TY - BOOK AU - Barnes,A.James AU - Dworkin,Terry Morehead AU - Richards,Eric L. TI - Law for business SN - 9780073524931 (hbk. : alk. paper) AV - KF889 .B28 2009 U1 - 346.7307 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin KW - Commercial law KW - United States KW - Trade regulation KW - Business law N1 - Includes index; Law, legal reasoning, and the legal profession -- Dispute settlement -- Business ethics and corporate social responsibility -- Business and the Constitution -- Crimes -- Intentional torts -- Negligence and strict liability -- Licensing and intellectual property -- The nature and origins of contracts -- Creating a contract: offers -- Creating a contract: acceptances -- Consideration -- Capacity to contract -- Voluntary consent -- Illegality -- The form and meaning of contracts -- Third parties' contract rights -- Performance and remedies -- Formation and terms of sales contracts -- Warranties and product liability -- Performance of sales contracts -- Remedies for breach of sales contracts -- The agency relationship-creation, duties, and termination -- Liability of principals and agents to third parties -- Employment laws -- Which form of business organization? -- Partnerships -- Formation and termination of corporations -- Management of the corporate business -- Financing the corporation and the role of the shareholders -- Securities regulation -- Legal liability of accountants -- Personal property and bailments -- Real property -- Landlord and tenant -- Estates and trusts -- Insurance -- Negotiable instruments -- Negotiation and holder in due course -- Liability of parties -- Checks and electronic fund transfers -- Introduction to security -- Security interests in personal property -- Bankruptcy -- The antitrust laws -- Consumer protection laws -- Environmental regulation UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007049513-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007049513-d.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007049513-t.html ER -