Business Law and the Legal Environment
South-Western (Verlag)
978-0-538-88244-6 (ISBN)
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This text is a concise statement of the black letter law that affects business. With a focus CPA preparation and varied case studies, professors and students alike can have confidence that they are learning up-to-date developments in business law. Summarized cases, supporting examples, ethical scenarios drawn from the real world, short vignettes entitled "What's Behind the Law", and end-of-chapter case problems introduce students to the legal issues that they will face in the business world.
Part 1 The legal and social environment of business: the nature and sources of law; the court system and dispute resolution; business ethics, social forces and the law; the constitution as the foundation of the legal environment; government regulation of competition and prices; administrative agencies; the legal environment of international trade; crimes; torts; intellectual Property Rights. Part 2 Contracts: nature and classes of contracts; the agreement; capacity and genuine assent; consideration; legality and public policy; form of contract; interpretation of contracts; third persons and contracts; discharge of contracts; breach of contract and remedies; accountants' liability and malpractice. Part 3 Personal property and bailments: personal property; bailments; legal aspects of warehousing, transportation, factoring and hotelkeeping. Part 4 Sales and leases of personal property: nature and form of sales; passage of title and risk of loss - rights of parties; obligations of performance; warranties and other product liability theories; remedies for breach of sales contracts; consumer protection. Part 5 Negotiable instruments: kinds of instruments, parties and negotiability; transfer of negotiable instruments; rights of holders and defences; checks and funds transfers. Part 6 Debtor-creditor relations and risk management: secured transactions in personal property; other security devices; bankruptcy; insurance. Part 7 Agency and employment: agency - creation and termination; principal and agent; third persons in agency; regulation of employment; equal employment opportunity law. Part 8 Business organizations: forms of business organizations; creation and termination of partnerships partnerships, limited partnerships and limited liability companies; introduction to corporation law; corporate stocks and bonds; securities regulation; management of corporations. Part 9 Real property and estates: real property; environmental law and land use controls; leases; decedents' estates and trusts. Appendices: how to find the law; the constitution of the united states; uniform commercial code; united nations convention on contracts for the international sale of goods (excerpts); Uniform Partnership Act; Revised Model Business Corporation Act; answers to AICPA questions.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.9.1998 |
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| Zusatzinfo | glossary, index |
| Verlagsort | Mason, OH |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Handelsrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-538-88244-1 / 0538882441 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-538-88244-6 / 9780538882446 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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