Anderson's Business Law

Preface. Acknowledgments. About The Authors. PART I: THE LEGAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS. 1. The Nature and Sources of Law. 2. The Court System and Dispute Resolution. 3. Business Ethics, Social Forces, and The Law. 4. The Constitution As The Foundation of The Legal Environment. 5. Government Regulation of Competition and Prices. 6. Administrative Agencies. 7. Crimes. 8. Torts. 9. Intellectual Property Rights. 10. The Legal Environment of International Trade. PART II: CONTRACTS. 11. Nature and Classes of Contracts: Contracting On The Internet. 12. Formation of Contracts: Offer and Acceptance. 13. Capacity and Genuine Assent. 14. Consideration. 15. Legality and Public Policy. 16. Writing, Electronic Forms, and Interpretation of Contracts. 17. Third Persons and Contracts. 18. Discharge of Contracts. 19. Breach of Contract and Remedies. PART III: SALES AND LEASES OF GOODS. 20. Personal Property and Bailments. 21. Legal Aspects of Supply Chain Management. 22. Nature and Form of Sales. 23. Title and Risk of Loss. 24. Product Liability: Warranties and Torts. 25. Obligations and Performance. 26. Remedies For Breach of Sales Contracts. PART IV: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. 27. Negotiable Instruments: Types, Parties, Transfer, and Liability 28. Checks, Banks, and Funds Transfers PART V: DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIPS. 29. Nature of The Debtor-Creditor Relationship. 30. Consumer Protection. 31. Secured Transactions in Personal Property. 32. Bankruptcy. 33. Insurance. PART VI: AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT. 34. Agency. 35. Third Persons in Agency. 36. Regulation of Employment. 37. Equal Employment Opportunity Law. PART VII: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS. 38. Types of Business Organizations. 39. Partnerships. 40. LPs, LLCs, and LLPs. 41. Corporation Formation. 42. Shareholder Rights in Corporations. 43. Securities Regulation. 44. Accountants' Liability and Malpractice. 45. Management of Corporations. PART VIII: REAL PROPERTY AND ESTATES. 46. Real Property. 47. Environmental Law and Land

Professor David Twomey has been a member of the business law department in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College since 1968. As department chair for more than a decade, and a multi-term chair of the school s Education Policy Committee, Professor Twomey has served as a spokesperson for a strong legal and ethical component in both the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. He is the author of 36 editions of textbooks on labor, employment and business law topics. His articles have appeared in journals such as Best s Review, The American Business Law Journal, The Labor Law Journal, The Massachusetts Law Quarterly, The Florida Bar Journal, and The Business Law Review. Professor Twomey has served as arbitrator in more than 2,000 labor-management disputes throughout the country. His service includes appointments by Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, William J. Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama to nine Presidential Emergency Boards, whose recommendations served as the basis for the resolution of major disputes in the rail and airline industries. After service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Professor Twomey graduated from Boston College, earned his M.B.A. at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a J.D. degree at Boston College Law School. He is a member of the Massachusetts and Florida Bars and a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators. Professor Marianne Jennings is an emeritus professor of legal and ethical studies in business from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (ASU). She was named professor of the year in the College of Business in 1981, 1987, 2000 and 2010 and was the recipient of a Burlington Northern teaching excellence award in 1985. She served as director of the Joan and David Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at ASU from 1995-1999. From 2006-2007, she served as the faculty director for the M.B.A. Executive Program. She took emeritus status in 2015, but continues to teach graduate courses in