Includes appendix, glossary, photo credits and index.

Contents: Part 1: Introduction to law: 1. Our system of law -- 2. Ethics and the law -- 3. Criminal law --4. Tort law -- 5. Constitutional law -- 6. Administrative law -- Part 2: Contracts: 7. Introduction to contracts -- 8. Offer and acceptance -- 9. Mutual agreement -- 10. Consideration -- 11. Competent parties -- 12. Legal purpose of contracts -- 13.Form of contracts -- 14. Operation of contracts -- 15. Discharge of contracts -- Part 3: Sale, agency, and business organizations: 16. Transfer of title -- 17. Sales -- 18. Warranties -- 19. Agency -- 20. Business organizations -- 21. Bankruptcy -- Part 4: Commercial Paper: 22. Introduction to commercial paper -- 23. Transfer and discharge of commercial paper -- Part 5: Property: 24. Real and personal property -- 25. Bailments -- 26. Landlord-tenant relations -- 27. Wills, intestacy, and trusts -- Part 6: Business and technology: 28. Intellectual property -- 29. Computer privacy and speech -- 30. Conducting business in cyberspace -- Part 7: Legal environment of business: 31. The employer-employee relationship -- 32. Employment law -- 33. Product liability -- 34. Professionals' liability -- 35. International business law -- 36. Business and the environment -- 37. Health care law.