Index

A

abandoned property
acceptance of offer, contracts
differing terms
effective
acceptor, drafts
accession of personal property
accommodation party, drafts
acquisition of corporation
acquisitions
actus reus
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
adaptation, personal property
ADEA (Age Discrimination in Employment Act)
administrative agencies
APA (Administrative Procedure Act)
appealing actions
congressional authority
executive power
FOIA (Freedom of Information Act)
judicial power
jurisdiction
legislative power
public announcements
adverse possession
affidavit
affirmative action
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
agencies
employment law
environmental regulation
financial market
miscellaneous
agency, definition
agency by appointment
agency by conduct
agency by operation of law
agency by ratification
agency law
agency relationships
agency by appointment
agency by conduct
agency by operation of law agency by ratification
agent liable to third party
agents authority
apparent authority
customary authority
express authority
incidental authority
agents duties
principal liable to third party
principal liability
agents torts and crimes
hiring or retaining employees
principals duties
termination
by act of the parties
by operation of law
agent, definition
agents
general
special
universal
agents authority
apparent authority
customary authority
express authority
incidental authority
airbills
allocation
amendments
American Revolution, taxation without representation and
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
anatomical gifts
annexation, personal property
anticipatory repudiation, buyer
antidiscrimination laws, state versus federal
antitrust
Antitrust Division (DOJ)
antitrust laws
APA (Administrative Procedure Act)
appellate courts
appellate jurisdiction
Aquinas, Thomas, natural law and
arbitration
international trade
Aristotle
Article I of the Constitution
Article II of the Constitution
Article III of the Constitution
Articles of Confederation
assault
assumption of risk, negligence
Attorney General
attorneys
closing arguments
opening statements
authentication, negotiable instruments
authority of partners
authority of state

B

bailee
bailment
of goods
property
bailor
balance of power between branches of government
banking
battery
bearer paper, negotiable instruments
BFOQ (bona fide occupational qualification)
bilateral contracts
Bill of Rights
bills of lading
blackmail
Blanchard, Dr. Ken
Blanchard and Peale
blank indorsement, negotiable instruments
branches of government
balance
executive
judicial
legislative
breach of contract
buyers damages
buyers remedies
monetary damages
consequential damages
direct damages
nominal damages
remedies
repudiation
sellers damages
sellers remedies
waiver
breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing
breach of implied contract, employment
bribery
bundling products
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Bureau of Competition
Bureau of Consumer Protection
business crimes. See crimes
business ethics
importance of
situational
trust and
business stakeholder theory

