Full Description
Overviewtextbookthat provides students with the tools for understanding the legal environment of business.This, the 12th edition, has not strayed from that winning formula. The text goes wellbeyond merely identifying the current legal rules and regulations affecting business byoffering insights into new developments and trends that promise to greatly affect the futureof both domestic and international businesses. The result is a comprehensive, yet concise,treatment of the legal issues of fundamental importance to business students and the businessprofession.Feedback from faculty and students alike confirms that they particularly like the clearexposition, the careful selection and editing of high-interest cases, and the text's attractiveand readable design.
Contents
PART ONE Introduction to the Law1 Law, Legal Reasoning, and the Legal Profession2 Dispute Settlement3 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility4 Business and the Constitution5 Crimes6 Intentional Torts7 Negligence and Strict Liability8 Licensing and Intellectual PropertyPART TWO Contracts9 The Nature and Origins of Contracts10 Creating a Contract: Offers11 Creating a Contract: Acceptances12 Consideration13 Capacity to Contract14 Voluntary Consent15 Illegality16 The Form and Meaning of Contracts17 Third Parties' Contract Rights18 Performance and RemediesPART THREE Sales19 Formation and Terms of Sales Contracts20 Warranties and Product Liability21 Performance of Sales Contracts22 Remedies for Breach of Sales ContractsPART FOUR Agency and Employment23 The Agency Relationship-Creation, Duties, and Termination24 Liability of Principals and Agents to Third Parties25 Employment LawsPART FIVE Business Organizations26 Which Form of Business Organization?27 Partnerships28 Formation and Termination of Corporations29 Management of the Corporate Business30 Financing the Corporation and the Role of the Shareholders31 Securities Regulation32 Legal Liability of AccountantsPART SIX Property33 Personal Property and Bailments34 Real Property35 Landlord and Tenant36 Estates and Trusts37 InsurancePART SEVEN Commercial Paper38 Negotiable Instruments39 Negotiation and Holder in Due Course40 Liability of Parties41 Checks and Electronic Fund TransfersPART EIGHT Credit Transactions42 Introduction to Security43 Security Interests in Personal Property44 BankruptcyPART NINE Government Regulation45 The Antitrust Laws46 Consumer Protection Laws47 Environmental RegulationAPPENDIXESA The Constitution of the United States of AmericaB Glossary of Legal Terms and DefinitionsC Spanish-English Equivalents for Important Legal TermsNER(01): WOW
