TY - BOOK AU - Emerson,Robert W. TI - Business law T2 - Business review books SN - 9781438005119 AV - KF889.85 .E46 2015 PY - 2015///] CY - Hauppauge, New York PB - Barron's KW - Commercial law KW - United States N1 - Includes index; Origin and nature of law -- Government under law -- The U.S. court system and the legal process -- Nature, classification, and formation [of contracts] -- Reality of the contract: did the minds really meet? -- Capacity of the parties and legality of subject matter -- The statute of frauds, parol evidence rule, privity -- Discharge, damages and other remedies -- Special problems concerning sales contracts -- Negotiable instruments: definitions, concepts, and negotiation -- Negotiable instruments: the holder in due course, defenses, liability, and discharge -- Banking procedures and the bank/customer relationship -- Creditors' rights and debtors' protection, bankruptcy, secured transactions -- Agency -- Types of business organizations, partnerships, franchises -- Corporations: nature, formation, types and powers Management of the corporation, termination -- Corporations: financial structure, securities regulation, liability of accountants -- Crimes and torts -- Property -- Insurance, trusts, and wills -- Antitrust law -- Environmental law -- Employment law -- Labor-management relations law -- Legal topics concerning information technology: intellectual property, computer law, and privacy -- Taxation -- International law. ER -