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Legal Environment: Business Law and Business Entities

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Authors
  • Brian J. Halsey
  • June McLaughlin
Series / Aspen College Series
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Book length
304 pages
Publication Date
2011-06-29
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Table of contents
Preface

Comprehensive legal environment of business text, designed for introductory courses.  

Features:
  • Complete coverage includes all the elements of a traditional Legal Environment of Business Text. Also covers topics that make it suitable for crossover courses and courses that are traditionally business organizations or business law oriented. Designed for use in either general undergraduate legal environment classes or more practical paralegal courses.
  • Approachable text, covering all the major subject areas of the legal environment in an easy to understand and concise manner. Provides both an understanding of the basics of the law and understanding of practical applications.
  • The basic concepts are reinforced by cases and hypotheticals within the text that allow for practical application of the legal concepts discussed in each chapter.
  • This well-written text includes the following:
    • Each chapter has multiple hypotheticals, examples, questions, definitions, exercises, in text case summaries and redacted case excerpts.
    • All of the chapters begin with stated learning objectives.
    • Additionally, each chapter includes a discussion of relevant ethical issues
  • Shorter length will appeal to those overwhelmed by longer books with too much information.
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Summary of Contents

Contents 
Preface 

P a r t I
The Legal Environment
Chapter 1
Overview of the U.S. Legal System 
Chapter 2
The U.S. Court System 
Chapter 3
Contract Fundamentals
Chapter 4
Contracts in Action 
Chapter 5
UCC, Commercial Paper, and Electronic Commerce 
Chapter 6
Agency Law 
Chapter 7
Employment Law 
Chapter 8
Property Rights 
Chapter 9
Torts and Civil Wrongs 

P a r t I I
Business Formats
Chapter 10
Legal Considerations in Selecting the Business Format 
Chapter 11
Overview of the Variety of Business Formats 
Chapter 12
Formation of Corporations
Chapter 13
Corporate Financial Structure 
Chapter 14
Qualification of Corporations in Foreign Jurisdictions
and Piercing the Corporate Veil 
Chapter 15
Corporate Meetings 
Chapter 16
Limited Liability Companies 
Chapter 17
Partnerships and Limited Partnerships 

APPENDIX
The Constitution of the United States

Glossary 
Index
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About the authors
Brian Halsey
West Chester University

Education B.A., Shippensburg University J.D., Widener University L.L.M, Villanova University, School of Law

June McLaughlin
Professor
Irvine Valley College

June McLaughlin is Professor & Paralegal Studies Program Director at Irvine Valley College in Orange County, CA. She teaches business law and paralegal studies courses. In 2019, IVC’s Paralegal Studies program received ABA approval. Professor McLaughlin has taught Sales, Securities Regulation, and Cannabis Law and Policy at University of La Verne College of Law. She has taught at the undergraduate level in the US and the UK.

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Publication date
2011-06-29
Pages
304
Digital Product
9781454808503
Subject
Business Law
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