Business Law: The Ethical, Global, and E-Commerce Environment

Jane P. Mallor is Professor Emerita of Business Law at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University (IU). She joined the Kelley School faculty in 1976 and served two stints as chair of its Department of Business Law & Ethics, most recently from 2009 to 2014. Professor Mallor received a B.A. from IU and a J.D. from IUs Maurer School of Law. She has been admitted to the Indiana Bar, the Bar of the Southern District of Indiana, and the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. She is a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. Professor Mallor has taught a range of courses, including an introductory legal environment course and real estate law at the undergraduate level and graduate-level legal concepts and cyberlaw courses. She has also taught an online law and ethics graduate course and university pedagogy courses for business doctoral students. Professor Mallor is a member of IUs Faculty Colloquium for Excellence in Teaching and was a Lilly Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow. She has won a number of teaching awards, including the Amoco Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Dow Technology Teaching Award, and the Innovative Teaching Award. Her research has focused primarily on punitive damages, product liability, and employment rights. Her work has been published in law reviews such as the American Business Law Journal, the Hastings Law Journal, the North Carolina Law Review, and the Notre Dame Lawyer. A. James Barnes is Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs and Professor of Law at Indiana University, Bloomington (IU). He previously served as Dean of IUs School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and has taught business law at Indiana University and Georgetown University. His teaching interests include commercial law, environmental law, alternative dispute resolution, law and public policy, and ethics and the public official. He is the co-author of several leading books on business law. From 1985 to 1988, Professor Barnes served as the deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). From 1983 to 1985 he was the EPA general counsel and in the early 1970s served as chief of staff to the first administrator of EPA. Professor Barnes also served as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice and as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. From 1975 to 1981, he had a commercial and environmental law practice with the firm of Beveridge and Diamond in Washington, D.C. Professor Barnes is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and a fellow in the American College of Environmental Lawyers. He recently served as the chair of EPAs Environmental Finance Advisory Board, and as a member of the U.S. Department of Energys Environmental Management Advisory Board. From 1992 to 1998 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO). Professor Barnes received his B.A. from Michigan State University and a J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School. Thomas Bowers is a faculty member of Indiana Universitys School of Business. He has received 10 outstanding teaching awards, and is the only two-time recipient of the Indiana University Student Choice Award for outstanding teaching. Arlen W. Langvardt, Professor of Business Law and the Graf Family Professor, joined the faculty of Indiana Universitys Kelley School of Business in 1985. From 2000 to 2009, he served as chair of the Department of Business Law & Ethics. He earned a B.A. (summa cum laude), from Hastings College and a J.D. (with distinction), from the University of Nebraska. In private law practice before becoming a member of the Kelley School faculty, he tried cases in a variety of legal areas, including tort, contract, constitutional, and miscellaneous commercial cases. Professor Langvardt has received a number of teaching awards at the graduate and undergraduate levels. His graduate teaching assignments have included legal environment, ethical leadership, and critical thinking courses, as well as specialized courses dealing with marketing law, intellectual property management, and legal issues for artists and arts organizations. He has also taught various undergraduate business law courses. Professor Langvardts wide-ranging research interests are reflected in his articles on commercial speech, defamation, intellectual property, medical malpractice, and other healthcare-related subjects. The list of journals in which his numerous articles have appeared includes the American Business Law Journal, the Minnesota Law Review, the Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, the Trademark Reporter, and the Journal of Marketing. Professor Langvardt has won several research awards from professional associations, including the Holmes/Cardozo and Hoeber Awards from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and the Ladas Memorial Award from the United States Trademark Association.

Part OneFoundations of American Law 1The Nature of Law 2The Resolution of Private Disputes 3Business and the Constitution 4Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, and Critical Thinking Part TwoCrimes and Torts 5Crimes 6Intentional Torts 7Negligence and Strict Liability 8Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Part ThreeContracts 9Introduction to Contracts 10The Agreement: Offer 11The Agreement: Acceptance 12Consideration 13Reality of Consent 14Capacity to Contract 15Illegality 16Writing 17Rights of Third Parties 18Performance and Remedies Part FourSales 19Formation and Terms of Sales Contracts 20Product Liability 21Performance of Sales Contracts 22Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts Part FiveProperty 23Personal Property and Bailments 24Real Property 25Landlord and Tenant 26Estates and Trusts 27Insurance Law Part SixCredit 28Introduction to Credit and Secured Transactions 29Security Interests in Personal Property 30Bankruptcy Part SevenCommercial Paper 31Negotiable Instruments 32Negotiation and Holder in Due Course 33Liability of Parties 34Checks and Electronic Transfers Part EightAgency Law 35The Agency Relationship 36Third-Party Relations of the Principal and the Agent Part NinePartnerships 37Introduction to Forms of Business and Formation of Partnerships 38Operation of Partnerships and Related Forms 39Partners' Dissociation and Partnerships' Dissolution and Winding Up 40Limited Liability Companies, Limited Partnerships, and Limited Liability Limited Partnerships Part Ten Corporations 41History and Nature of Corporations 42 Organization and Financial Structure of Corporations 43Management of Corporations 44Shareholders' Rights and Liabilities 45Securities Regulation 46Legal and Professional Responsibilities of Auditors, Consultants, and Securities Professionals Part ElevenRegulation of Business 47Administrative Agencies 48The Federal Trade Commission Act and Consumer Protection Laws 49Antitrust: The Sherman Act 50The Clayton Act, the Robinson–Patman Act, and Antitrust Exemptions and Immunities 51Employment Law 52Environmental Regulation APPENDIX A The Constitution of the United States of America APPENDIX B The Universal Commercial Code, Articles 2, 2A, 3, 4, 7, and 9 Glossary Index