02318nam a22001817a 4500008004100000020001500041050001400056100002100070245008600091250001200177260003400189300003500223500002000258505179100278650001702069700002802086700002202114120622t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d a007297611x aKF889.B28 aBarnes, James A. aLaw for business. /cA. James Barnes, Terry Morehead Dworkin and Eric L. Richards a9th ed. aBoston:bMcGraw Hill,cc2006. axxxiii, 1006 p.:c26cm.bill.; aIncludes index. aContents: Introduction to the law: Law, legal reasoning, and the legal profession -- Dispute settlement -- Business ethics and corpoate social responsibility -- Business and the constitution -- Crimes -- International torts -- Negligence and strict liability -- Contracts: The Nature and origins of contracts -- Creating a contract: acceptances -- Consideration -- Capacity to contract -- Voluntary consent -- Illegality -- The Form and meaning of contracts -- Third parties' contract rights -- Performance and remedies -- Sales: Formation and terms of sales contracts -- Warranties and product liability -- Performance of sales contracts -- Remedies for breach of sales contracts -- Agency and employment: The Agency relationship - creation, duties, and termination -- Liability of principals and agents to third parties -- Employment laws -- Business organizations: Which form of business organization? -- Partnerships -- Formation and termination corporations -- Management of corporate business -- Financing the corporation and the role of the shareholders -- Securities regulation -- Legal liability of accountants -- Property: Personal property and bailments -- Real property -- Landlord and tenant -- Estates and trusts -- Insurance -- Commercial paper: Negotiable instruments -- Negotiation and holder in due course -- Liability of parties -- Checks and electronic fund transfers -- Credit transactions: Introduction to security -- Security interests in personal property -- Bankruptcy -- Government regulations: The Antitrust laws -- Consumer protection laws -- Environmental regulation -- Appendix: A: The Constitution of the United States of America -- Appendix B: Glossary of legal terms and definitions -- Appendix C: Spanish-English equivalents for important legal terms. bBusiness law aDworkin, Terry Morehead aRichards, Eric L.