Law for business
By: A. James Barnes, Terry Morehead Dworkin, Eric L. Richards.
Contributors: Dworkin, Terry Morehead.; Richards, Eric L.
Edition: 10th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1040
ISBN-13: 9780073524931
Subjects: Commercial law -- United States; Trade regulation -- United States; Business law -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Law, legal reasoning, and the legal profession; title: Dispute settlement; title: Business ethics and corporate social responsibility; title: Business and the constitution; title: Crimes; title: Intentional torts; title: Negligence and strict liability; title: The nature and origins of contracts; title: Creating a contract: offers; title: Creating a contract: acceptances; title: Consideration; title: Capacity to contract; title: Voluntary consent; title: Illegality; title: The form and meaning of contracts; title: Third parties: contract rights; title: Performance and remedies; title: Formation and terms of sales contracts; title: Warranties and product liability; title: Performance of sales contracts; title: Remedies for breach of sales contracts; title: The agency relationship?creation, duties, and termination; title: Liability of principals and agents to third parties; title: Employment laws; title: Which form of business organization?; title: Partnerships; title: Formation and termination of corporations; title: Management of the corporate business; title: Financing the corporation and the role of the shareholders; title: Securities regulation; title: Legal liability of accountants; title: Personal property and bailments; title: Real property; title: Landlord and tenant; title: Estates and trusts; title: Insurance; title: Negotiable instruments; title: Negotiation and holder in due course; title: Liability of parties; title: Checks and electronic fund transfers; title: Introduction to security; title: Security interests in personal property; title: Bankruptcy; title: The antitrust laws; title: Consumer protection laws.