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About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Preface
1
Introduction to Law and Legal Systems
1.1
What Is Law?
1.2
Schools of Legal Thought
1.3
Basic Concepts and Categories of US Positive Law
1.4
Sources of Law and Their Priority
1.5
Legal and Political Systems of the World
1.6
A Sample Case
1.7
Summary and Exercises
2
Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
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2.1
What Is Ethics?
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2.2
Major Ethical Perspectives
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2.3
An Ethical Decision Model
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2.4
Corporations and Corporate Governance
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2.5
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Courts and the Legal Process
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3.1
The Relationship between State and Federal Court Systems in the United States
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3.2
The Problem of Jurisdiction
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3.3
Motions and Discovery
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3.4
The Pretrial and Trial Phase
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3.5
Judgment, Appeal, and Execution
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3.6
When Can Someone Bring a Lawsuit?
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3.7
Relations with Lawyers
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3.8
Alternative Means of Resolving Disputes
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3.9
Cases
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Constitutional Law and US Commerce
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4.1
Basic Aspects of the US Constitution
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4.2
The Commerce Clause
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4.3
Dormant Commerce Clause
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4.4
Preemption: The Supremacy Clause
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4.5
Business and the Bill of Rights
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4.6
Cases
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Summary and Exercises
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Administrative Law
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5.1
Administrative Agencies: Their Structure and Powers
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5.2
Controlling Administrative Agencies
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The Administrative Procedure Act
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Administrative Burdens on Business Operations
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5.5
The Scope of Judicial Review
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5.6
Cases
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5.7
Summary and Exercises
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Criminal Law
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6.1
The Nature of Criminal Law
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6.2
Types of Crimes
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6.3
The Nature of a Criminal Act
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Responsibility
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Procedure
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6.6
Constitutional Rights of the Accused
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Cases
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6.8
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Introduction to Tort Law
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7.1
Purpose of Tort Laws
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7.2
Intentional Torts
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7.3
Negligence
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7.4
Strict Liability
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7.5
Cases
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7.6
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Contracts
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8.1
General Perspectives on Contracts
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8.2
Contract Formation
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8.3
Remedies
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Cases
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8.5
Summary and Exercises
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Introduction to Property: Personal Property and Fixtures
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9.1
The General Nature of Property Rights
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Personal Property
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Fixtures
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Intellectual Property
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10.1
Patents
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Trade Secrets
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Copyright
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Trademarks
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Cases
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10.6
Summary and Exercises
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The Nature and Regulation of Real Estate and the Environment
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11.1
Estates
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11.2
Rights Incident to Possession and Ownership of Real Estate
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Easements: Rights in the Lands of Others
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Regulation of Land Use
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Environmental Law
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11.7
Summary and Exercises
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The Transfer of Real Estate by Sale
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12.1
Forms of Ownership
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12.2
Brokers, Contracts, Proof of Title, and Closing
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12.3
Adverse Possession
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12.5
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13
Landlord and Tenant Law
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13.1
Types and Creation of Leasehold Estates
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13.2
Rights and Duties of Landlords and Tenants
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Estate Planning: Wills, Estates, and Trusts
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Wills and Estate Administration
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Factors Affecting Estates and Trusts
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Insurance
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15.1
Definitions and Types of Insurance
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15.2
Property Insurance, Liability Insurance, and Life Insurance
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Insurer’s Defenses
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Secured Transactions and Suretyship
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16.1
Introduction to Secured Transactions
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16.2
Priorities
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Rights of Creditor on Default and Disposition after Repossession
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Mortgages and Nonconsensual Liens
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17.1
Uses, History, and Creation of Mortgages
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Nonconsensual Lien
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Bailments and the Storage, Shipment, and Leasing of Goods
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18.1
Introduction to Bailment Law
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Liability of the Parties to a Bailment
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The Storage and Shipping of Goods
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