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Fundamentals of Business Law : Excerpted Cases

ISBN: 9780324406023 | 0324406029
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/27/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
This cost-effective alternative to traditional Business Law texts offers in-depth coverage of all core topics (including contracts and sales) in a brief, paperback format. It's the first book of its kind to combine a less expensive, less detailed approach with excerpted (rather than summarized) cases to illustrate key points of law. This text is perfect for single-semester courses that focus primarily on contracts and sales.
Business Law made simpler and less expensive! FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS LAW: EXCERPTED CASES... MORE
UNIT ONE The Legal Environment of Business
1(78)
The Legal and Constitutional Environment of Business
2(30)
The Nature o... MORE
2(1)
Business Activities and the Legal Environment
2(2)
Sources of American Law
4(2)
The Common Law Tradition
6(2)
Classifications of Law
8(2)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: International Jurisdiction and the Internet
9(1)
The Constitution as It Affects Business
10(12)
Landmark and Classic Cases: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
10(12)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Chapter 1 Appendix
22(1)
Finding Statutory and Administrative Law
22(1)
Finding Case Law
23(5)
Reading and Understanding Case Law
28(4)
Traditional and Online Dispute Resolution
32(28)
The Judiciary's Role in American Government
32(1)
Basic Judicial Requirements
33(5)
The State and Federal Court Systems
38(3)
Following a State Court Case
41(5)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: Who Bears the Costs of Electronic Discovery?
44(2)
The Courts Adapt to the Online World
46(3)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
49(4)
Management Perspective: Arbitration Clauses in Employment Contracts
51(2)
Online Dispute Resolution
53(7)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Ethics and Business Decision Making
60(19)
Business Ethics
60(2)
Setting the Right Ethical Tone
62(3)
Companies That Defy the Rules
65(2)
Business Ethics and the Law
67(3)
Management Perspective: ``Sucks'' Sites--Can They Be Shut Down?
68(2)
Approaches to Ethical Reasoning
70(1)
Business Ethics on a Global Level
71(8)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Unit One Extended Case Study: Vo v. City of Garden Grove
76(3)
UNIT TWO Torts and Crimes
79(68)
Torts and Cyber Torts
80(21)
The Basis of Tort Law
80(1)
Intentional Torts against Persons
81(5)
Intentional Torts against Property
86(3)
Unintentional Torts (Negligence)
89(4)
Strict Liability
93(1)
Cyber Torts
93(8)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: Can Spamming Constitute a Tort?
96(5)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Intellectual Property
101(19)
Trademarks and Related Property
101(4)
Landmark and Classic Cases: The Coca-Cola Co. v. Koke Co. of America
103(2)
Cyber Marks
105(3)
Patents
108(1)
Copyrights
109(4)
Trade Secrets
113(2)
Management Perspective: File-Sharing Technology and Copyright Law
114(1)
International Protection for Intellectual Property
115(5)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes
120(27)
Civil Law and Criminal Law
120(1)
Classification of Crimes
121(1)
Criminal Liability
122(1)
Corporate Criminal Liability
123(1)
Types of Crimes
123(3)
Defenses to Criminal Liability
126(3)
Constitutional Safeguards and Criminal Procedures
129(5)
Criminal Process
134(3)
Cyber Crimes
137(10)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: Stalking and Internet Data Brokers
139(6)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Unit Two Extended Case Study: Pinsonneault v. Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Co.
145(2)
UNIT THREE Contracts
147(122)
Nature and Classification
148(15)
The Function of Contracts
149(1)
Definition of a Contract
149(1)
Requirements of a Contract
149(1)
Freedom of Contract and Freedom from Contract
150(1)
Types of Contracts
150(5)
Management Perspective: Employment Manuals and Implied Contracts
153(2)
Quasi Contracts
155(1)
Interpretation of Contracts
156(7)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Agreement and Consideration
163(19)
Agreement
163(10)
Landmark and Classic Cases: Lucy v. Zehmer
164(2)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: Can an Online Bid Constitute an Acceptance?
166(1)
Management Perspective: The Enforcement of Preliminary Agreements
167(6)
Consideration and Its Requirements
173(2)
Contracts That Lack Consideration
175(1)
Settlement of Claims
176(1)
Promissory Estoppel
177(5)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Capacity and Legality
182(18)
Contractual Capacity
182(6)
Legality
188(6)
Management Perspective: Covenants Not to Compete in the Internet Context
191(2)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: Is It Unconscionable for Physicians to Prescribe Medication Online?
