Cengage advantage books: essentials of the legal environment
Miller, Roger
Cross, Frank
Jentz, Gaylord
Get your money's worth with ESSENTIALS OF THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT! This affordable text offers complete one-semester coverage of business law and its environment in a non-technical, straightforward, and engaging style. Authors Miller, Cross, and Jentz explain legal issues and court decisions in a way that pares down legal jargon while still conveying what you need to know to succeed in your course and in the legal environment. INDICE: UNIT I: THE FOUNDATIONS. 1. Business and Its Legal Environment. Appendix: Finding and Analyzing the Law. 2. The Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution. 3. Ethics and Business Decision Making. 4. Constitutional Authorityto Regulate Business. UNIT II: THE PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT. 5. Administrative Law.6. Torts and Product Liability. 7. Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes. 8. Intellectual Property and Internet Law. 9. International Law in a Global Economy. UNITIII: THE COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT. 10. Business Organizations. 11. Contract Formation. 12. Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies. 13. Sales, Leases, andE-Contracts. 14. Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy. UNIT IV: THE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT. 15. Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law. 16. Employment Discrimination. UNIT V: THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 17. Environmental Law. 18. Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition. 19. Investor Protection and Corporate Governance. APPENDICES. A. The Constitution of the United States. B. URLs for Selected Statutes Referenced in the Text.
- ISBN: 978-0-324-78614-9
- Editorial: South Western College
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 784
- Fecha Publicación: 31/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés