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Melvin’s Business Law and Strategy employs critical thinking and practical, real-world examples to reinforce to students that every business decision has legal implications, regardless of the industry. Through a strategic framework, Business Law and Strategy helps undergraduate business students examine how companies can proactively use the law to craft and execute strategy and ultimately achieve competitive advantage. A robust technology suite of products supports the text content with online assignments and activities emulating common business situations in which students can actively explore the consequences of various actions and sharpen their strategic thinking skills.
1. Legal Foundations and Thinking Strategically
2. Business, Societal, and Ethical Contexts of Law
3. Business and the Constitution
4. The American Judicial System, Jurisdiction, and Venue
5. Resolving Disputes: Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
6. International Law and Global Commerce
7. Privacy Law and Information Management
UNIT TWO: CONTRACTS, SALES, AND LEASES
8. Contracts: Overview, Mutual Assent, and Consideration
9. Capacity and Legality
10. Enforceability
11. Performance
12. Breach and Remedies
13. Sales: Overview of Article 2
14. Sales Contracts: Agreement, Consideration, and the Statute of Frauds
15. Title, Allocation of Risk, and Insurable Interest
16. Performance and Cure in Sales Contracts
17. Breach and Remedies in a Sales Transaction
18. UCC Article 2A: Lease Contracts
19. Sales Warranties
UNIT THREE: COMMERICIAL PAPER AND SECURED TRANSACTIONS
20. Negotiable Instruments: Definition, Creation, and Categories
21. Negotiation, Indorsements, and Holder in Due Course
22. Liability, Defenses, and Discharge
23. Checks, Deposits, and Financial Institutions
24. Secured Transactions
25. Creditors’ Rights
26. Bankruptcy and Alternatives
UNIT FOUR: BUSINESS ENTITIES
27. Choice of Business Entity and Sole Proprietorships
28. Partnerships
29. Limited Liability Companies
30. Corporations: Formation and Organization
31. Corporate Transactions: Acquistions and Mergers
UNIT FIVE: REGULATIONS OF SECURITIES, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
32. Overview of the Securities Market: Definition, Categories, and Regulation
33. Regulation of Issuance: The Securities Act of 1933
34. Regulation of Trading: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
35. Regulation of Corporate Governance and Financial Markets
UNIT SIX: AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT LAW
36. Agency Formation, Categories, and Authority
37. Duties and Liabilities of Principals and Agents
38. Employment at Will
39. Employment Regulation and Labor Law
40. Employment Discrimination
UNIT SEVEN: REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
41. Torts and Products Liability
42. Administrative Law
43. Consumer Protection
44. Criminal Law and Procedure
45. Insurance Law
46. Environmental Law
47. Antitrust and Regulation of Competition
UNIT EIGHT: PROPERTY
48. Personal Property, Real Property, and Land Use Law
49. Wills, Trusts, and Estates
50. Intellectual Property
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