193(1)
The Effect of Illegality
194(6)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Defenses to Contract Enforceability
200(17)
Genuineness of Assent
200(6)
The Statute of Frauds---Requirement of a Writing
206(3)
The Statute of Frauds---Sufficiency of the Writing
209(3)
The Parol Evidence Rule
212(5)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: What Does ``Registration'' Mean in the Domain Name Context?
213(4)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Third Party Rights and Discharge
217(20)
Assignments
217(4)
Delegations
221(2)
Third Party Beneficiaries
223(3)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: Government Contracts and Third Party Beneficiaries
224(2)
Contract Discharge
226(11)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Breach and Remedies
237(14)
Damages
237(5)
Equitable Remedies
242(2)
Recovery Based on Quasi Contract
244(1)
Contract Provisions Limiting Remedies
245(1)
Election of Remedies
246(5)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
E-Contracts
251(18)
Forming Contracts Online
251(6)
Management Perspective: The Enforceability of Forum-Selection Clauses
252(2)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: Avoiding Deception in Software Sales
254(3)
E-Signatures
257(2)
Partnering Agreements
259(1)
The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
259(3)
The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
262(7)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Unit Three Extended Case Study: MPACT Construction Group, LLC v. Superior Concrete Constructors, Inc.
267(2)
UNIT FOUR Sales and Lease Contracts
269(80)
The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts
270(24)
The Scope of the UCC
270(1)
The Scope of Article 2---Sales
271(3)
The Scope of Article 2A---Leases
274(1)
The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts
275(9)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: Can an Employee's E-Mail Constitute a Waiver of Contract Terms?
281(3)
Landmark and Classic Cases: Jones v. Star Credit Corp.
284(1)
Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
284(10)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Chapter 14 Appendix
290(4)
Title and Risk of Loss
294(14)
Identification
295(1)
Passage of Title
295(4)
Risk of Loss
299(3)
Insurable Interest
302(1)
Bulk Transfers
303(5)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts
308(20)
Performance Obligations
308(1)
Management Perspective: Good Faith and Fair Dealing
309(1)
Obligations of the Seller or Lessor
309(6)
Landmark and Classic Cases: Maple Farms, Inc. v. City School District of Elmira
312(3)
Obligations of the Buyer or Lessee
315(1)
Anticipatory Repudiation
316(1)
Remedies of the Seller or Lessor
316(3)
Remedies of the Buyer or Lessee
319(3)
Limitation of Remedies
322(6)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Warranties and Product Liability
328(21)
Warranties
328(7)
Landmark and Classic Cases: Webster v. Blue Ship Tea Room, Inc.
331(4)
Lemon Laws
335(1)
Product Liability
336(1)
Strict Product Liability
336(4)
Management Perspective: The ``Sophisticated-User'' Doctrine
337(2)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: School Shootings and Strict Liability
339(1)
Defenses to Product Liability
340(9)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Unit Four Extended Case Study: Mangold v. Nissan North America, Inc.
347(2)
UNIT FIVE Negotiable Instruments
349(52)
Negotiability, Transferability, and Liability
350(25)
Articles 3 and 4 of the UCC
351(1)
Types of Instruments
351(4)
Requirements for Negotiability
355(2)
Transfer of Instruments
357(2)
Holder in Due Course (HDC)
359(3)
Signature Liability
362(3)
Warranty Liability
365(2)
Management Perspective: Banks Must Act in Good Faith
366(1)
Defenses and Discharge
367(8)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Checks, the Banking System, and E-Money
375(26)
Checks
375(2)
The Bank-Customer Relationship
377(1)
Bank's Duty to Honor Checks
378(7)
Management Perspective: The Problem of Forged Checks
382(3)
Bank's Duty to Accept Deposits
385(4)
Electronic Fund Transfers
389(2)
E-Money and Online Banking
391(1)
The Uniform Money Services Act
392(9)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Unit Five Extended Case Study: Lema v. Bank of America, N.A.
399(2)
UNIT SIX Debtor-Creditor Relationships
401(56)
Secured Transactions
402(23)
The Terminology of Secured Transactions
402(1)
Creating and Perfecting a Security Interest
403(8)
The Scope of a Security Interest
411(1)
Priorities
412(4)
Rights and Duties of Debtors and Creditors
416(1)
Default
416(9)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
425(32)
Laws Assisting Creditors
425(6)
Laws Assisting Debtors
431(1)
Bankruptcy and Reorganization
431(2)
Chapter 7---Liquidation
433(11)
Chapter 11---Reorganization
444(3)
Bankruptcy Relief under Chapter 13 and Chapter 12
447(10)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Unit Six Extended Case Study: Archer v. Warner
455(2)
UNIT SEVEN Employment Relations
457(50)
Agency Relationships
458(21)
Agency Relationships
458(3)
How Agency Relationships Are Formed
461(2)
Duties of Agents and Principals
463(2)
Agent's Authority
465(3)
Liability in Agency Relationships
468(4)
Management Perspective: Online Advertising and E-Agents
471(1)
How Agency Relationships Are Terminated
472(7)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Employment Law
479(28)
Employment at Will
479(2)
Wage and Hour Laws
481(1)
Labor Unions
482(2)
Worker Health and Safety
484(1)
Income Security
485(3)
Family and Medical Leave
488(1)
Employment Discrimination
489(8)
Management Perspective: Responding to Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
494(3)
Affirmative Action
497(1)
State Statutes
498(9)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Unit Seven Extended Case Study: Redi-Floors, Inc. v. Sonenberg Co.
