ways in which law intersects with other areas of study, including
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corporate management, production and transportation, marketing, research and development, accounting and
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finance, and human resource management.
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This manual supports the ―connecting to the core‖ theme by giving ideas for assignments that encourage
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students to integrate their business law knowledge with knowledge they are acquiring from their other business
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classes. The manual also encourages professors to improve their teaching skills. Finally, the manual suggests
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teaching ideas for both beginning and experienced teachers.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES b
After reading this chapter, students will be able to:
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1-1 Definebusiness law. b b
1-2 Relate the functional areas of business to the relevant areas of business law1-3
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Recall the purposes of law.
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1-4 Distinguish among types of law. b b b b
1-5 Differentiate between sources of the law. b b b b b
1-6 Identify the various schools of jurisprudence. b b b b b
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In the news…
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to material from the chapter.
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In addition to ideas students come up with on their own, consider weaving in
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news 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 Are PuttingStronger
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Restrictions on Where You Can Smoke‖
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• Have states gone too far in banning smoking? b b b b b b b