C

capital markets, SEC and
carriers
charges
common
contract
duties
liabilities
lien on goods
private
rights
case law
stare decisis
cashier’s checks
causa mortis gifts
causation of negligence
Certificates of Deposit
CF (Cost and Freight) shipping
checks and balances
checks from bank
Cicero
CIF (Cost, Insurance, and Freight) shipping
CISG (United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods)
civil cases versus criminal cases
Civil Division (DOJ)
Clayton Act
close corporations
closing arguments
COD (Cash on Delivery) shipping
codified law, warranties
Commerce Clause
commerce regulation
common carriers
common law
common law crimes
compensation, partners and
compensatory damages, breach of contract
competition
civil remedies
criminal remedies
legal competitor dealings
per se violations
Complete Idiots Guide to the U.S. Constitution, The
computers, crimes and
conditional gifts
confederation, versus central government
conflict between state and federal
conglomerates
Congress
consequential damages
breach of contract
consideration, contracts
adequacy
exceptions to the requirement
illusory promises
preexisting legal duty
consolidation of corporations
conspiracy
Constitution
amendments
Article I,
Article II,
Article III,
Bill of Rights
Fifth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Tenth Amendment
construction eviction of tenants
consumer education
contract carriers
contracts. See also leases
agency law
bilateral
breach of
buyers damages
buyers remedies
monetary damages
remedies
repudiation
sellers damages
sellers remedies
waiver
capacity
consideration
adequacy
exceptions to the requirement
illusory promises
preexisting legal duty
debts
definition
destruction of goods
discharging
adequacy of performance
conditions to
by impossibility
by law
time
duress
employment contract terms
estate debts
executed
executory
express
formation
forming, defenses to
gifts
goods and services
Hurricane Katrina
identification of goods
illegal
implied
insurable interest
intent of parties
intentional misrepresentation
intoxicated persons and
marriage
mental capacity and
merchants
minors
mistakes
mutual
transcription
unilateral
modifying
negligent misrepresentation
nondisclosure
nonmerchants
offers
acceptance
acceptance, differing terms
acceptance, effective
acceptance, exceptions
communicating
contractual intent
counteroffers
definite terms
rejection of
revocation
termination
termination by law
termination from lapse of time
option
parol evidence
performance of
privity of contract
promisor
promissory estoppel
public policy
quasi
real estate
right of first refusal
risk of loss
sale of goods
SOF (Statute of Frauds)
types
unconscionable clauses
undue influence
unenforceable
unilateral
unjust enrichment
void
voidable
wills
written
wrongful interference with a contract
contribution and indemnity, partners and
contributory negligence
conversion
cooperatives
copyrights
Fair Use Doctrine
infringement
Internet downloads
registration
corporate fraud
corporation by estoppel
corporation de jure
corporations
acquisitions
application for incorporation
bond issue
borrowing money
close
conglomerates
consolidation
contracts
corporation by estoppel
creating
creation
de facto corporation
domestic
dissolving
foreign
liabilities
shareholders
successor
mergers
name
negotiable instruments
nonprofit
perpetual life
private
professional
promoters
public
public-authorities
quasi-public
Revised Model Business Corporation Act
special service
stock issue
subchapter S-corporations
ultra vires act
counterclaims
counterfeiting
counteroffers, contracts
court
counterclaims
defendant
discovery
federal
district courts
jurisdiction
U.S. Courts of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
federal compared to state
lawsuit, steps in
parties
plaintiff
state court
appellate courts
jurisdiction
small claims courts
specialty courts
supreme courts
trial courts
court reformation, breach of contract
courts
small claims
covenant against encumbrance
covenant of further assurances
covenant of quiet enjoyment
covenant of right to convey
covenant of seisin
covenants not to compete, state employment law
creditors claim to goods
crimes
actus reus
agents, principals liability
blackmail
bribery
computers and
conspiracy
corporate fraud
counterfeiting
embezzlement
extortion
felonies
Fifth Amendment protections
fines
forgery
Fourth Amendment protections
fraud, corporate
larceny
mandatory sentencing
mens rea
misdemeanors
money laundering
multiple persons for one crime
obstruction of justice
penalties
perjury
racketeering
white-collar
criminal cases versus civil cases
Criminal Division (DOJ)
criminal procedure
currency

D

damaged goods
damages, negligence
de facto corporation
debts, contracts
Declaration of Independence
declaring war
deed
defamation
defendant
counterclaims
responding to complaint
definite terms, contracts
delivering and accepting deed
delivery terms
title and
Department of Labor
depositions
deregulation
design patents
destruction of goods
detrimental reliance
direct damages, breach of contract
directed verdict
discharging a contract
adequacy of performance
conditions to
by impossibility
by law
time
discovery
discrimination
dissolution
partnerships
by court order
distribution of assets
by law
by partners acts
dissolving a corporation
distribution franchises
distribution of capital, partners and
district courts
Division of Consumer and Business Education
Division of Enforcement
Division of Financial Practices
document of title, warehouse receipt as
DOJ (Department of Justice)
domestic corporations
dominant tenement
dormant partners
drafts
acceptor
accommodation party
drawee
drawer
payee
drug and alcohol testing of employees
due process
procedural
substantive
duress, contracts
duties and rights of partners
duty, negligence and
affirmative duty to act
breach of
duty in specialized settings, negligence and

E

e-mail monitoring of employees
easements
by gross
by implication
by prescription
terminating
by way of necessity
EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Emancipation Proclamation, ethics and
embezzlement
eminent domain
emotional distress
employee privacy
drug and alcohol testing
e-mail monitoring
property searches
telephone call monitoring
employees
duties
hiring, principals liability
retaining, principals liability
rights
union activity
union elections
versus independent contractor
employers, gross income of $500or greater
employment
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
ADEA (Age Discrimination in Employment Act)
affirmative action
EEOC
employee privacy
drug and alcohol testing
e-mail monitoring
property searches
telephone call monitoring
federal laws
ERISA (Employment Retirement Income Security Act)
FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act)
National Labor Relations Act
OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Act)
Social Security
unemployment benefits
pension plans
picketing
reverse discrimination
state laws
covenants not to compete
workers’ compensation
state versus federal antidiscrimination laws
strikes
Title IV, protected classes
Title VII
disparate impact
disparate treatment
exceptions to
protected classes
sexual harassment
unemployment benefits
employment contract
breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing
breach of implied contract
public policy and
terms
employment law agencies
employment relationship
Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
environmental regulation agencies
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
equal protection of the law
ERISA (Employment Retirement Income Security Act)
escheated property
estate debts, contracts
ethical dilemmas, solving
ethics
business
importance of
situational
business regulation and
business stakeholder theory
company reputation and
Emancipation Proclamation and
financial performance
front-page-of-the-newspaper test
Laura Nash model
law and
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
universal standards
EU (European Union)
examination of witnesses
executed contracts
executing deed
executive branch of government
executive power, agencies
executor contracts
expert witnesses
export regulations
express authority, partnerships
express contracts
express warranties
extortion

