Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials,
5th Edition Kubasek, Browne, All Chapters 1-25),
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1: The Legal Environment of Business
C h. 1 An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Dynamic Business Law
Ch. 2 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Ch. 3 The U.S. Legal System and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Ch. 4 Administrative Law
Ch. 5 Constitutional Law
Ch. 6 Criminal Law and Business
Ch. 7 Tort Law
Ch. 8 Real, Personal, and Intellectual Property
PART 2: Contract Law
Ch. 9 Introduction to Contracts and Agreement
Ch. 10 Consideration
Ch. 11 Capacity and Legality
Ch. 12 Reality of Assent
Ch. 13 Contracts in Writing and Third-Party Contracts
Ch. 14 Discharge and Remedies
Part 3: Domestic and International Sales Law
Ch. 15 Formation and Performance of Sales and Lease Contracts
Ch. 16 Sales and Lease Contracts: Performance, Warranties, and Remedies
PART 4: Negotiable Instruments and Banking
Ch. 17 Negotiable Instruments: Negotiability and Transferability
Ch. 18 Holder in Due Course, Liability, and Defenses
PART 5: Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
,Ch. 19 Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy
PART 6: Agency
Ch. 20 Agency and Liability to Third Parties
PART 7: Business Organizations
Ch. 21 Forms of Business Organization
Ch. 22 Corporations: Formation and Organization
Ch. 23 Securities Regulation
PART 8: Government Regulation
Ch. 24 Employment and Discrimination Law
Ch. 25 Consumer Law
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