By Paul Sukys
Business Law with UCC Applications is designed to present legal concepts in the most coherent and accessible way and to provide up-to-date coverage of both business and general law topics that are essential to today’s students. Engaging pedagogical features found in the text bring in relevant topics related to current social, political, economic, or ethical issues. Connect, an easy-to-use homework and learning management solution houses our suite of resources and assignments that go hand in hand with the textbook content. Application-Based Activities in Connect are highly interactive, assignable exercises that provide students a safe space to apply the concepts they have learned to real-world, course-specific problems. Each Application-Based Activity involves the application of multiple concepts, allowing students to synthesize information and use critical thinking skills to solve realistic scenarios.
PART ONE: ETHICS, LAW, AND THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
Chapter 1: Ethics and the Law
Chapter 2: Sources of the Law
Chapter 3: The Judicial Process and Cyber-Procedure
Chapter 4: Alternative Dispute Resolution and Cyber-ADR
Chapter 5: Criminal Law and Cybercrimes
Chapter 6: Tort Law and Cybertorts
Case Study: Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, New York v. Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York
PART TWO: CONTRACT LAW
Chapter 7: The Essentials of Contract Law
Chapter 8: Offer, Acceptance, and Mutual Assent
Chapter 9: Consideration and Cyber-Payments
Chapter 10: Capacity and Legality: The Final Elements
Chapter 11: Written Contracts and Cyber-Commerce
Chapter 12: Assignment, Discharge, and Remedies
Case Study: Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., et al. (AKA The Hobby Lobby Case)
PART THREE: SALES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
Chapter 13: Sales Contracts: Formation, Title, and Risk of Loss
Chapter 14: Sales Contracts: Rights, Duties, Breach, and Warranties
Chapter 15: Product Liability and Consumer Protection
Case Study: Pritchard v. Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
PART FOUR: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND BANKING
Chapter 16: The Nature of Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 17: Holders in Due Course, Defenses, and Liabilities
Chapter 18: Bank–Depositor Relationships and Cyber-Banking
Case Study: Bowling Green, Inc., v. State Street Bank and Trust Company
PART FIVE: INSURANCE, SECURED TRANSACTIONS, AND BANKRUPTCY
Chapter 19: Insurance
Chapter 20: Mortgages, Land Contracts, and the 21st-Century Financial Crisis
Chapter 21: Bankruptcy Law: In Theory, in History, and in Practice
Case Study: Superior Savings Association v. City of Cleveland
PART SIX: AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT
Chapter 22: Agency Law
Chapter 23: Employment Law
Chapter 24: Labor Law
Case Study: Bethany College and Thomas Jorsch and Lisa Guinn 781
PART SEVEN: BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND REGULATION
Chapter 25: The Business Entity: An Introduction
Chapter 26: The Corporate Entity
Chapter 27: Managing the Corporate Entity
Chapter 28: Government Regulation of the Corporate Entity
Case Study: Gries Sports Enterprises, Inc. v. Cleveland, Browns Football Co., Inc.,
PART EIGHT: PROPERTY LAW
Chapter 29: Personal Property and Bailments
Chapter 30: Real Property and Landlord and Tenant Law
Chapter 31: Wills, Advance Directives, and Trusts
Case Study: Obergefell, et al., v. Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al.
PART NINE: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 32: Professional Liability
Chapter 33: Science, Technology, and Law in the 21st Century
Chapter 34: International Law and the New World Order
Case Study: Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Request for Advisory Opinion)
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: The Constitution of the United States
Appendix B: Uniform Commercial Code (Articles 1, 2, 2a, and 3)*
Appendix C: United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
Appendix D: Patrick Henry’s Tax Assessment Bill and James Madison’s “Memorial and Remonstrance”
