Includes index.

Business ethics -- The U.S. legal system and court jurisdiction -- Dispute resolution -- Constitutional regulation of business -- Torts -- Crimes and business -- International law -- Introduction to contract law and contract theory -- Offer, acceptance, and consideration -- Capacity to contract, reality of consent, and legality -- Contract writings and interpretations -- The rights and obligations of third persons -- Discharge, breach, and remedies -- Formation of the sales contract : contracts for leasing goods -- Title and risk of loss -- Performance and remedies -- Warranties and product liability -- Introduction to negotiables : UCC Article 3 and Article 7 -- Negotiability -- Negotiation and holders in due course/holders by due negotiation -- Negotiables : liability and discharge -- Bank-customer relations/electronic funds transfers -- Secured transactions : attachment and perfection -- Secured transactions : priorities and enforcement -- Other credit transactions -- Bankruptcy -- Agency : creation and termination -- Agency : liability for contracts -- Agency : liability for torts and crimes -- Formation of a business -- Operation of a business organization -- Business terminations and other extraordinary events -- Securities regulation -- Antitrust law -- Consumer protection -- Environmental protection -- Labor and fair employment practices -- Property and joint ownership -- Intellectual property, computers, and the law.