Law for Business and Personal Use: Activities and Study Guide,9780538683548

Law for Business and Personal Use: Activities and Study Guide

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780538683548
ISBN10: 0538683546
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-04-02
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary

The student activities and study guide contains lesson outlines, vocabulary reviews, concept reviews, and goals reviews for every chapter of the text. Helping users to master chapter concepts, these activities can also be used to prepare for tests.

Table of Contents

Unit 1---Law, Justice and You
Our Laws
Our Laws and Legal System
1(2)
Types of Laws
3(4)
Ethics in Our Law
What is Ethics?
7(2)
Reasoning About Right and Wrong
9(2)
How is Ethics Reflected in Our Laws
11(2)
Constitutional Rights
Foundations of Our Constitution
13(2)
Amendments to the Constitution
15(2)
Division and Balance of Powers
17(2)
The Court System
Dispute Resolution and the Courts
19(2)
Federal Court System
21(2)
State Court Systems
23(2)
Our Criminal Laws
Criminal Law
25(4)
Criminal Procedure
29(4)
Personal Injury Laws
Offenses Against Individuals
33(2)
Intentional Torts, Negligence, and Strict Liability
35(4)
Civil Procedure
39(2)
Offer and Acceptance
Creation of Offers
41(2)
Termination of Offers
43(2)
Acceptances
45(2)
Unit 2---Fundamentals of Contracts
Genuine Agreement
Creation of Offers
47(2)
Mistake, Misrepresentation, and Fraud
49(4)
Mutual Consideration
What is Consideration
53(2)
Legal Value and Bargained-For Exchange
55(4)
When Is Consideration Not Required?
59(2)
Law of Capacity
Capacity Rights
61(4)
Limitation on Capacity Rights
65(2)
Legality of Contracts
Which Agreements Are Illegal?
67(4)
Enforceability of Illegal Contracts
71(2)
Written Contracts
What is the Statute of Frauds
73(4)
Contracts Within and Exceptions to the Statute of Frauds
77(2)
How Are Contracts Interpreted?
79(2)
Contractual Duties
Transfer of Contractual Obligations
81(2)
Performance of Duties
83(4)
How Courts Enforce Contracts
Remedies for Breach of Contract
87(4)
Denial of Remedies for Breach of Contract
91(4)
Unit 3---Sales and Other Contractual Situations
Sales Contracts
Sales
95(4)
Ownership
99(2)
Special Rules for Sales Contracts
101(2)
Ownership and Risk of Loss in Sales Transactions
The Power to Transfer Ownership
103(4)
Risk of Loss and Insurable Interest
107(4)
Consumer Protection
Federal Protection
111(4)
State and Local Protection and Product Liability
115(2)
Warranties
117(4)
Legal Considerations in Marriage and Divorce
Legal Aspects of Marriage
121(2)
Legal Aspects of Divorce
123(2)
Unit 4---Property
Property
Classes of Property
125(4)
Acquiring Property
129(2)
Forms of Ownership
131(2)
Bailments
Bailment Relations
133(2)
Duties in Bailments
135(4)
Common Bailments
139(2)
Real Property
Real Property
141(4)
Nature and Transfer of Ownership
145(4)
Other's Rights in Your Land
149(4)
Renting Realty
Types of Leases
153(2)
Tenant's Rights and Duties
155(2)
Landlord's Rights and Duties
157(2)
Insuring Your Future
Insurance and How it Works
159(4)
Property and Casualty Insurance Coverage
163(4)
Life and Social Insurance Coverage
167(2)
Dealing With Death: Wills, Estates and Trusts
Legal Consequences of Death
169(4)
Trusts
173(2)
Unit 5---Law of Jobs
Creation of Agency
Overview of Agency
175(2)
Scope of Agency Authority
177(2)
Operation of Agency
Agent's Fiduciary Duties
179(2)
Other's Liabilities in Agency
181(2)
Employment Contracts
Creation of Employment Contracts
183(4)
Employer's Basic Duties
187(2)
Termination of Employment Contracts
189(2)
Unions
How Are Unions Established
191(4)
Relations in a Unionized Workplace
195(4)
Employment Discrimination
Illegal Employment Discrimination
199(2)
Proving Illegal Discrimination
201(4)
Specific Laws Making Unjustified Discrimination Illegal
205(2)
Employee Injuries
Employer's Tort Liability
207(2)
Worker's Compensation
209(2)
OSHA
211(2)
Unit 6---Forms of Business Organization
Forms of Business Organization
Basic Attributes of Business Organizations
213(2)
Creating and Terminating Partnerships
215(4)
Operating Partnerships
219(4)
Creating, Running and Terminating a Corporation
Creating a Corporation
223(4)
Financing, Operating, and Terminating a Corporation
227(4)
Corporate Powers and Shareholder Rights
231(2)
Forms of Organization for Small Business
Traditional Small Business Forms
233(2)
New and Evolving Small Business Forms
235(2)
Governmental Regulation of Business
Constitutional and Historical Basis for Regulation
237(2)
Areas of Regulation
239(2)
Unit 7---Borrowing Money and Paying Bills
Commercial Paper
Basic Types of Commercial Paper
241(4)
Specialized Forms of Commercial Paper
245(2)
Negotiability and Negotiation of Commercial Paper
Requirements of Negotiability
247(4)
Proper Indorsement and Negotiation
251(2)
Rights of Holders of Commercial Paper
Collection and Discharge of Commercial Paper
253(2)
Defenses to Collection of Commercial Paper and Electronic Fund Transfers
255(4)
Secured and Unsecured Credit Obligations
Establishing a Security Interest
259(2)
Creation and Perfection of Security Interests
261(4)
Debtors, Creditors, and Bankruptcy
Legal Protection of Creditors
265(4)
Legal Protection of Debtors and Use of Credit Cards
269(2)
Bankruptcy
271

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