Legal Aspects of Property, Estate Planning, and Insurance

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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. 1.1: What Is Law?
  8. 1.2: Schools of Legal Thought
  9. 1.3: Basic Concepts and Categories of US Positive Law
  10. 1.4: Sources of Law and Their Priority
  11. 1.5: Legal and Political Systems of the World
  12. 1.6: A Sample Case
  13. 1.7: Summary and Exercises
  14. 2: Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
  15. 2.1: What is Ethics?
  16. 2.2: Major Ethical Perspectives
  17. 2.3: An Ethical Decision Model
  18. 2.4: Corporations and Corporate Government
  19. 2.5: Summary and Exercises
  20. 3: Courts and the Legal Process
  21. 3.1: The Relationship between State and Federal Court Systems in the United States
  22. 3.2: The Problem of Jurisdiction
  23. 3.3: Motions and Discovery
  24. 3.4: The Pretrial and Trial Phase
  25. 3.5: Judgment, Appeal, and Execution
  26. 3.6: When Can Someone Bring a Lawsuit
  27. 3.7: Relations with Lawyers
  28. 3.8: Alternative Means of Resolving Disputes
  29. 3.9: Cases
  30. 4: Constitutional Law and US Commerce
  31. 4.1: Basic Aspects of the US Constitution
  32. 4.2: The Commerce Clause
  33. 4.3: Dormant Commerce Clause
  34. 4.4: Preemption- The Supremacy Clause
  35. 4.5: Business and the Bill of Rights
  36. 4.6: Cases
  37. 4.7: Summary and Exercises
  38. 5: Administrative Law
  39. 5.1: Administrative Agencies- Their Structure and Powers
  40. 5.2: Controlling Administrative Agencies
  41. 5.3: The Administrative Procedure Act
  42. 5.4: Administrative Burdens on Business Operations
  43. 5.5: The Scope of Judicial Review
  44. 5.6: Cases
  45. 5.7: Summary and Exercises
  46. 6: Criminal Law
  47. 6.1: The Nature of Criminal Law
  48. 6.2: Types of Crimes
  49. 6.3: The Nature of a Criminal Act
  50. 6.4: Responsibility
  51. 6.5: Procedure
  52. 6.6: Constitutional Rights of the Accused
  53. 6.7: Cases
  54. 6.8: Summary and Exercises
  55. 7: Introduction to Tort Law
  56. 7.1: Purpose of Tort Laws
  57. 7.2: Intentional Torts
  58. 7.3: Negligence
  59. 7.4: Strict Liability
  60. 7.5: Cases
  61. 7.6: Summary and Exercises
  62. 8: Contracts
  63. 8.1: General Perspectives on Contracts
  64. 8.2: Contract Formation
  65. 8.3: Remedies
  66. 8.4: Cases
  67. 8.5: Summary and Exercises
  68. 9: Introduction to Property - Personal Property and Fixtures
  69. 9.1: The General Nature of Property Rights
  70. 9.2: Personal Property
  71. 9.3: Fixtures
  72. 9.4: Case
  73. 9.5: Summary and Exercises
  74. 10: Intellectual Property
  75. 10.1: Patents
  76. 10.2: Trade Secrets
  77. 10.3: Copyright
  78. 10.4: Trademarks
  79. 10.5: Cases
  80. 10.6: Summary and Exercises
  81. 11: The Nature and Regulation of Real Estate and the Environment
  82. 11.1: Estates
  83. 11.2: Rights Incident to Possession and Ownership of Real Estate
  84. 11.3: Easements- Rights in the Lands of Others
  85. 11.4: Regulation of Land Use
  86. 11.5: Environmental Law
  87. 11.6: Cases
  88. 11.7: Summary and Exercises
  89. 12: The Transfer of Real Estate by Sale
  90. 12.1: Forms of Ownership
  91. 12.2: Brokers, Contracts, Proof of Title, and Closing
  92. 12.3: Adverse Possession
  93. 12.4: Cases
  94. 12.5: Summary and Exercises
  95. 13: Landlord and Tenant Law
  96. 13.1: Types and Creation of Leasehold Estates
  97. 13.2: Rights and Duties of Landlords and Tenants
  98. 13.3: Transfer of Landlord's or Tenant's Interest
  99. 13.4: Landlord's Tort Liability
  100. 13.5: Cases
  101. 13.6: Summary and Exercises
  102. 14: Estate Planning - Wills, Estates, and Trusts
  103. 14.1: Wills and Estate Administration
  104. 14.2: Trusts
  105. 14.3: Factors Affecting Estates and Trusts
  106. 14.4: Cases
  107. 14.5: Summary and Exercises
  108. 15: Insurance
  109. 15.1: Definitions and Types of Insurance
  110. 15.2: Property Insurance, Liability Insurance, and Life Insurance
  111. 15.3: Insurer’s Defenses
  112. 15.4: Case
  113. 15.5: Summary and Exercises
  114. 16: Secured Transactions and Suretyship
  115. 16.1: Introduction to Secured Transactions
  116. 16.2: Priorities
  117. 16.3: Rights of Creditor on Default and Disposition after Repossession
  118. 16.4: Suretyship
  119. 16.5: Cases
  120. 16.6: Summary and Exercises
  121. 17: Mortgages and Nonconsensual Liens
  122. 17.1: Uses, History, and Creation of Mortgages
  123. 17.2: Priority, Termination of the Mortgage, and Other Methods of Using Real Estate as Security
  124. 17.3: Nonconsensual Lien
  125. 17.4: Cases
  126. 17.5: Summary and Exercises
  127. 18: Bailments and the Storage, Shipment, and Leasing of Goods
  128. 18.1: Introduction to Bailment Law
  129. 18.2: Liability of the Parties to a Bailment
  130. 18.3: The Storage and Shipping of Goods
  131. 18.4: Negotiation and Transfer of Documents of Title (or Commodity Paper)
  132. 18.5: Cases
  133. 18.6: Summary and Exercises
  134. Back Matter
  135. Index
  136. Glossary
  137. Detailed Licensing