Business law : legal environment, online commerce, business ethics, and international issues

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Business law : legal environment, online commerce, business ethics, and international issues

Henry R. Cheeseman

Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009

7th ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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For one or two semester undergraduate and graduate business law courses. Visually engaging, enticing and current examples with an overall focus on business. Business Law continues to be the most engaging text for students and professors by featuring a visually appealing format with enticing and current examples while maintaining its focus on business. Students will learn business law, ethics, and the legal environment in a way that will encourage them to ask questions and go beyond basic memorization. This edition of Business Law includes over 40 new cases, an up-to-date photo program, several new enticing discussion topics such as "Entrepreneurship: The Founding of Facebook", "Ethics: Animal Testing", and Paul McCartney's Divorce, brief and easy-to-read chapters and cases, new on-line research activities, 25 new ABC news clips and a revised testbank with 500 new questions.

Table of Contents

Unit I Legal Environment of Business and E-Commerce Ch.1 Legal Heritage and the Information Age Ch.2 Court Systems and Jurisdiction Ch.3 Judicial, Alternative, and Online Dispute Resolution Ch.4 Constitutional Law for Business and E-Commerce Unit II Torts, Crimes, and Intellectual Property Ch.5 Intentional Torts and Negligence Ch.6 Strict Liability and Product Liability Ch.7 Intellectual Property and Cyber Piracy Ch.8 Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes Unit III Contracts and E-Commerce Ch.9 Nature of Traditional and E-Contracts Ch.10 Agreement Ch.11 Consideration and Promissory Estoppel Ch.12 Capacity and Legality Ch.13 Genuineness of Assent and Undue Influence Ch.14 Statute of Frauds and Equitable Exceptions Ch.15 Third-Party Rights and Discharge Ch.16 Remedies for Breach of Traditional and E-Contracts Ch.17 Internet Law and E-Commerce Unit IV Domestic and International Sales and Lease Contracts Ch.18 Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts Ch.19 Title to Goods and Risk of Loss Ch.20 Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts Ch.21 Sales and Lease Warranties Unit V Negotiable Instruments and E-Money Ch.22 Creation of Negotiable Instruments Ch.23 Transferability and Holder in Due Course Ch.24 Liability, Defenses, and Discharge Ch.25 Checks, Banking System, and E-Money Unit VI Credit, Secured Transactions, and Bankruptcy Ch.26 Creditor's and Debtor's Rights Ch.27 Secured Transactions and Electronic Filing Ch.28 Bankruptcy and Reorganization Unit VII Agency and Employment Ch.29 Agency Formation and Termination Ch.30 Liability of Principals, Agents, and Independent Contractors Ch.31 Employment, Worker Protection, and Immigration Laws Ch.32 Labor Law and Collective Bargaining Ch.33 Equal Opportunity in Employment Unit VIII Business Organizations and Ethics Ch. 34 Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs and General Partnerships Ch.35 Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Limited Partnerships Ch.36 Corporate Formation and Financing Ch.37 Corporate Governance and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Ch.38 Corporate Acquisitions and Multinational Corporations Ch.39 Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships Ch.40 Franchises and Special Forms of Business Ch.41 Investor Protection and Online Securities Transactions Ch.42 Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business Unit IX Government Regulation Ch. 43 Administrative Law and Regulatory Agencies Ch.44 Consumer Protection and Product Safety Ch.45 Environmental Protection and Global Warming Ch.46 Antitrust Law and Unfair Trade Practices Unit X Property Ch.47 Personal Property and Bailment Ch.48 Real Property Ch.49 Landlord-Tenant Law and Land Use Regulation Unit XI Special Topics Ch.50 Insurance Ch. 51 Accountant's Liability Ch.52 Wills, Trusts, and Elder Law Ch.53 Family Law Unit XII Global Environment Ch.54 International Law and World Trade Law Appendices

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  • NCID
    BB00255749
  • ISBN
    • 9780136085546
  • LCCN
    2008052772
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Upper Saddle River, N.J.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxi, 955 p.
  • Size
    29 cm
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