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Table of Contents

    • About the Authors
    • Acknowledgments
    • Preface
    • 1Introduction to Law and Legal Systems
      • 1.1What Is Law?
      • 1.2Schools of Legal Thought
      • 1.3Basic Concepts and Categories of US Positive Law
      • 1.4Sources of Law and Their Priority
      • 1.5Legal and Political Systems of the World
      • 1.6A Sample Case
      • 1.7Summary and Exercises
    • 2Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics

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      • 2.1What Is Ethics?

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      • 2.2Major Ethical Perspectives

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      • 2.3An Ethical Decision Model

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      • 2.4Corporations and Corporate Governance

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      • 2.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 3Courts and the Legal Process

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      • 3.1The Relationship between State and Federal Court Systems in the United States

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      • 3.2The Problem of Jurisdiction

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      • 3.3Motions and Discovery

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      • 3.4The Pretrial and Trial Phase

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      • 3.5Judgment, Appeal, and Execution

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      • 3.6When Can Someone Bring a Lawsuit?

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      • 3.7Relations with Lawyers

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      • 3.8Alternative Means of Resolving Disputes

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      • 3.9Cases

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    • 4Constitutional Law and US Commerce

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      • 4.1Basic Aspects of the US Constitution

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      • 4.2The Commerce Clause

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      • 4.3Dormant Commerce Clause

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      • 4.4Preemption: The Supremacy Clause

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      • 4.5Business and the Bill of Rights

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      • 4.6Cases

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      • 4.7Summary and Exercises

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    • 5Administrative Law

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      • 5.1Administrative Agencies: Their Structure and Powers

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      • 5.2Controlling Administrative Agencies

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      • 5.3The Administrative Procedure Act

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      • 5.4Administrative Burdens on Business Operations

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      • 5.5The Scope of Judicial Review

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      • 5.6Cases

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      • 5.7Summary and Exercises

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    • 6Criminal Law

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      • 6.1The Nature of Criminal Law

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      • 6.2Types of Crimes

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      • 6.3The Nature of a Criminal Act

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      • 6.4Responsibility

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      • 6.5Procedure

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      • 6.6Constitutional Rights of the Accused

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      • 6.7Cases

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      • 6.8Summary and Exercises

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    • 7Introduction to Tort Law

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      • 7.1Purpose of Tort Laws

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      • 7.2Intentional Torts

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      • 7.3Negligence

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      • 7.4Strict Liability

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      • 7.5Cases

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      • 7.6Summary and Exercises

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    • 8Contracts

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      • 8.1General Perspectives on Contracts

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      • 8.2Contract Formation

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      • 8.3Remedies

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      • 8.4Cases

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      • 8.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 9Introduction to Property: Personal Property and Fixtures

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      • 9.1The General Nature of Property Rights

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      • 9.2Personal Property

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      • 9.3Fixtures

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      • 9.4Case

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      • 9.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 10Intellectual Property

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      • 10.1Patents

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      • 10.2Trade Secrets

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      • 10.3Copyright

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      • 10.4Trademarks

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      • 10.5Cases

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      • 10.6Summary and Exercises

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    • 11The Nature and Regulation of Real Estate and the Environment

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      • 11.1Estates

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      • 11.2Rights Incident to Possession and Ownership of Real Estate

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      • 11.3Easements: Rights in the Lands of Others

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      • 11.4Regulation of Land Use

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      • 11.5Environmental Law

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      • 11.6Cases

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      • 11.7Summary and Exercises

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    • 12The Transfer of Real Estate by Sale

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      • 12.1Forms of Ownership

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      • 12.2Brokers, Contracts, Proof of Title, and Closing

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      • 12.3Adverse Possession

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      • 12.4Cases

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      • 12.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 13Landlord and Tenant Law

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      • 13.1Types and Creation of Leasehold Estates

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      • 13.2Rights and Duties of Landlords and Tenants

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      • 13.3Transfer of Landlord’s or Tenant’s Interest

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      • 13.4Landlord’s Tort Liability

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      • 13.5Cases

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      • 13.6Summary and Exercises

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    • 14Estate Planning: Wills, Estates, and Trusts

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      • 14.1Wills and Estate Administration

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      • 14.2Trusts

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      • 14.3Factors Affecting Estates and Trusts

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      • 14.4Cases

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      • 14.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 15Insurance

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      • 15.1Definitions and Types of Insurance

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      • 15.2Property Insurance, Liability Insurance, and Life Insurance

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      • 15.3Insurer’s Defenses

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      • 15.4Case

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      • 15.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 16Secured Transactions and Suretyship

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      • 16.1Introduction to Secured Transactions

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      • 16.2Priorities

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      • 16.3Rights of Creditor on Default and Disposition after Repossession

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      • 16.4Suretyship

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      • 16.5Cases

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      • 16.6Summary and Exercises

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    • 17Mortgages and Nonconsensual Liens

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      • 17.1Uses, History, and Creation of Mortgages

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      • 17.2Priority, Termination of the Mortgage, and Other Methods of Using Real Estate as Security

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      • 17.3Nonconsensual Lien

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      • 17.4Cases

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      • 17.5Summary and Exercises

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    • 18Bailments and the Storage, Shipment, and Leasing of Goods

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      • 18.1Introduction to Bailment Law

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      • 18.2Liability of the Parties to a Bailment

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      • 18.3The Storage and Shipping of Goods

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      • 18.4Negotiation and Transfer of Documents of Title (or Commodity Paper)

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      • 18.5Cases

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      • 18.6Summary and Exercises

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