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