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          • How are jurisdiction and venue used as affirmative defenses?
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      • Foreword
      • Chapter 1 – Introduction to Law and Legal Systems
      • Chapter 2 – Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
      • Chapter 3 – Courts and the Legal Process
      • Chapter 4 – Constitutional Law and US Commerce
      • Chapter 5 – Administrative Law
      • Chapter 6 – Criminal Law
      • Chapter 7 – Introduction to Tort Law
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      • Chapter 9 – The Agreement
      • Chapter 10 – Real Assent
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      • Chapter 12 – Legality
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      • Chapter 14 – Third-Party Rights
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      • Chapter 17 – Introduction to Sales and Leases
      • Chapter 18 – Title and Risk of Loss
      • Chapter 19 – Performance and Remedies
      • Chapter 20 – Products Liability
      • Chapter 21 – Bailments and the Storage, Shipment, and Leasing of Goods
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      • Chapter 29 – Mortgages and Nonconsensual Liens
      • Chapter 30 – Bankruptcy
      • Chapter 31 – Introduction to Property: Personal Property and Fixtures
      • Chapter 32 – Intellectual Property
      • Chapter 33 – The Nature and Regulation of Real Estate and the Environment
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      • Chapter 2 – The Legal System in the United States
      • Chapter 3 – Constitutional Protections
      • Chapter 4 – The Elements of a Crime
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      • Chapter 6 – Criminal Defenses, Part 2
      • Chapter 7 – Parties to Crime
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      • Chapter 9 – Criminal Homicide
      • Chapter 10 – Sex Offenses and Crimes Involving Force, Fear, and Physical Restraint
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