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Table of Contents

    • About the Authors
    • Acknowledgments
    • Preface
    • 1Introduction to Law and Legal Systems
      • 1.1What Is Law?
      • 1.2Schools of Legal Thought
      • 1.3Basic Concepts and Categories of US Positive Law
      • 1.4Sources of Law and Their Priority
      • 1.5Legal and Political Systems of the World
      • 1.6A Sample Case
      • 1.7Summary and Exercises
    • 2Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics

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      • 2.1What Is Ethics?

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      • 2.2Major Ethical Perspectives

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      • 2.3An Ethical Decision Model

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      • 2.4Corporations and Corporate Governance

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      • 2.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 3Courts and the Legal Process

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      • 3.1The Relationship between State and Federal Court Systems in the United States

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      • 3.2The Problem of Jurisdiction

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      • 3.3Motions and Discovery

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      • 3.4The Pretrial and Trial Phase

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      • 3.5Judgment, Appeal, and Execution

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      • 3.6When Can Someone Bring a Lawsuit?

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      • 3.7Relations with Lawyers

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      • 3.8Alternative Means of Resolving Disputes

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      • 3.9Cases

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    • 4Constitutional Law and US Commerce

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      • 4.1Basic Aspects of the US Constitution

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      • 4.2The Commerce Clause

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      • 4.3Dormant Commerce Clause

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      • 4.4Preemption: The Supremacy Clause

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      • 4.5Business and the Bill of Rights

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      • 4.6Cases

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      • 4.7Summary and Exercises

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    • 5Administrative Law

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      • 5.1Administrative Agencies: Their Structure and Powers

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      • 5.2Controlling Administrative Agencies

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      • 5.3The Administrative Procedure Act

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      • 5.4Administrative Burdens on Business Operations

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      • 5.5The Scope of Judicial Review

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      • 5.6Cases

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      • 5.7Summary and Exercises

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    • 6Criminal Law

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      • 6.1The Nature of Criminal Law

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      • 6.2Types of Crimes

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      • 6.3The Nature of a Criminal Act

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      • 6.4Responsibility

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      • 6.5Procedure

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      • 6.6Constitutional Rights of the Accused

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      • 6.7Cases

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      • 6.8Summary and Exercises

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    • 7Introduction to Tort Law

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      • 7.1Purpose of Tort Laws

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      • 7.2Intentional Torts

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      • 7.3Negligence

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      • 7.4Strict Liability

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      • 7.5Cases

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      • 7.6Summary and Exercises

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    • 8Contracts

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      • 8.1General Perspectives on Contracts

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      • 8.2Contract Formation

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      • 8.3Remedies

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      • 8.4Cases

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      • 8.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 9Consumer Credit Transactions

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      • 9.1Entering into a Credit Transaction

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      • 9.2Consumer Protection Laws and Debt Collection Practices

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      • 9.3Cases

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      • 9.4Summary and Exercises

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    • 10Secured Transactions and Suretyship

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      • 10.1Introduction to Secured Transactions

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      • 10.2Priorities

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      • 10.3Rights of Creditor on Default and Disposition after Repossession

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      • 10.4Suretyship

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      • 10.5Cases

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      • 10.6Summary and Exercises

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    • 11Mortgages and Nonconsensual Liens

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      • 11.1Uses, History, and Creation of Mortgages

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      • 11.2Priority, Termination of the Mortgage, and Other Methods of Using Real Estate as Security

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      • 11.3Nonconsensual Lien

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      • 11.4Cases

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      • 11.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 12Bankruptcy

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      • 12.1Introduction to Bankruptcy and Overview of the 2005 Bankruptcy Act

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      • 12.2Case Administration; Creditors’ Claims; Debtors’ Exemptions and Dischargeable Debts; Debtor’s Estate

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      • 12.3Chapter 7 Liquidation

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      • 12.4Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcies

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      • 12.5Alternatives to Bankruptcy

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      • 12.6Cases

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      • 12.7Summary and Exercises

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    • 13Intellectual Property

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      • 13.1Patents

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      • 13.2Trade Secrets

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      • 13.3Copyright

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      • 13.4Trademarks

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      • 13.5Cases

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      • 13.6Summary and Exercises

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    • 14The Nature and Regulation of Real Estate and the Environment

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      • 14.1Estates

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      • 14.2Rights Incident to Possession and Ownership of Real Estate

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      • 14.3Easements: Rights in the Lands of Others

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      • 14.4Regulation of Land Use

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      • 14.5Environmental Law

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      • 14.6Cases

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      • 14.7Summary and Exercises

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    • 15Securities Regulation

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      • 15.1The Nature of Securities Regulation

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      • 15.2Liability under Securities Law

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      • 15.3Cases

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      • 15.4Summary and Exercises

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    • 16Antitrust Law

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      • 16.1History and Basic Framework of Antitrust Laws in the United States

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      • 16.2Horizontal Restraints of Trade

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      • 16.3Vertical Restraints of Trade

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      • 16.4Price Discrimination: The Robinson-Patman Act

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      • 16.5Exemptions

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      • 16.6Sherman Act, Section 2: Concentrations of Market Power

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      • 16.7Acquisitions and Mergers under Section 7 of the Clayton Act

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      • 16.8Cases

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      • 16.9Summary and Exercises

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    • 17Unfair Trade Practices and the Federal Trade Commission

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      • 17.1The Federal Trade Commission: Powers and Law Governing Deceptive Acts

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      • 17.2Deceptive Acts and Practices

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      • 17.3Unfair Trade Practices

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      • 17.4Remedies

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      • 17.6Summary and Exercises

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    • 18Employment Law

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      • 18.1Federal Employment Discrimination Laws

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      • 18.2Employment at Will

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      • 18.3Other Employment-Related Laws

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      • 18.4Cases

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      • 18.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 19Labor-Management Relations

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      • 19.1A Brief History of Labor Legislation

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      • 19.2The National Labor Relations Board: Organization and Functions

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      • 19.3Labor and Management Rights under the Federal Labor Laws

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      • 19.4Case

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      • 19.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 20International Law

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      • 20.1Introduction to International Law

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      • 20.2Sources and Practice of International Law

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      • 20.3Important Doctrines of Nation-State Judicial Decisions

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      • 20.4Regulating Trade

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      • 20.5Cases

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      • 20.6Summary and Exercises

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