Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business

LAW FOR BUSINESS, 19E from Cengage Advantage Books provides a practical approach to law that emphasizes the current, relevant topics you need to succeed in business today. Compelling cases throughout this edition highlight recent business challenges, such as trademark infringement, capacity to contract, agency, and employment-at-will. In addition, timely coverage of business ethics and the law provides new insights into recent corporate scandals and indictments. Popular legal authors Ashcroft, Ashcroft, and Patterson combine short chapters and a full-color design with real-world examples and applications. They integrate helpful Learning Objectives and optional online tools, such as the MindTap learning system complete with legal videos, to make business law approachable, engaging and applicable for your future success.

PART I: THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS. 1. Introduction to Law. 2. Courts and Court Procedures. 3. Business Torts and Crimes. 4. Government Regulation of Business. PART II: CONTRACTS. 5. Nature and Classes of Contracts. 6. Offer and Acceptance. 7. Capacity to Contract. 8. Consideration. 9. Defective Agreements. 10. Illegal Agreements. 11. Written Contracts. 12. Third Parties and Contracts. 13. Termination of Contracts. PART III: PERSONAL PROPERTY. 14. Nature of Personal Property. 15. Special Bailments. PART IV: SALES. 16. Sales of Personal Property. 17. Formalities of a Sale. 18. Transfer of Title and Risk in Sales Contracts. 19. Warranties, Product Liability, and Consumer Protection. PART V: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. 20. Nature of Negotiable Instruments. 21. Essentials of Negotiability. 22. Promissory Notes and Drafts. 23. Negotiation and Discharge. 24. Liabilities of Parties, Holders in Due Course and Defenses. PART VI: AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT. 25. Nature and Creation of an Agency. 26. Operation and Termination of an Agency. 27. Employer and Employee Relations. 28. Employees' Rights. PART VII: BUSINESS ORGANIZATION. 29. Introduction to Business Organizations. 30. Creation and Operation of a Partnership. 31. Dissolution of a Partnership. 32. Nature of a Corporation. 33. Ownership of a Corporation. 34. Management and Dissolution of a Corporation. PART VIII: RISK. BEARING DEVICES. 35. Principles of Insurance. 36. Types of Insurance. 37. Security Devices. 38. Bankruptcy. PART IX: REAL PROPERTY. 39. Nature of Real Property. 40. Transfer of Real Property. 41. Real Estate Mortgages. 42. Landlord and Tenant. 43. Wills, Inheritances, and Trusts.