This text is designed to act as an introductory text to business law, providing a practical, hands-on guide that gives the student a firm foundation in commercial practices, with an eye toward the kind of law that a legalprofessional (not a bussiness major) should know.
This book is a prectical, application-oriented, business law book written specifically for the paralegal. It emphasizes the daily tasks and a responsibility of a paralegal involved in business law, and provides numerous examples of business organizational documents from letters of intent to the exphloration of typical contracts. The book includes significant cases and their relevance to the topics discussed; practical assignments based on real world problems faced by business people and attorneys; and a step-by-step analysis of the creation of contracts and the common clauses contained in them. Each chapter analyzes the elements of business law and business structures from basic contracts to UCC transactions, and includes spedial learing features such as web sites for further research and discussion; interview excerpts with business professionals and attorneys; end-of-chapter exercises, hands-on assignments; and practical applications of the concepts discussed. The only book ov its kind available on the market, Business Law: A Hands-on Approach provides students with a solid foundation for entry in to the arena of business law.
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Contracts
CHAPTER 2 Offer
CHAPTER 3 The Legal Concept of Acceptance
CHAPTER 4 Consideration (Bargained for Exchange)
CHAPTER 5 Mutual Assent
CHAPTER 6 Capacity and Legality
CHAPTER 7 Putting it in Writing
CHAPTER 8 Contract Clauses
CHAPTER 9 The Unifform Commercial Code
CHAPTER 10 Dischage, Performance, and Cancellation of a Contract