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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 e e e e
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 eOVERVIEW
Chapter eOne elays ethe efoundation efor ethe etextbook. eMake esure eyou elook eon ethe epublisher‘s eweb esite efor
einformation eabout ehow ebusiness elaw eintersects ewith ethe esix efunctional eareas eof ebusiness. eThe eauthors
eencourage estudents eto e―connect eto ethe ecore,‖ eand eremember ethe eways ein ewhich elaw eintersects ewith eother
eareas eof estudy, eincluding ecorporate emanagement, eproduction eand etransportation, emarketing, eresearch eand
edevelopment, eaccounting eand efinance, eand ehuman eresource emanagement.
This e manual e supports e the e ―connecting e to e the e core‖ e theme e by e giving e ideas e for e assignments e that e encourage
estudents eto eintegrate etheir ebusiness elaw eknowledge ewith eknowledge ethey eare eacquiring efrom etheir eother
ebusiness eclasses. eThe emanual ealso eencourages eprofessors eto eimprove etheir eteaching eskills. eFinally, ethe
emanual esuggests eteaching eideas efor eboth ebeginning eand eexperienced eteachers.
LEARNING eOBJECTIVES
After ereading ethis echapter, estudents ewill ebe eable eto:
1-1 Define ebusiness elaw.
1-2 Relate ethe efunctional eareas eof ebusiness eto ethe erelevant eareas eof ebusiness
elawe1-3 eRecall ethe epurposes eof elaw.
1-4 Distinguish eamong etypes eof elaw.
1-5 Differentiate ebetween esources eof ethe elaw.
1-6 Identify ethe evarious eschools eof ejurisprudence.
LECTURE eNOTES eWITH eDEFINITIONS
In ethe enews… Teaching etip: eFor eeach echapter, econsider easking estudents eto erelate ecurrent
e newseitems eto ematerial efrom ethe echapter.
In e addition e to e ideas e students e come e up e with e on e their e own, e consider e weaving
e inenews estories eprovided eby ethe eMcGraw eHill.
For eChapter eOne, eMcGraw eHill eoffers ethe efollowing estories:
―Smoking eBan: eTobacco eTyrants: eGone eToo eFar? eMany eStates eAre
ePuttingeStronger eRestrictions eon eWhere eYou eCan eSmoke‖
Have estates egone etoo efar ein ebanning esmoking?