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Basics of Product Liability, Sales, and Contracts

Table of Contents

• About the Authors

• Acknowledgments

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Law and Legal Systems

  • Chapter Introduction
  • What Is Law?
  • Schools of Legal Thought
  • Basic Concepts and Categories of US Positive Law
  • Sources of Law and Their Priority
  • Legal and Political Systems of the World
  • A Sample Case
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 2: Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics

  • Chapter Introduction
  • What Is Ethics?
  • Major Ethical Perspectives
  • An Ethical Decision Model
  • Corporations and Corporate Governance
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 3: Courts and the Legal Process

  • Chapter Introduction
  • The Relationship between State and Federal Court Systems in the United States
  • The Problem of Jurisdiction
  • Motions and Discovery
  • The Pretrial and Trial Phase
  • Judgment, Appeal, and Execution
  • When Can Someone Bring a Lawsuit?
  • Relations with Lawyers
  • Alternative Means of Resolving Disputes
  • Cases

• Chapter 4: Constitutional Law and US Commerce

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Basic Aspects of the US Constitution
  • The Commerce Clause
  • Dormant Commerce Clause
  • Preemption: The Supremacy Clause
  • Business and the Bill of Rights
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 5: Administrative Law

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Administrative Agencies: Their Structure and Powers
  • Controlling Administrative Agencies
  • The Administrative Procedure Act
  • Administrative Burdens on Business Operations
  • The Scope of Judicial Review
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 6: Criminal Law

  • Chapter Introduction
  • The Nature of Criminal Law
  • Types of Crimes
  • The Nature of a Criminal Act
  • Responsibility
  • Procedure
  • Constitutional Rights of the Accused
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 7: Introduction to Tort Law

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Purpose of Tort Laws
  • Intentional Torts
  • Negligence
  • Strict Liability
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 8: Introduction to Contract Law

  • Chapter Introduction
  • General Perspectives on Contracts
  • Sources of Contract Law
  • Basic Taxonomy of Contracts
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 9: The Agreement

  • Chapter Introduction
  • The Agreement in General
  • The Offer
  • The Acceptance
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 10: Real Assent

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Duress and Undue Influence
  • Misrepresentation
  • Mistake
  • Capacity
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 11: Consideration

  • Chapter Introduction
  • General Perspectives on Consideration
  • Legal Sufficiency
  • Promises Enforceable without Consideration
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 12: Legality

  • Chapter Introduction
  • General Perspectives on Illegality
  • Agreements in Violation of Statute
  • Bargains Made Illegal by Common Law
  • Effect of Illegality and Exceptions
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 13: Form and Meaning

  • Chapter Introduction
  • The Statute of Frauds
  • The Parol Evidence Rule
  • Interpretation of Agreements: Practicalities versus Legalities
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 14: Third-Party Rights

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Assignment of Contract Rights
  • Delegation of Duties
  • Third-Party Beneficiaries
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 15: Discharge of Obligations

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Discharge of Contract Duties
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 16: Remedies

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Theory of Contract Remedies
  • Promisee’s Interests Protected by Contract
  • Legal Remedies: Damages
  • Equitable Remedies
  • Limitations on Contract Remedies
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 17: Introduction to Sales and Leases

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Commercial Transactions: the Uniform Commercial Code
  • Introduction to Sales and Lease Law, and the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
  • Sales Law Compared with Common-Law Contracts and the CISG
  • General Obligations under UCC Article 2
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 18: Title and Risk of Loss

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Transfer of Title
  • Title from Nonowners
  • Risk of Loss
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 19: Performance and Remedies

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Performance by the Seller
  • Performance by Buyer
  • Remedies
  • Excuses for Nonperformance
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 20: Products Liability

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Introduction: Why Products-Liability Law Is Important
  • Warranties
  • Negligence
  • Strict Liability in Tort
  • Tort Reform
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 21: Bailments and the Storage, Shipment, and Leasing of Goods

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Introduction to Bailment Law
  • Liability of the Parties to a Bailment
  • The Storage and Shipping of Goods
  • Negotiation and Transfer of Documents of Title (or Commodity Paper)
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises

• Chapter 22: Secured Transactions and Suretyship

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Introduction to Secured Transactions
  • Priorities
  • Rights of Creditor on Default and Disposition after Repossession
  • Suretyship
  • Cases
  • Summary and Exercises