Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials » (1st Edition)

Dynamic Business Law is appropriate for the one-semester Business Law course. It contains the basics of business law but does not get bogged down in the kind of details that are more appropriate in an upper-level law class. The text provides an examination of the basic questions, concepts, and legal rules of business law.

• Emphasis on the BUSINESS in business law. Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials emphasizes the tie of legal issues back to the core business curriculum. This will help both students and faculty. Faculty need to know how this is integrated as they are constantly 'defending' the inclusion of this course in the business curriculum. And students need to understand how the concepts tie to their future business careers.

• Emphasis on TEACHING. Many professors teaching this course are attorneys first and academics second. They do not have a lot of time to prepare or think about how to apply this information effectively for their business students. Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials contains a helpful instructor's manual, particularly for the many adjuncts teaching this course.

• Emphasis on CRITICAL THINKING. Neil Browne, one of the co-authors of this text, has written a successful text on critical thinking. His framework is included in Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials as well – to help students learn how to frame and reframe a question/issue. Critical thinking questions are also included at the end of each case, to tie in this component even further.

PART 1: The Legal Environment of Business

chapter 1 An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Dynamic Business Law

chapter 2 Business Ethics and White-Collar Crime

chapter 3 The U.S. Legal System and Alternative Dispute Resolution

chapter 4 Constitutional Principles

chapter 5 Tort Law

chapter 6 Real and Intellectual Property
PART 2: Contracts

chapter 7 Introduction to Contracts and Agreement

chapter 8 Consideration

chapter 9 Capacity and Legality

chapter 10 Reality of Assent

chapter 11 Contracts in Writing and Third-Party Contracts

chapter 12 Discharge and Remedies
PART 3: Domestic and International Sales Law

chapter 13 Formation and Performance of Sales and Lease Contracts

chapter 14 Performance and Obligations under Sales and Lease Contracts
PART 4: Negotiable Instruments and Banking

chapter 15 Negotiable Instruments: Negotiability and Transferability

chapter 16 Holder in Due Course, Liability, and Defenses
PART 5: Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy

chapter 17 Secured Transactions, Creditors’ Rights, and Bankruptcy
PART 6: Agency

chapter 18 Agency and Liability to Third Parties
PART 7: Business Organizations

chapter 19 Forms of Business Organizations

chapter 20 Partnerships

chapter 21 Corporations: Formation and Organization

chapter 22 Securities Regulation
PART 8: Government Regulation

chapter 23 Administrative Law

chapter 24 Employment and Discrimination Law

chapter 25 Consumer Law
Appendices

appendix A The Constitution of the United States of America

appendix B Uniform Commercial Code

appendix C Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002