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Unit Four Negotiable Instruments and Secured Transactions 3

Lesson One Commercial Paper and the Concept of Holder in Due Course 3

Lesson Two Check Collection and Allocation of Liability 13

Lesson Three The Bank and Its Customer:Rights,Duties and Liabilities 21

Lesson Four Secured Transactions 30

Cases for Supplementary Reading 38

(1)Bank of Miami v.Florida City Express,Inc.(1979) 39

(2)MidWisconsin Bank v.Forsgard Trading,Inc.(2003) 41

(3)Messing v.Bank of America(2002) 45

(4)Wachovia Bank,N.A.v.Federal Reserve Bank(2003) 50

(5)Yacht Club Sales v.First Nat.Bank of North Idaho(1980) 55

(6)Charles Ragusa ＆ Son v.Community State Bank(1978) 58

(7)H.Schultz ＆ Sons,Inc.v.Bank of Suffolk County(1977) 60

(8)Gibbs v.King(1978) 64

(9)Chapman Parts Warehouse,Inc.v.Guderian(1980) 66

Unit Five The Law of Property 71

Lesson One Property:Real and Personal 71

Lesson Two Transfer of Real Property 81

Lesson Three Real Estate Brokers and the Law of Agency 90

Lesson Four Intellectual Property 99

Cases for Supplementary Reading 109

(1)United States v.Causby(1946) 110

(2)Susette Kelo v.City of New London,Connecticut(2005) 113

(3)State of New Jersey v.Shack and Tejeras(1971) 119

(4)Baker v.Weedon(1972) 124

(5)P.B.R.Enterprises v.Perren(1979) 128

(6)First Federal Savings ＆ Loan Assn.of Miami v.Fisher(1952) 131

(7)Gerruth Realty Co.v.Pire(1962) 135

(8)Sanders v.Stevens(1922) 139

(9)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v.Grokster,Ltd.(2005) 143

Unit Six Tort Law 151

Lesson One Introduction to Tort Law 151

Lesson Two Intentional Torts 160

Lesson Three Negligence 169

Lesson Four Liability Without Fault and Products Liability 179

Cases for Supplementary Reading 187

(1)Bonkowski v.Arlan's Department Store(1968) 188

(2)Hackbart v.Cincinnati Bengals,Inc.(1979) 191

(3)Gregory v.McDonnell Douglas Corp.(1976) 193

(4)Robinson v.Lindsay(1979) 198

(5)Scott v.Bradford(1979) 201

(6)Derdiarian v.Felix Contracting Corp.(1981) 207

(7)Palsgraf v.Long Island R.R.Co.(1928) 211

(8)United States v.Slanina(2002) 215

(9)Baxter v.Ford Motor Co.(1932) 220

(10)Carrasco v.Mendez(2005) 223

(11)Bosley Med.Inst.v.Kremer(2005) 226

Unit Seven Business Associations 233

Lesson One An Overview 233

Lesson Two Choosing the Appropriate Business Form 242

Lesson Three Partnerships:Formation,Operation and Dissolution 251

Cases for Supplementary Reading 259

(1)Miller v.City Bank ＆ Trust Co.(1978) 260

(2)Gast v.Petsinger(1974) 263

(3)Smith v.Dixon(1965) 267

(4)Rouse v.Pollard(1941) 269

(5)Meinhard v.Salmon(1928) 273

(6)Tropeano v.Dorman(2006) 276

Unit Eight Corporate Law 283

Lesson One Formation of Corporations 283

Lesson Two Management and Control 291

Lesson Three Corporate Dissolutions,Mergers,and Consolidations 300

Lesson Four Securities Regulation 308

Lesson Five Contests for Control 316

Cases for Supplementary Reading 326

(1)Minton v.Cavaney(1961) 327

(2)Bernardin Inc.v.Midland Oil Corp.(1975) 330

(3)Unilever Acquisition Corp.v.Richardson-Vicks,Inc.(1985) 333

(4)Perlman v.Feldmann(1955) 337

(5)Shlensky v.Wrigley(1968) 341

(6)Dura Pharmaceuticals v.Broudo(2005) 345

(7)Ernst ＆ Ernst v.Hochfelder(1976) 349

(8)Chiarella v.United States(1980) 353

(9)Berwald v.Mission Development Co.(1962) 358

(10)Arthur Andersen v.United States(2005) 362

Appendix Ⅰ Key to Exercises 367

Appendix Ⅱ Text Translation 419