PREFACE<br > This book i~ the product of the author s twelve years of experience in preparing ( a~Jdi-<br > dates to pass the business law section of the Uni~)rm CPA Examination and the ex-<br > trome]y usefln] input fi om over a thousand students who sucoessfully comt3leted t}w<br > Illinois Stato University CPA Business Law Review course cluring these years， Its<br > purpos(， is to provide a current， accurate， comprehel~sive， in-depth， and educationally<br > sound single source of business law s~lbjects to help candidates pass the busil~ess law<br > section r~f the Uniform CPA Examination， The lack of such a comprehensive ilJ-d~ pth<br > 8tnt~le source of business law material was recognized by dae Board of Governors ofth(~<br > A~.ericalJ lnstitutt~ of Certified Pul ~lic Aeeountalits (AICPA) whe. it stated that "Many<br > of the subjects on the examination ar~. normally covered in standard textbooks on<br > b-sint ss law . However， somt~ subjects either aro not included in such texts or are<br > not covered in adequatt， depth ""<br >~，OYE-~AGE AND SPECIAL FEATURES<br > Each ~ hapter， ex<-luding the introductory ~ hupter， provides a clear and c<mcise st~n-<br > lt;n(~e all(I paragraph ()ut]il]6. (I (~VI(~.V/ O| I HI~S (，If ]il~，V pertaining to (~ac h |)tlsint~ss law<br > topi(: that cart be the subjuut ol a CPA examination question， Th~~ common law， fedteral<br > statutory law， and tit(. Unitbrm Commercial Code provisions， including the 1972<br > amendments， applioabh， t. t， ach business law topic are stated and explained in a clear，<br > eozJc， is(，. and well-organized rnaJH~e].. Mort. tha. a thousand examples， 139 diagrams<br > ~nd flowcharts， and ni]Je tables are tlsed to he/l) candidates see the "big picture" or<br > ovel"vjew" as well as Ih~ Sl)t eifius ~Jftho subject matter， to draw comparisons between<br > -* A:ICPA， Bu~ir~e~.s I.aw--Content Sper:.tftcation Outline， approve.d by tl~e AICPA Board of<br >~; :. . . l~m/~or~ o， hu.~.~a 31. 1981.<br >*;;.. ~ " . . Preface xiii<br >