West's Business Law: Alternate Edition Book

Unit 1	The Legal Environment of Business	1
1	Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning	2
2	Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution	26
3	Court Procedures	46
4	Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business	68
5	Torts	86
6	Strict Liability and Product Liability	110
7	Intellectual Property	124
8	Criminal Law and Procedures	143
9	Cyberlaw and E-Commerce	166
Unit 2	Contracts	197
10	Nature and Terminology	198
11	Agreements	210
12	Consideration	227
13	Capacity and Legality	239
14	Genuineness of Assent	257
15	The Statute of Frauds	270
16	Third Party Rights	283
17	Performance and Discharge	294
18	Breach of Contract and Remedies	307
Unit 3	Domestic and International Sales and Lease Contracts	329
19	The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts	330
20	Title, Risk, and Insurable Interest	355
21	Performance of Sales and Lease Contracts	370
22	Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts	384
23	Sales and Lease Warranties	397
Unit 4	Negotiable Instruments	419
24	The Function and Creation of Negotiable Instruments	420
25	Transferability and Holder in Due Course	435
26	Liability, Defenses, and Discharge	452
27	Checks and Electronic Fund Transfers	472
Unit 5	Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy	503
28	Secured Transactions	504
29	Other Creditors' Remedies and Suretyship	531
30	Bankruptcy Law	544
Unit 6	Agency	571
31	Agency Formation and Duties	572
32	Liability to Third Parties and Termination	587
Unit 7	Business Organizations	615
33	Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships	616
34	CORPORATIONS - Formation and Financing	637
35	CORPORATIONS - Directors, Officers, and Shareholders	658
36	CORPORATIONS - Merger, Consolidation, and Termination	678
37	CORPORATIONS - Securities Regulation and Investor Protection	690
38	Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships	711
39	Special Business Forms and Private Franchises	727
40	Ethics and Business Decision Making	738
Unit 8	Labor and Employment Relations	759
41	Labor and Employment Law	760
42	Employment Discrimination	779
Unit 9	Government Regulation	803
43	Administrative Law	804
44	Consumer and Environmental Law	820
45	Antitrust Law	841
Unit 10	Property	865
46	Personal Property and Bailments	866
47	Real Property	888
48	Landlord-Tenant Relationships	907
Unit 11	Special Topics	931
49	Insurance	932
50	Wills, Trusts, and Elder Law	950
51	Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals	972
52	International and Comparative Law	989
53	Law for Entrepreneurs	1008
App. A	How to Brief Cases and Analyze Cases Problems	A-2
App. B	The Constitution of the United States	A-5
App. C	The Uniform Commercial Code	A-14
App. D	The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods	A-211
App. E	The Uniform Partnership Act	A-215
App. F	The Revised Uniform Partnership Act	A-224
App. G	The Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act	A-228
App. H	The Revised Model Business Corporation Act	A-239
App. I	The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act	A-250
App. J	The Securities Act of 1933	A-253
App. K	The Securities Exchange Act of 1934	A-255
App. L	Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964	A-256
App. M	The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990	A-258
App. N	The Civil Rights Act of 1991	A-260
App. O	The Administrative Procedure Act of 1946	A-262
App. P	The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1994	A-264
App. Q	The North American Free Trade Agreement of 1993	A-268
App. R	Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English	A-272
	Glossary
	Table of Cases
	Index