E. C. LASHBROOKE, JR., is Professor and Chairman of the Department of General Business and Business Law at Michigan State University.MICHAEL I. SWYGERT is Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersberg, Florida.

• Foreword Preface Introduction to the Law of Business Transactions The Legal Environment Formation of a Business Sale of a Business Capitalization Obtaining Operational Financing Real Estate and Real Estate Financing Negotiating and Performing Contracts Contracting with the Federal Government Buying and Selling Goods Extending Credit Paying for Goods and Services Collecting Delinquent Accounts Obtaining Relief from Creditors Employment Laws and Regulations Employer's Responsibility for Employee's Acts Liability for Carelessness in Conducting a Business Keeping the Workplace Safe Recordkeeping Taxation of a Business Business Planning Bibliography Index

E. C. LASHBROOKE, JR., is Professor and Chairman of the Department of General Business and Business Law at Michigan State University.MICHAEL I. SWYGERT is Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersberg, Florida.

• Foreword Preface Introduction to the Law of Business Transactions The Legal Environment Formation of a Business Sale of a Business Capitalization Obtaining Operational Financing Real Estate and Real Estate Financing Negotiating and Performing Contracts Contracting with the Federal Government Buying and Selling Goods Extending Credit Paying for Goods and Services Collecting Delinquent Accounts Obtaining Relief from Creditors Employment Laws and Regulations Employer's Responsibility for Employee's Acts Liability for Carelessness in Conducting a Business Keeping the Workplace Safe Recordkeeping Taxation of a Business Business Planning Bibliography Index

E. C. LASHBROOKE, JR., is Professor and Chairman of the Department of General Business and Business Law at Michigan State University.MICHAEL I. SWYGERT is Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersberg, Florida.

• Foreword Preface Introduction to the Law of Business Transactions The Legal Environment Formation of a Business Sale of a Business Capitalization Obtaining Operational Financing Real Estate and Real Estate Financing Negotiating and Performing Contracts Contracting with the Federal Government Buying and Selling Goods Extending Credit Paying for Goods and Services Collecting Delinquent Accounts Obtaining Relief from Creditors Employment Laws and Regulations Employer's Responsibility for Employee's Acts Liability for Carelessness in Conducting a Business Keeping the Workplace Safe Recordkeeping Taxation of a Business Business Planning Bibliography Index