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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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      • 8.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 9Products Liability

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      • 9.1Introduction: Why Products-Liability Law Is Important

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      • 9.2Warranties

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      • 9.3Negligence

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      • 9.4Strict Liability in Tort

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      • 9.5Tort Reform

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      • 9.6Cases

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      • 9.7Summary and Exercises

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    • 10Intellectual Property

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      • 10.1Patents

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      • 10.2Trade Secrets

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      • 10.3Copyright

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      • 10.4Trademarks

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      • 10.5Cases

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      • 10.6Summary and Exercises

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    • 11Relationships between Principal and Agent

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      • 11.1Introduction to Agency and the Types of Agents

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      • 11.2Duties between Agent and Principal

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      • 11.4Summary and Exercises

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    • 12Liability of Principal and Agent; Termination of Agency

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      • 12.1Principal’s Contract Liability

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      • 12.2Principal’s Tort and Criminal Liability

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      • 12.3Agent’s Personal Liability for Torts and Contracts; Termination of Agency

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      • 12.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 13Partnerships: General Characteristics and Formation

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      • 13.1Introduction to Partnerships and Entity Theory

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      • 13.2Partnership Formation

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      • 13.3Cases

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      • 13.4Summary and Exercises

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    • 14Partnership Operation and Termination

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      • 14.1Operation: Relations among Partners

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      • 14.2Operation: The Partnership and Third Parties

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      • 14.3Dissolution and Winding Up

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      • 14.4Cases

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      • 14.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 15Hybrid Business Forms

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      • 15.1Limited Partnerships

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      • 15.2Limited Liability Companies

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      • 15.3Other Forms

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      • 15.4Cases

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      • 15.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 16Corporation: General Characteristics and Formation

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      • 16.1Historical Background

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      • 16.2Partnerships versus Corporations

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      • 16.3The Corporate Veil: The Corporation as a Legal Entity

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      • 16.4Classifications of Corporations

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      • 16.5Corporate Organization

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      • 16.6Effect of Organization

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      • 16.7Cases

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      • 16.8Summary and Exercises

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    • 17Legal Aspects of Corporate Finance

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      • 17.1General Sources of Corporate Funds

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      • 17.2Bonds

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      • 17.3Types of Stock

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      • 17.4Initial Public Offerings and Consideration for Stock

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      • 17.5Dividends

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      • 17.6The Winds of Change

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      • 17.7Cases

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      • 17.8Summary and Exercises

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    • 18Corporate Powers and Management

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      • 18.1Powers of a Corporation

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      • 18.2Rights of Shareholders

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      • 18.3Duties and Powers of Directors and Officers

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      • 18.4Liability of Directors and Officers

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      • 18.5Cases

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      • 18.6Summary and Exercises

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    • 19Securities Regulation

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      • 19.1The Nature of Securities Regulation

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      • 19.2Liability under Securities Law

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      • 19.3Cases

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      • 19.4Summary and Exercises

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    • 20Corporate Expansion, State and Federal Regulation of Foreign Corporations, and Corporate Dissolution

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      • 20.1Corporate Expansion

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      • 20.2Foreign Corporations

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      • 20.3Dissolution

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      • 20.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 21Antitrust Law

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      • 21.1History and Basic Framework of Antitrust Laws in the United States

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      • 21.2Horizontal Restraints of Trade

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      • 21.3Vertical Restraints of Trade

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      • 21.4Price Discrimination: The Robinson-Patman Act

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      • 21.5Exemptions

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      • 21.6Sherman Act, Section 2: Concentrations of Market Power

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      • 21.7Acquisitions and Mergers under Section 7 of the Clayton Act

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      • 21.8Cases

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      • 21.9Summary and Exercises

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    • 22Unfair Trade Practices and the Federal Trade Commission

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      • 22.1The Federal Trade Commission: Powers and Law Governing Deceptive Acts

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      • 22.2Deceptive Acts and Practices

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      • 22.3Unfair Trade Practices

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      • 22.4Remedies

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      • 22.6Summary and Exercises

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    • 23Employment Law

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      • 23.1Federal Employment Discrimination Laws

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      • 23.2Employment at Will

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      • 23.3Other Employment-Related Laws

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      • 23.4Cases

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    • 24Labor-Management Relations

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      • 24.1A Brief History of Labor Legislation

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      • 24.2The National Labor Relations Board: Organization and Functions

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      • 24.3Labor and Management Rights under the Federal Labor Laws

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      • 24.4Case

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