Law for Business and Personal Use

John Adamson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

656 Seiten

2005 | 17th edition
South-Western (Verlag)
978-0-538-44051-6 (ISBN)

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Explore the foundations of business law, while introducing personal law topics that interest students. LAW FOR BUSINESS AND PERSONAL USE combines strong content with interactive technology and video to maintain student interest and support active learning. Coverage includes contracts, criminal law, consumer protection, wills and estates, marriage and divorce, property law, agency, employment contracts, unions, commercial paper, and credit obligations. Each chapter is divided into short, easy-to-handle lessons, setting a comfortable learning pace. With more than 1,000 cases, there’s never a shortage of opportunities for case analysis and research.

John E. Adamson is Emeritus Professor of Business and Law in the Department of Finance and General Business at Missouri State University. Adamson received a BS from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York; an MA in International Relations from Georgetown University; and an MBA and a JD from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. A decorated disabled veteran and past four-term mayor and school board member of his hometown, Adamson is author of numerous business law texts, with a concentration in environmental law.

UNIT 1. LAW, JUSTICE, AND YOU.
1. Laws and Their Ethical Foundation.
2. Constitutional Rights.
3. The Court System.
4. Criminal Law and Procedure.
5. Civil Law and Procedure.
UNIT 2. CONTRACT LAW.
6. Offer and Acceptance.
7. Genuineness of Assent.
8. Consideration.
9. Legal Capacity to Contract.
10. Legal Purpose and Proper Form.
11. Contractual Obligations and Their Enforcement
UNIT 3. THE LAW OF SALES.
12. Sales Contracts.
13. Ownership and Risk of Loss in Sales.
14. Consumer Protection.
UNIT 4. PROPERTY LAW.
15. Property and Its Acquisition.
16. Bailments.
17. Ownership and Leasing of Real Property.
18. Insurance Law.
19. Wills, Trusts, and Estates
UNIT 5. AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT LAW.
20. Agency Law.
21. Employment Law.
22. Unions and the Employment Relationship.
23. Discrimination in Employment.
24. Employment-Related Injuries.
UNIT 6. LEGAL FORMS OF BUSINESS OPERATION.
25. Forms of Business Organization.
26. The Law of Corporations.
27. Organizational Forms for Small Business.
UNIT 7. BORROWING MONEY AND PAYING BILLS.
28. Commercial Paper.
29. Negotiability and Negotiation of Commercial Paper.
30. Discharge of Commercial Paper and Electronic Fund Transfers.
31. Secured and Unsecured Credit Obligations.
32. Creditors, Debtors, and Bankruptcy

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.6.2005
Verlagsort	Mason, OH
Sprache	englisch
Maße	224 x 284 mm
Gewicht	1632 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Handelsrecht
ISBN-10	0-538-44051-1 / 0538440511
ISBN-13	978-0-538-44051-6 / 9780538440516
Zustand	Neuware