F

factors
Fair Use Doctrine
false imprisonment
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
FAS (Free alongside ship) shipping
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
federal
antidiscrimination laws
conflict with state
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
federal court
compared to state
district courts
jurisdiction
U.S. Courts of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
federal judges
Federal Register
federal supremacy
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995 (FTDA)
federalism states powers
fee simple estate
felonies
Fifth Amendment
protections
financial market agencies
financial performance, ethics
financial powers
financial reporting, fraudulent
finding lost personal property
fines for crimes
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
fixtures
FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act)
FOB (Free on Board) shipping
FOIA (Freedom of Information Act)
foreign corporations
forged indorsements
forgery
forms, partnerships
Founding Fathers, vision of
Fourteenth Amendment
Fourth Amendment protections
franchises
agreements
benefits
distribution
FTC disclosure document
manufacturing
processing
responsibilities
service
fraud corporate
free enterprise
definition
regulation and
front-page-of-the-newspaper test
FTC (Federal Trade Commission) franchises
FTC (Federal Trust Commission)
FTDA (Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995)
future interest
FWS (Fish and Wildlife Service)

G

GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994)
general agents
general jurisdiction
general partners
gifts
anatomical
causa mortis
conditional
contracts
inter-vivos
symbolic
to minors
goods
creditors claim to
damaged
identifying
insurance
shipping
government
central versus confederation
limitations
government regulation. See regulation

H

HDC (holder in due course)
Henry, Patrick
hiring employees
principals liability and
holder in due course (HDC)
hotelkeepers
House of Representatives
Hurricane Katrina, contracts

I

illegal contracts
illusory promises, contracts
Immigration and Naturalization Service
implied contracts
implied warranties
incidental damages
incidental damages, breach of contract
independent contractor
versus employee
individual rights, legal rights and
indorsements
forged
negotiable instruments
infringement of trademarks
infringement on copyright
infringement on patents
injunction, breach of contract
insider trading
Securities Act of 1934
Stewart, Martha
insurance on goods
intellectual property
copyrights
Fair Use Doctrine
infringement
registration
patents
design patents
infringement
plant patents
requirements
utility patents
service mark
trademarks
benefits
infringement
items registered
not required
intent, personal property
intent of parties, contracts
intentional misrepresentation in contracts
intentional torts
inter-vivos gifts
international trade
arbitration
organizations
treaties
Internet downloads, copyrights and
intoxicated persons contracts
invasion of privacy
Investment Company Act of 1940
invitees to property
IRS on partnerships

J-K

Jefferson, Thomas
joint liability
joint tenancy
joint ventures
judicial branch of government
judicial power, administrative agencies
jurisdiction
appellate
federal court
general
original
personal
special
state court
subject matter
jury verdict
jury selection

L

land
landlords
remedies
taxes
larceny
Laura Nash model
law
agency law
antitrust laws
as king
case law
stare decisis
common law
equal protection of the law
ethics and
natural law
Aquinas, Thomas
private
regulatory
statutory
substantive law
lawsuit, steps in
leases
creating
periodic tenancy
tenancy at sufferance
tenancy at will
tenancy for years
terminating
legal rights, individual rights and
legislative branch of government
legislative power, agencies
liabilities
corporations
shareholders
successor
joint liability
partners and
products liability
real property
invitees
licensees
trespassers
rented premises
of shareholders
strict liability
vicarious liability
licensees
licenses
liens
life estate
limitations on government
limited liability companies (LLCs)
limited liability partnerships (LLPs)
limited partnerships
elements of
filing for
LLC comparison
number of partners
partners as managers
liquidated damages, breach of contract
litigation, alternatives to
LLCs (limited liability companies)
limited partnership comparison
S-corporation comparison
loss, title and
lost personal property

M

Ma Bell, regulation and
Madison, James
Magna Carta
management, partners and
manufacturing franchises
market economy
Market Reform Act of 1990,
marriage, contracts
mediation
members, LLCs
mens rea
mental capacity and contracts
mergers
corporations
minors, gifts to
minors entering into contracts
misdemeanors
mistakes in contracts
mutual
transcription
unilateral
monarchy, avoidance of
monetary damages
breach of contract
consequential damages
direct damages
nominal damages
money laundering
Money Laundering and Control Act
money orders
monopolies
bundling products
Morris, Gouverneur
Motion to Dismiss
multiple ownership of property
mutual mistakes in contracts

