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APM331: Contract Law

Introduces the student to basic law of contracts, Uniform Commercial Codes, commercial paper, agency and employment law, and business regulations.


 

Basic Law of Contracts

Avalon Project
Yale University: Historical Legal Documents

FindLaw.com
Contracts subsection

Legal Information Institute (LII)
Overview of contract law


Civil and Criminal Law

Criminal Law
Encyclopedia entry from MSN Encarta 

How Do Civil and Criminal Law Differ?
Basics of criminal law from the American Bar Association 

Legal Information Institute (LII)
Overview of criminal law

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
From LII

Business Regulations

Business Laws
From Business.gov

Doing Business
Database that provides measures of business regulations and their enforcement from the World Bank Group

Government Regulations and Your Business
From the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Startup Kit

Small Business Laws and Regulations
Resources from the U.S. Small Business Administration

Additional Sites of Interest

American Association of Individual Investors
Investment information for the individual investor

Annual Report Gallery
Annual reports for individual and institutional investors

Bloomberg, L.P.
Leading global provider of data, news, and analytics

Bnet
Business white papers, webcasts, and case studies

Business 2.0
Business news, technology news, and innovation

Business Week
Business news

CFO.com
Tools and resources for financial executives

CNN/Money
Business news from CNN and Money magazine

Comptroller of the Currency
Charters, regulates and supervises all national banks (U.S. Department of the Treasury)

Corporate Financials Online
Latest links to news from private companies

Corporate Information
Information on world securities markets including company profiles

Dow Jones and Company
Business and financial news and information

The Economist
Online highlights of print business journal (Full text articles available through EbscoHost)

Entrepreneur
Solutions for growing businesses

Euromoney Magazine
One source for information on many markets

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Helps to maintain a stable and sound banking system

Federal Reserve System
Central bank of the U.S.

Federal Reserve Educational Sites
Links to instructional materials on the Federal Reserve, economics, and financial education

Finance Site List
Links to financial journals and more from the College of Business, Ohio State University

Finance Wise
Search engine focused specifically on financial-only content

Financial Calculators
From Investopedia.com

Financial Market Center
Analytical reports, data sets, teaching tools, and an extensive archive of Federal Reserve records

Financial Times
Financial news

Forbes
Business and financial news

Fortune
Business and financial news

Hoover's Online
View company profiles and view stats and biographies for individual business people

Institutional Investor.com
News and resources for financial professionals

International Public Management Association for Human Resources
HR resources including benchmarking, best practices, glossary, and web resources

InvestorGuide.com
Investing, stock quotes and research, personal finance and business news

Journals: @Brint.com
Resources from business technology management and knowledge management

Market Watch
Stock market news, commentary, and investor research

Plunkett Research
Industry sector analysis and analysis, industry trends, and industry statistics

Risk Magazine
Online magazine for managing risk

Smart Money
Investing, saving, and personal finance

U.S. Department of the Treasury
Promotes conditions for prosperity and stability in the U.S.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Protects investors and maintains market integrity

Wall Street Journal
Business and stock market news

Yahoo! Finance
Latest in finance news

ZDNet
Business technology blogs

Uniform Commercial Codes

Uniform Commercial Code
From the Legal Information Institute (LII)

Uniform Commercial Code Locator
Links to state statutes that correspond to Articles of the Uniform Commercial Code from LII


Agency and Employment Law

Employment Law Guide
From the U.S. Department of Labor

Employment Law Resource Center
From Alexander Hamilton Institute, Inc.

Employment Laws Assistance
For workers and small businesses, from U.S. Department of Labor

Overview of Employment Law
Site contains information about employment law in addition to links to the Federal Statutes on the subject, from Legal Information Institute


Textbook Companion Site

Business Law
Practice tests, weblinks, case studies, and glossary

 

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