Business Law: An Introduction

BUSINESS LAW: AN INTRODUCTION represents a new approach to the presentation of business law. It covers only essential, "every day," legal concepts. The student is presented with a short set of legal principles to memorize and several examples of their application. By memorizing these generalizations of the law, studying the text and practicing analysis of brief case scenarios, a business law student can acquire a unique and practical first exposure of the law that governs most business. Essential vocabulary is presented and defined in the text while every legal principle is illustrated by practical examples.

This text also develops a practical approach to researching problems in business law. Sample forms are included as well as special sections on practical legal research and contract critique which can be expanded by the instructor into major classroom activities. Students can study independently and test their progress with pre-tests and post-tests.

BUSINESS LAW: AN INTRODUCTION differs substantially from existing textbooks in its approach to presenting large amounts of background material, numerous rules and rarely used exceptions that many students could in no way be expected to master. This text compensates for students' lack of business experience by presenting fewer rules with common exceptions in the context of numerous examples. Students actually learn the rules through studying examples and answering questions posed in fact-pattern settings. In addition, outrageous examples are often used because students find it easier to recall the example no matter how humorous or bizzare .

The short boldface statements of law and other principles provide students with a means of concentrating their efforts during study.

All characters and fact patterns used in this text are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real events is purely coincidental. The names used were chosen at random. The fact patterns used are all imaginary and are not based upon any real cases.

The forms used in the text were developed by the author merely for purposes of illustration and are neither intended nor fit for use in any actual transactions.

The purpose of the text is to allow a beginning student in business law to develop methods for future inquiry into the law as well as an appreciation of this exciting field of study. The text is not designed to assist or encourage the unauthorized practice of law. In real situations, readers should always obtain competetent legal assistance.