N

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
name of corporation
Nash, Laura
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996
natural law
Aquinas, Thomas
negligence
affirmative duty to act
assumption of risk
breach of duty
causation
conditions
contributory negligence
damages
defense
duty
duty in specialized settings
proving
negligent misrepresentation in contracts
negotiable instruments
bearer paper
Certificates of Deposit
definition
drafts
HDC (holder in due course)
incapacitated persons
indorsements forged
lost
misconduct
order paper
parties to the instrument
promissory notes
requirements
transfer of possession of paper
warranties
NLRA (National Labor Relations Act)
NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
nominal damages, breach of contract
nominal partners
nondisclosure, contracts
nonprofit corporations
notice statute

O

obstruction of justice
Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA)
Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
offers
accepting
making
offers, contracts
acceptance
differing terms
effective
exceptions
communicating
contractual intent
definite terms
termination
by law
counteroffers
lapse of time
rejection of offer
revocation
old laws in today’s marketplace
open records
opening statements
option contracts
oral contracts, SOF
order paper, negotiable instruments
order to pay, negotiable instruments
original jurisdiction
OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Act)
OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration)
ownership of property, multiple

P

parol evidence
contracts
parties in court
parties to an instrument
partnerships
authority of partners
compensation and
contribution and indemnity
dissolution
by court order
distribution of assets
by law
by partners acts
distribution of capital and
documentation
dormant partners
downside
duties and rights of partners
express authority
forms
general partners
IRS and
liabilities
joint liability
limited
elements of
filing for
number of partners
partners as managers
limited liability
management and
nominal partners
payment of interest and
profit and loss
profit share
repayment of loans and
rights of partners
secret partners
silent partners
termination
passage of title
delivery and shipment terms
goods held by warehouse
UCC provisions
patents
design patents
infringement
plant patents
requirements
utility patents
payee of a draft
payment, negotiable instruments
payment of interest, partners and
Peale, Dr. Norman Vincent
penalties for crimes
pension plans
performance of contract
periodic tenancy
perjury
perpetual life of corporation
per se violations
personal jurisdiction
personal liability, sole proprietorship and
personal property
abandoned
accession
bailments
conversion
definition
escheated
finders of
finding lost
gifts
lost
mislaid
multiple ownership
title
types
wild animals
picketing
plaintiff
filing complaint
plant patents
possession of property, tenants
post office
power, balance between branches of government
pre-answer motions
precedent
preexisting legal duty, contracts
president
price discrimination
price regulation
Clayton Act
Robinson-Patman Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
price-fixing
principal, definition
principals disclosure, agency relationship
principals duties, agency relationship
private carriers
private corporations
private law
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
privity of contract
procedural due process
processing franchises
product disparagement
products liability
professional corporations
profit and loss, partnerships
profit share, partners and
profits
promise, negotiable instruments
promisor, contracts
promissory estoppel
promissory notes
promoters, corporations
property
joint tenancy
real property
adverse possession
easements
eminent domain
fee simple estate
fixtures
future interest
invitees
land
liabilities
licensees
licenses
liens
life estate
profits
transferring by deed
tenancy by entirety
tenancy in common
property searches of employees
public announcements
public corporations
public policy, contracts
public safety
public-authorities corporations
puffing
punitive damages, breach of contract

Q

qualified indorsement, negotiable instruments
quasi contracts
quasi-contractual damages
quasi-public corporations

R

race statute
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act
racketeering
real estate contracts
real property
adverse possession
easements
in gross
by implication
by prescription
terminating
by way of necessity
eminent domain
fee simple estate
fixtures
future interest
land
liabilities
invitees
licensees
trespassers
licenses
liens
life estate
profits
transferring by deed
delivering and accepting deed
executing deed
grantors covenants
grantors warranties
recording deed
receipt holders, warehouses,
rights of
recording deed
records
negotiable instruments
open
regulation
antitrust
barriers to trade
bundling products
competition
deregulation
ethics and
export regulations
free enterprise and
intellectual property
international
Ma Bell
monopolies
prices
Clayton Act
price discrimination
Robinson-Patman Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
reasons for
securities regulation
regulatory law
rejection of offer, contracts
remedies for breach of contract
rent
repayment of loans, partners and
res ipsa loquitur
rescission damages, breach of contract
reservation of rights
respondeat superior
restrictive indorsement, negotiable instruments
retaining employees, principals liability and
reverse discrimination
Revised Model Business Corporation Act
Revised Partnership Act (RUPA)
revocation of offer, contracts
right of first refusal contracts
rights of partners
rights of receipt holders, warehouses
rights of shareholders
risk of loss
Robinson-Patman Act
Roe v. Wade
RUPA (Revised Uniform Partnership Act)