505(2)
UNIT EIGHT Business Organizations
507(102)
Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies
508(26)
Sole Proprietorships
508(1)
The Law Governing Partnerships
509(10)
Limited Liability Partnerships
519(1)
Limited Partnerships
520(5)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: Jurisdiction Issues in Limited Partnerships
522(3)
Limited Liability Companies
525(3)
Special Business Forms
528(6)
Management Perspective: The Importance of Operating Agreements
528(6)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Corporate Formation, Financing, and Termination
534(27)
The Nature of the Corporation
534(3)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: The Internet Taxation Debate
536(1)
Corporate Powers
537(1)
Classification of Corporations
537(4)
Corporate Formation
541(4)
Corporate Status
545(2)
Corporate Financing
547(2)
Merger and Consolidation
549(3)
Purchase of Assets
552(1)
Purchase of Stock
553(1)
Termination
553(8)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders
561(21)
Role of Directors
561(4)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: The Timing of Directors' Actions in an Electronic Age
564(1)
Role of Corporate Officers and Executives
565(1)
Duties and Liabilities of Directors and Officers
565(3)
Role of Shareholders
568(2)
Rights of Shareholders
570(3)
Liability of Shareholders
573(1)
Duties of Majority Shareholders
574(1)
Major Business Forms Compared
575(7)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Investor Protection and Corporate Governance
582(27)
The Securities and Exchange Commission
582(1)
Securities Act of 1933
583(6)
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
589(5)
Landmark and Classic Cases: SEC v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.
589(5)
Corporate Governance
594(4)
The Regulation of Investment Companies
598(1)
State Securities Laws
598(1)
Online Securities Offerings and Disclosures
599(10)
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment: Will Inaccurate Information in an Electronic Prospectus Invalidate the Registration?
600(6)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Unit Eight Extended Case Study: Gottsacker v. Monnier
606(3)
UNIT NINE Property and Its Protection
609(52)
Personal Property and Bailments
610(16)
Property Ownership
610(3)
Acquiring Ownership of Personal Property
613(3)
Landmark and Classic Cases: In re Estate of Piper
614(2)
Mislaid, Lost, and Abandoned Property
616(1)
Bailments
616(10)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Law
626(15)
The Nature of Real Property
626(2)
Ownership Interests in Real Property
628(2)
Transfer of Ownership
630(4)
Leasehold Estates
634(1)
Landlord-Tenant Relationships
635(6)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Insurance, Wills, and Trusts
641(20)
Insurance
641(7)
Wills
648(3)
Trusts
651(10)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Unit Nine Extended Case Study: Ace Equipment Sales, Inc. v. Buccino
659(2)
UNIT TEN Special Topics
661
Professional Liability
662(17)
Potential Common Law Liability to Clients
662(4)
Auditors' Liability to Third Parties
666(3)
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
669(1)
Potential Statutory Liability of Accountants
669(4)
Potential Criminal Liability
673(1)
Confidentiality and Privilege
673(1)
Limiting Professionals' Liability
674(5)
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
International Law
679
International Principles and Doctrines
679(2)
Doing Business Internationally
681(1)
Commercial Contracts in an International Setting
682(2)
Making Payment on International Transactions
684(1)
Regulation of Specific Business Activities
685(1)
U.S. Antidiscrimination Laws in a Global Context
686
Terms and Concepts
Chapter Summary
For Review
Questions and Case Problems
Accessing the Internet
Unit Ten Extended Case Study: Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson
690
APPENDICES
Appendix A Answers to Even-Numbered For Review Questions
1(8)
Appendix B Sample Answers for End-of-Chapter Questions with Sample Answer
9(7)
Appendix C How to Brief Cases and Analyze Case Problems
16(3)
Appendix D The Constitution of the United States
19(8)
Appendix E The Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts)
27(136)
Appendix F The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Excerpts and Explanatory Comments)
163
Glossary1(1)
Table of Cases1(1)
Index1

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