P A R T 1

The Legal Environment of Business

chapter 1. An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Dynamic Business Law and Business Ethics

chapter 2. The U.S. Legal System and Alternative Dispute Resolution

chapter 3. Administrative Law

chapter 4. Constitutional Law

chapter 5. Criminal Law and Business

chapter 6. Tort Law

chapter 7. Real, Personal, and Intellectual Property

P A R T 2

Contract Law

chapter 8. Introduction to Contracts and Agreement

chapter 9. Consideration

chapter 10. Capacity and Legality

chapter 11. Reality of Assent

chapter 12. Contracts in Writing and Third-Party Contracts

chapter 13. Discharge and Remedies

P A R T 3

Domestic and International Sales Law

chapter 14. Formation and Performance of Sales and Lease Contracts

chapter 15. Sales and Lease Contracts: Performance, Warranties, and Remedies

P A R T 4

Negotiable Instruments and Banking

chapter 16. Negotiable Instruments: Negotiability and Transferability

chapter 17. Holder in Due Course, Liability, and Defenses

P A R T 5

Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy

chapter 18. Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy

P A R T 6

Agency

chapter 19. Agency and Liability to Third Parties

P A R T 7

Business Organizations

chapter 20. Forms of Business Organization

chapter 21. Partnerships

chapter 22. Corporations: Formation and Organization

chapter 23. Securities Regulation

P A R T 8

Government Regulation

chapter 24. Employment and Discrimination Law

chapter 25. Consumer Law

APPENDIXES

appendix A The Constitution of the United States of America

appendix B Uniform Commercial Code

appendix C Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Glossary G-1

Index I-1