Introduction to Contracts, Sales and Product Liability

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Introduction to Law and Legal Systems
  7. Front Matter
  8. TitlePage
  9. InfoPage
  10. 1.1: What Is Law?
  11. 1.2: Schools of Legal Thought
  12. 1.3: Basic Concepts and Categories of US Positive Law
  13. 1.4: Sources of Law and Their Priority
  14. 1.5: Legal and Political Systems of the World
  15. 1.6: A Sample Case
  16. 1.7: Summary and Exercises
  17. Back Matter
  18. Index
  19. 2: Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
  20. 2.1: What Is Ethics?
  21. 2.2: Major Ethical Perspectives
  22. 2.3: An Ethical Decision Model
  23. 2.4: Corporations and Corporate Governance
  24. 2.5: Summary and Exercises
  25. 3: Courts and the Legal Process
  26. 3.1: Courts and the Legal Process
  27. 3.2: The Relationship between State and Federal Court Systems in the United States
  28. 3.3: The Problem of Jurisdiction
  29. 3.4: Motions and Discovery
  30. 3.5: The Pretrial and Trial Phase
  31. 3.6: Judgment, Appeal, and Execution
  32. 3.7: When Can Someone Bring a Lawsuit?
  33. 3.8: Relations with Lawyers
  34. 3.9: Alternative Means of Resolving Disputes
  35. 3.10: Cases
  36. 4: Constitutional Law and US Commerce
  37. 4.1: Basic Aspects of the US Constitution
  38. 4.2: The Commerce Clause
  39. 4.3: Dormant Commerce Clause
  40. 4.4: Preemption- The Supremacy Clause
  41. 4.5: Business and the Bill of Rights
  42. 4.6: Cases
  43. 4.7: Summary and Exercises
  44. 5: Administrative Law
  45. 5.1: Administrative Agencies- Their Structure and Powers
  46. 5.2: Controlling Administrative Agencies
  47. 5.3: The Administrative Procedure Act
  48. 5.4: Administrative Burdens on Business Operations
  49. 5.5: The Scope of Judicial Review
  50. 5.6: Cases
  51. 5.7: Summary and Exercises
  52. 6: Criminal Law
  53. 6.1: The Nature of Criminal Law
  54. 6.2: Types of Crimes
  55. 6.3: The Nature of a Criminal Act
  56. 6.4: Responsibility
  57. 6.5: Procedure
  58. 6.6: Constitutional Rights of the Accused
  59. 6.7: Cases
  60. 6.8: Summary and Exercises
  61. 7: Introduction to Tort Law
  62. 7.1: Purpose of Tort Laws
  63. 7.2: Intentional Torts
  64. 7.3: Negligence
  65. 7.4: Strict Liability
  66. 7.5: Cases
  67. 7.6: Summary and Exercises
  68. 8: Introduction to Contract Law
  69. 8.1: General Perspectives on Contracts
  70. 8.2: Sources of Contract Law
  71. 8.3: Basic Taxonomy of Contracts
  72. 8.4: Cases
  73. 8.5: Summary and Exercises
  74. 9: The Agreement
  75. 9.1: The Agreement in General
  76. 9.2: The Offer
  77. 9.3: The Acceptance
  78. 9.4: Cases
  79. 9.5: Summary and Exercises
  80. 10: Real Assent
  81. 10.1: Duress and Undue Influence
  82. 10.2: Misrepresentation
  83. 10.3: Mistake
  84. 10.4: Capacity
  85. 10.5: Cases
  86. 10.6: Summary and Exercises
  87. 11: Consideration
  88. 11.1: General Perspectives on Consideration
  89. 11.2: Legal Sufficiency
  90. 11.3: Promises Enforceable without Consideration
  91. 11.4: Cases
  92. 11.5: Summary and Exercises
  93. 12: Legality
  94. 12.1: General Perspectives on Illegality
  95. 12.2: Agreements in Violation of Statute
  96. 12.3: Bargains Made Illegal by Common Law
  97. 12.4: Effect of Illegality and Exceptions
  98. 12.5: Cases
  99. 12.6: Summary and Exercises
  100. 13: Form and Meaning
  101. 13.1: The Statute of Frauds
  102. 13.2: The Parol Evidence Rule
  103. 13.3: Interpretation of Agreements- Practicalities versus Legalities
  104. 13.4: Cases
  105. 13.5: Summary and Exercises
  106. 14: Third-Party Rights
  107. 14.1: Assignment of Contract Rights
  108. 14.2: Delegation of Duties
  109. 14.3: Third-Party Beneficiaries
  110. 14.4: Cases
  111. 14.5: Summary and Exercises
  112. 15: Discharge of Obligations
  113. 15.1: Discharge of Contract Duties
  114. 15.2: Cases
  115. 15.3: Summary and Exercises
  116. 16: Remedies
  117. 16.1: Theory of Contract Remedies
  118. 16.2: Promisee’s Interests Protected by Contract
  119. 16.3: Legal Remedies- Damages
  120. 16.4: Equitable Remedies
  121. 16.5: Limitations on Contract Remedies
  122. 16.6: Cases
  123. 16.7: Summary and Exercises
  124. 17: Introduction to Sales and Leases
  125. 17.1: Commercial Transactions- the Uniform Commercial Code
  126. 17.2: Introduction to Sales and Lease Law, and the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
  127. 17.3: Sales Law Compared with Common-Law Contracts and the CISG
  128. 17.4: General Obligations under UCC Article 2
  129. 17.5: Cases
  130. 17.6: Summary and Exercises
  131. 18: Title and Risk of Loss
  132. 18.1: Title and Risk of Loss
  133. 18.2: Transfer of Title
  134. 18.3: Title from Nonowners
  135. 18.4: Risk of Loss
  136. 18.5: Cases
  137. 18.6: Summary and Exercises
  138. 19: Performance and Remedies
  139. 19.1: Performance by the Seller
  140. 19.2: Performance by Buyer
  141. 19.3: Remedies
  142. 19.4: Excuses for Nonperformance
  143. 19.5: Cases
  144. 19.6: Summary and Exercises
  145. 20: Products Liability
  146. 20.1: Introduction- Why Products-Liability Law Is Important
  147. 20.2: Warranties
  148. 20.3: Negligence
  149. 20.4: Tort Reform
  150. 20.5: Cases
  151. 20.6: Summary and Exercises
  152. 21: Bailments and the Storage, Shipment, and Leasing of Goods
  153. 21.1: Introduction to Bailment Law
  154. 21.2: Liability of the Parties to a Bailment
  155. 21.3: The Storage and Shipping of Goods
  156. 21.4: Negotiation and Transfer of Documents of Title (or Commodity Paper)
  157. 21.5: Cases
  158. 21.6: Summary and Exercises
  159. 22: Secured Transactions and Suretyship
  160. 22.1: Introduction to Secured Transactions
  161. 22.2: Priorities
  162. 22.3: Rights of Creditor on Default and Disposition after Repossession
  163. 22.4: Suretyship
  164. 22.5: Cases
  165. 22.6: Summary and Exercises
  166. Back Matter
  167. Index
  168. Index
  169. Glossary
  170. Detailed Licensing