S

S-corporationscomparison
sale of goods
breach of contract
buyers damages
buyers remedies
sellers damages
sellers remedies
buyer rejects goods
contract modification
contracts
destruction of goods
identification of goods
insurable interest
merchants
offers
accepting
making
performance of contract
shipping goods
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
criminal penalties
regulation and
Securities Act of 1934
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
secret partners
securities
definition
information about
law enforcements
registration
shareholders
liabilities
rights
state regulations
Securities Act of 1933
Securities Act of 1934
insider trading and
Sarbanes-Oxley and
Securities Acts Amendments of 1990
Securities Enforcement Remedies and Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
securities regulation
self-identity of states
self-rule of states
Senate
separation of power
service franchises
service mark
sexual harassment
Title VII
hostile work environment
quid pro quo
retaliation
tangible employment action
shareholders
corporations, liabilities
liabilities
rights
Sherman Antitrust Act
shipment terms, title and
signature, negotiable instruments
silent partners
situational business ethics
small claims courts
social responsibility, companies
Social Security
SOF (Statute of Frauds)
sole proprietorship
Solon
solving business dilemmas
special agents
special indorsements, negotiable instruments
special jurisdiction
special service corporations
specialty courts
spending
stakeholders
stare decisis
state antidiscrimination laws
state authority
state court
appellate courts
compared to federal
jurisdiction
small claims courts
specialty courts
supreme courts
trial courts
state securities regulation
states
conflict with federal
powers, federalism and
self-identity
self-rule
states rights
Statute of Frauds (SOF)
statutory law
Stewart, Martha
stock, corporations
strict liability
subchapter S-corporations
subject matter jurisdiction
substantive due process
substantive law
sum certain, negotiable instruments
summary judgment
supply chain management
supremacy of federal law
supreme courts
surety
symbolic gifts

T

tariffs
taxation without representation
taxes
telephone call monitoring of employees
teller checks
tenancy at sufferance
tenancy at will
tenancy by entirety
tenancy for years, leases
tenancy in common
tenants
condition of premises
construction eviction
landlords remedies
possession of property
rent
repairs
taxes
transfer of rights
use of premises
tendering payment
Tenth Amendment
termination by law, contracts
termination from lapse of time, contracts
termination of offer, contracts
counteroffers
rejection of offer
revocation
termination of partnership
third party, definition
time of payment, negotiable instruments
title
loss and
passage of
delivery and shipment terms
goods held by warehouse
UCC provisions
personal property
transfer of ownership
warehouse receipt as
Title VII
disparate impact
disparate treatment
exceptions to
protected classes
sexual harassment and
hostile work environment
quid pro quo
retaliation
tangible employment action
torts
agents, principals liability
intentional
negligence and
trade secrets
trademarks
benefits
descriptive marks
FTDA (Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995)
infringement
items registered
not required
similar marks
transcription mistakes in contracts
transfer of a possession of goods
transfer of possession of paper, negotiable instruments
transferring property by deed
delivering and accepting deed
executing deed
grantors covenants
grantors warranties
recording deed
travelers checks
treasure
trespassers
trespassing
trial courts
trial procedure
trials
jury selection
trust, business ethics and

U

U.S. Courts of Appeals
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)
U.S. Patriot Act
Bank Secrecy Act and
Money Laundering and Control Act and
UCC (Uniform Commercial Code)
Article 2
merchants
passage of title
ultra vires act
unconscionable clauses in contracts
undue influence, contracts
unemployment benefits
unenforceable contracts
unfair labor practices
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
Uniform Partnership Act (UPA)
Uniform Trade Secret Act
unilateral contracts
unilateral mistakes in contracts
unincorporated associations
union elections
United States Supreme Court
universal agents
universal standards for ethics
unjust enrichment
UPA (Uniform Partnership Act)
USPTO (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)
utility patents

V

verdict
directed verdict
jury and
vicarious liability
vision of Founding Fathers
void contracts
voidable contracts

W-X-Y-Z

waiver, contract
war, declaring
warehouses
expectations of
leaving items in
lien against goods
passage of title and
receipt
as document of title
rights of holders
types of
warranties
codified law and
express warranties
implied
negotiable instruments
Washington, George
Wheeler-Lea Amendment, FTC and
white-collar crime
FBI and
forfeiture
wild animals as personal property
wills, contracts
witnesses
examination
expert
words of negotiability, negotiable instrument
workers’ compensation
wrongful interference with a contract
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