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Author:   Sean Melvin ,  David Orozco ,  Enrique Guerra-Pujol
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Professional
Weight:   1.912kg
ISBN:  

9780078023828

ISBN 10:   0078023823
Pages:   1216
Publication Date:   07 March 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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UNIT ONE: Fundamentals of the Legal Environment of Business Chapter 1 Legal Foundations and Thinking Strategically Chapter 2 Business, Societal, and Ethical Contexts of Law Chapter 3 Business and the Constitution Chapter 4 The American Judicial System, Jurisdiction, and Venue Chapter 5 Resolving Disputes: Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution UNIT TWO: Contracts, Sales, and Leases Chapter 6 Contracts: Overview, Definition, Categories, and Source of Law Chapter 7 Mutual Assent: Agreement and Consideration Chapter 8 Capacity and Legality Chapter 9 Enforceability Chapter 10 Performance Chapter 11 Breach and Remedies Chapter 12 Contracts for the Sale of Goods: Overview of Article 2 Chapter 13 Sales Contracts: Agreement, Consideration, and the Statute of Frauds Chapter 14 Title, Allocation of Risk, and Insurable Interest Chapter 15 Performance and Cure in Sales Contracts Chapter 16 Breach and Remedies in a Sales Transaction Chapter 17 UCC Article 2A: Lease Contracts Chapter 18 Sales Warranties UNIT THREE: Commercial Paper and Secured Transactions Chapter 19 Definition, Creation, and Categories of Negotiable Instruments Chapter 20 Negotiation, Endorsements, and Holder in Due Course Chapter 21 Liability, Defenses, and Discharge Chapter 22 Checks, Deposits, and Financial Institutions Chapter 23 Secured Transactions Chapter 24 Creditors’ Rights Chapter 25 Alternatives for Insolvent Borrowers Chapter 26 Bankruptcy UNIT FOUR: Business Entities Chapter 27 Choice of Business Entity and Sole Proprietorships Chapter 28 Partnerships Chapter 29 Limited Liability Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Chapter 30 Corporations: Formation and Organization Chapter 31 Corporate Transactions: Acquisitions and Mergers UNIT FIVE: Regulation of Securities, Corporate Governance, and Financial Markets Chapter 32 Overview of the Securities Market: Definition, Categories, and Regulation Chapter 33 Regulation of Issuance: The Securities Act of 1933 Chapter 34 Regulation of Trading: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Chapter 35 Regulation of Corporate Governance Chapter 36 Regulation of Financial Markets UNIT SIX: Agency and Employment Law Chapter 37 Agency Formation, Categories, and Authority Chapter 38 Duties and Liabilities of Principals and Agents Chapter 39 Employment at Will Chapter 40 Employment Regulation and Labor Law Chapter 41 Employment Discrimination UNIT SEVEN: Regulatory Environment of Business Chapter 42 Torts and Products Liability Chapter 43 Administrative Law Chapter 44 Consumer Protection Chapter 45 Criminal Law and Procedure Chapter 46 Insurance Law Chapter 47 Environmental Law UNIT EIGHT: Property Chapter 48 Personal Property, Real Property, and Land Use Law Chapter 49 Wills, Trusts, and Estates Chapter 50 Intellectual Property

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Sean P. Melvin is an associate professor of business law at Elizabethtown College (Pennsylvania), where he served as department chair for eight years, won the Delta Mu Delta Outstanding Teacher of the Year award, and received several Faculty Merit awards for teaching and scholarship. Prior to his appointment at Elizabethtown, he was an assistant professor of business at a large state university where he taught in both the undergraduate and MBA programs. Before his academic career, Professor Melvin was a corporate lawyer in a large Philadelphia-based law firm and went on to become vice president and general counsel at a publicly traded technology company. Professor Melvin is the author or co-author of eight books (including five textbooks), has contributed scholarly and professional articles and case studies to over two dozen publications, and is a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB). His article Case Study of a Coffee War was selected as Best International Case Study at the 86th annual ALSB conference. F. E. Guerra-Pujol is a lecturer of business law at the University of Central Florida (UCF), a large state university located in Orlando, where he also serves as faculty editor of the UCF Undergraduate Research Journal. Prior to his appointment at UCF, he was an associate professor at the Pontifical Catholic University School of Law in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and practiced corporate and tax law with a large Latin American law firm. Professor Guerra-Pujol received his BA from UC Santa Barbara and his JD from Yale Law School. Professor Guerra-Pujol has published refereed articles, book chapters, and other scholarly works and is a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB). He is currently writing a book titled Alternate Legal Worlds exploring law from a science fiction perspective, and his work has been featured on Freakonomics Radio, Hacker News, and the website io9.

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