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Table of Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Preface
1
Introduction to Law
1.1
What Is Law?
1.2
Sources of Law
1.3
The Rule of Law
1.4
Importance of Rule of Law to Business
1.5
How Law Affects Business Disciplines
1.6
Concluding Thoughts
2
The Court System
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2.1
The Third Branch
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2.2
Activists and Strict Constructionists
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2.3
Trial and Appellate Courts
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2.4
The Certiorari Process
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2.5
Concluding Thoughts
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3
Litigation
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3.1
The Parties Involved
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3.2
Standing and Personal Jurisdiction
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3.3
Pretrial Procedures
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3.4
The Trial and Appeal
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3.5
Concluding Thoughts
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4
Alternative Dispute Resolution
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4.1
Negotiation
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4.2
Mediation
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4.3
Arbitration
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4.4
Other Methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution
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4.5
Public Policy, Legislation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
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4.6
Concluding Thoughts
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5
Interest Groups
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5.1
Preamble
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5.2
The Interest Group System
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5.3
Lobbying: The Art of Influence
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5.4
Interest Groups and the Political System
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5.5
Interest Groups in the Information Age
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5.6
Recommended Reading
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5.7
Recommended Viewing
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The Constitution
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6.1
Federalism and Preemption
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6.2
The Commerce, Taxing, and Spending Clauses
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6.3
Business and the Bill of Rights
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6.4
Concluding Thoughts
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Criminal Law
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7.1
The Nature of Criminal Law, Constitutional Rights, Defenses, and Punishment
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7.2
Crime
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7.3
Minimizing Corporate Criminal Liability and Losses Attributed to Crime
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7.4
Concluding Thoughts
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Administrative Law
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Administrative Agencies: Their Structure and Powers
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8.2
Controlling Administrative Agencies
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8.3
The Administrative Procedure Act
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Administrative Burdens on Business Operations
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8.5
The Scope of Judicial Review
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8.6
Cases
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8.7
Summary and Exercises
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
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9.1
What Is Ethics?
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9.2
Major Ethical Perspectives
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9.3
An Ethical Decision Model
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9.4
Corporations and Corporate Governance
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Summary and Exercises
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Torts
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10.1
Intentional Torts
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Negligence
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10.3
Strict Liability
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10.4
Concluding Thoughts
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Products Liability
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11.1
Introduction: Why Products-Liability Law Is Important
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Warranties
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Negligence
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11.4
Strict Liability in Tort
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Tort Reform
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Cases
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11.7
Summary and Exercises
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Employment Discrimination
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12.1
Overview of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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12.2
Enforcement of Title VII
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12.3
Other Federal Antidiscrimination Laws
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12.4
Concluding Thoughts
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13
Relationships between Principal and Agent
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13.1
Introduction to Agency and the Types of Agents
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13.2
Duties between Agent and Principal
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Cases
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13.4
Summary and Exercises
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Business Organizations
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14.1
Sole Proprietorships
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Partnerships
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Corporations
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14.4
Limited Liability Entities
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14.5
Concluding Thoughts
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Liability of Principal and Agent; Termination of Agency
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15.1
Principal’s Contract Liability
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Principal’s Tort and Criminal Liability
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Agent’s Personal Liability for Torts and Contracts; Termination of Agency
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Cases
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Summary and Exercises
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Employment Law
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16.1
Federal Employment Discrimination Laws
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Employment at Will
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Other Employment-Related Laws
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Summary and Exercises
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