BUS 018: Legal Environment of Business
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This text is a comprehensive introduction to the study of law, with specific emphasis on the legal environment of business. Includes the legal process, legal institutions, ethics, jurisdiction, U.S. Constitution, contracts, agency, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), torts, employment law, property, bankruptcy law, forms of business organization, corporations, consumer protection, government regulation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), along with ethical concerns and current public policy issues.
Front Matter
1: Law and Legal Systems
2: Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
3: Courts and the Legal Process
4: Constitutional Law and US Commerce
5: Criminal Law
6: Tort Law
7: Contracts
8: Consumer Credit Transactions
9: Mortgages and Nonconsensual Liens
10: Bankruptcy
11: Employment Law
12: Partnerships—General Characteristics and Formation
13: Corporation—General Characteristics and Formation
14: Securities Regulation
15: Corporate Expansion, State and Federal Regulation of Foreign Corporations, and Corporate Dissolution
16: Antitrust Law
17: Personal Property and Fixtures
18: Intellectual Property
19: The Transfer of Real Estate By Sale
20: Landlord and Tenant Laws
Back Matter
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