Business in the Contemporary Legal Environment

by Daniel V. Davidson, Lynn M. Forsythe

Overview

Business in the Contemporary Legal Environment provides complete coverage of the areas typically included in a one-semester legal environment course: Foundations of Law; Contracts, Torts, and Crimes in Business; Business Organizations, and Government Regulation.The use-friendly text is written in an informal style and avoids "black letter law" statements whenever possible. Each chapter begins with a Classic Case and ends with a Contemporary Case, and the accompanying introductions and questions make the cases readily accessible to students. At least three strategy boxes in each chapter give practical advice to a business person dealing with the material under consideration. Helpful discussion questions and "You Decide" hypotheticals at the end of each chapter as well as exhibits throughout the book help make the concepts easier to understand and retain.

Features:

• complete coverage of the areas in a typical one-semester legal environment course
  • Foundations of Law; Contracts, Torts, and Crimes in Business; Business Organizations; Government Regulation
  • 20 chapters, with an average length of 25 pages
• user-friendly
  • written in an informal style
  • avoids "black letter law" statements whenever possible
• each chapter begins with a Classic Case, ends with a Contemporary Case
  • introductions and questions make cases accessible to students
• at least three strategy boxes in each chapter
  • practical advice for a business person related to the material under discussion
• helpful discussion questions and "You Decide" hypotheticals end each chapter
• exhibits throughout the book to clarify concepts

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454816393
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date:	03/01/2013
Series:	Aspen College
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	672
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.35(d)

Table of Contents

Summary of Contents

Contents

Preface

Part I. Foundations of the Law

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Business Legal Environment

Chapter 2. Business Ethics

Chapter 3. The U.S. Legal System and Court Jurisdiction

Chapter 4. Dispute Resolution

Chapter 5. International Considerations for Contemporary Businesses

Part II. Governmental Influences

Chapter 6: Constitutional Regulation of Business

Chapter 7. Administrative Regulation

Chapter 8. Protection of Intellectual Property

Part III. Contracts

Chapter 9. Contract Formation

Chapter 10. Contracts: Performance and Remedies

Chapter 11. Contracts for the Sale of Goods

Part IV. Torts and Crimes

Chapter 12. Torts

Chapter 13. Crimes and Business

Part V. Agency and Business Organizations

Chapter 14. Agency

Chapter 15. Business Organizations

Chapter 16. Securities Regulation

Part VI. The Regulatory Environment

Chapter 17. Strategic Alliances and Antitrust Law

Chapter 18. Consumer Protection

Chapter 19. Environmental Protection and Sustainability

Chapter 20. Labor and Fair Employment Practices

Table of Cases

Index