Survivors guide to the legal environment: chapter 1 till chapter 5

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The Essentials of Legal Survival: Foundations of the Law -- How the Legal System Developed -- What is the Law? -- Why Study the Law -- Development of U.S. Laws and Legal System -- Ethics and the Growth of Law -- Jurisprudence -- Technology Insights: Napster -- How Laws Are Made -- Where Does the Power to Make Laws Come From? -- How Is the Lawmaking Power Exercised and Applied? -- Laws Made by Administrative Agencies -- The Federal Legal System -- Powers of the Federal Courts -- Court Review of Agency Decisions -- State and Local Legal Systems -- Powers of the State Courts with General Jurisdiction -- Functions of the Specialized State Courts -- Criminal Law -- How Are Crimes Defined? -- Stages of Criminal Procedure -- Constitutional Protections and Defenses for Suspects of Crimes -- Crimes That Affect Businesses -- Civil Law -- What Is a Tort? -- What Kinds of Conduct Bring on Tort Liability? -- Court Procedure for Resolving Tort and Other Civil Cases -- Survival Skills for Dealing with Contracts -- Legally Enforceable Contracts -- What is a Contract? -- Useful Terms for Working with Contracts -- Elements of a Legally Enforceable Contract -- Technology Insights: Computer-Generated Simulations -- Valid Agreements -- How Do You Determine Whether an Offer is Valid? -- Capacity to Contract -- Contractual Capacity -- Genuineness of Assent -- Contractual Consideration -- What Is the Legal Definition of Consideration? -- What Does the Law Hold to Be Legally Binding Consideration? -- Exceptions to the Rule Requiring Consideration for Binding Promises -- Statutory Requirements for Contracts -- Valid and Enforceable Oral Contracts -- Contracts That Must Be in Writing -- Contracts Unenforceable Because of Improper Objectives -- Discharge of Contractual Obligations -- Rendering Contractual Performance -- Discharge of Contractual Obligations -- Breach of Contract -- The Law of Sales -- The Uniform Commercial Code -- Origin and Significance of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) -- Relationship between the Law of Sales and the Law of Contracts -- Crucial Terms in Applying the Law of Sales -- Requirements of a Valid Sales Contract -- Proper Form for Sales Contracts -- The UCC, the Law of Contracts, and Sales Situations -- Special Rules for Bulk Transfers and Auction Sales -- Ownership of Goods -- Ownership of Goods -- Title, Risk of Loss, and Insurable Interest in Sales Transactions -- "Sale on Approval" and "Sale or Return" Deals -- Technology Insights: High Tech Gadgets and the Law of Sales -- Breaches of Sales Contracts -- Warranties in Sales Transactions -- Recovering for Breach of Warranty and Product Liability Law -- Remedies for Breach of the Sales Contract -- Checks, Notes, Drafts, and Other Negotiable Instruments -- Nature and Use of Negotiable Instruments -- What Are Negotiable Instruments? -- Negotiable Instruments and Their Uses -- Risks in Using Negotiable Instruments -- UCC Protection for Negotiable Instruments -- Reducing the Risks of Using Negotiable Instruments -- Determining Which Instruments Are Negotiable -- Acquiring and Transferring Negotiable Instruments -- How Are Negotiable Instruments Negotiated? -- How a Holder in Due Course Overcomes the Defenses of the Obligor -- Warranties Flowing from Negotiable Instruments -- Technology Insights: Counterfeiting in the Digital Era -- Discharge of Negotiable Instruments -- Discharging Negotiable Instruments -- Financial Institutions and Negotiable Instruments -- Protecting Yourself in Debtor-Creditor Relationships -- Taking Security for a Debt Under the UCC -- Collecting on Debts -- Obtaining the Protection of a Security Interest -- Strength of Security Interest Protection -- Debtor and Creditor Protections Outside the UCC -- Protections for Lienholders -- Protections for Debtors -- Technology Insights: Facial Mapping, Thermography, and You -- Bankruptcy Laws -- Bankruptcy as an Alternative to Remaining in Debt -- Protections Provided by the Bankruptcy Code -- Procedure for Chapter 7 Liquidation -- Selecting an Organizational Form for Your Business -- Forms of Business Organization -- Forms of Business Organizations -- Sole Proprietorships -- Partnerships -- Advantages and Disadvantages of General Partnerships -- Creating a General Partnership -- Operating a Partnership -- Ending a Partnership -- Technology Insights: Medical Technology and the Law of Business Forms -- Corporations -- When Is the Corporate Form Optimal? -- Steps in Forming a Corporation -- Legal Considerations in Corporate Management -- Specialized Small Business Forms plus Securities and Antitrust Laws -- Small Business Organization -- Laws Controlling Business Financing -- Securities Exempt from SEC Registration -- Laws Governing Securities Trading -- Antitrust Laws and Their Effects on Business -- Common Potential Antitrust Violations -- Earning and Keeping Your Money and Other Property -- Creating, Running, and Ending Agencies -- What Is an Agency? -- Duties of Agents and Principals -- Principals' and Agents' Liability to Third Parties -- Employer/Employee Do's and Don'ts -- Employment Differs from Similar Relationships -- Basic Duties of Employers and Employees -- Terminating Employment Contracts -- Holding On to Your Property -- What Is Property? -- Acquiring Personal Property -- Acquiring Real Property -- Legal Forms of Property Ownership -- Technology Insights: Stem Cell Research and Property Law -- Decreasing the Risks of Life -- What Can Be Insured? -- What Is Insurance, and Why Is It Necessary? -- Basic Types of Insurance -- Insurance Contracts -- Technology Insights: Surveillance Cameras and Workers' Compensation Insurance -- Life and Social Insurance -- Life and Social Insurance Protections -- Terms in a Typical Life Insurance Policy -- Types of Life Insurance Policies -- Social Insurance -- Property, Casualty, and Auto Insurance -- Protection Offered by Property and Casualty Insurance -- Fire Insurance -- Marine and Inland Marine Insurance -- Liability Insurance -- Typical Automobile Insurance