What is a contract? How can you make one binding? What can you do to get out of a contract? What special rules apply to international contracts? These questions and other important issues of legally enforceable promises are covered in Business Law: Contracts. Former attorney and Professor Frank B. Cross lays a comprehensive foundation in the practical and intricate body of law that governs contracts. By the conclusion of his course, you'll realize why contractual agreements are one of the principal mechanisms for ordering our society.
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Whether you want your customers to buy from you, or vendors to give you a good deal, your boss to give you a raise, or your employees to take initiative, most of your work life and even your personal life involves trying to get people to do stuff.
Whether you want your customers to buy from you, or vendors to give you a good deal, your boss to give you a raise, or your employees to take initiative, most of your work life and even your personal life involves trying to get people to do stuff.
Untangle the complexities of two essential areas of American law in this two-course set that recreates the experience of a traditional law-school education. First, in Law School for Everyone: Contracts, get an accessible introduction to contract essentials, including offers, counteroffers, fraud, and unconscionability. Then, in Law School for Everyone: Corporate Law, explore the history of corporations and the legal problems that can plague them, including bribery and insider trading.
In Law School for Everyone: Contracts, join Professor David Horton for a revealing investigation of contract law. Over 12 lectures, you’ll get an introduction to contract essentials, including offers, acceptances, counteroffers, fraud, duress, and unconscionability. These and other concepts come alive in court cases that range from the outrageous to the heart-rending to the ridiculous.
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