Business Law Today, The Essentials

by Miller, Roger LeRoy

• ISBN13: 9780324120967
• ISBN10: 0324120966
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-18
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Summary

This accessible law text maintains high interest and features exceptional visual appeal. While briefer than the traditional business law text, it provides solid coverage of the core topics. To help the student understand the legal topics presented, this text utilizes summarized cases. This paperback text explicitly meets the AACSB curriculum requirements.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(1)
Internet Tools	1	(4)
Accessing and Navigating the Internet	5	(1)
Gateways to the Internet	5	(1)
Navigating the Internet	6	(2)
Conducting Online Research	8	(6)
Finding People	14	(1)
Investigating Companies	15	(1)
Updating the Results	16	(1)
Some of the Best Legal Resource Sites on the Internet	17	(8)
Appendix: Evaluating Online Resources	25
The Historical and Constitutional Foundations	1	(51)
Ethics and Social Responsibility	52	(22)
Traditional and Online Dispute Resolution	74	(37)
Torts, Intellectual Property, and Internet Law	111	(36)
Criminal Law	147	(34)
Contracts: Nature, Classification, Agreement, and Consideration	181	(31)
Contracts: Capacity, Legality, Assent, and Form	212	(33)
Contracts: Third Party Rights, Discharge, Breach, and Remedies	245	(31)
Sales and Leases: Formation, Title, and Risk	276	(32)
Sales and Leases: Performance and Breach	308	(25)
Warranties, Product Liability, and Consumer Law	333	(37)
E-Contracts	370	(22)
Negotiable Instruments	392	(44)
Secured Transactions, Creditors' Rights, and Bankruptcy	436	(43)
The Entrepreneur's Options	479	(23)
Corporations	502	(35)
Financing, Investor Protection, and Online Securities Offerings	537	(29)
Agency and Employment	566	(35)
Employment Discrimination	601	(25)
Antitrust Law	626	(25)
Real Property and Environmental Law	651	(32)
Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance	683	(31)
International Law in a Global Economy	714
Appendix A The Constitution of the United States	1	(8)
Appendix B Articles 2 and 2A of the Uniform Commercial Code	9	(38)
Appendix C The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Excerpts)	47	(3)
Appendix D The Securities Act of 1933 (Excerpts)	50	(2)
Appendix E The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts)	52	(1)
Appendix F Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts)	53	(2)
Appendix G The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (Excerpts)	55	(2)
Appendix H The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Excerpts)	57	(2)
Appendix I The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (Excerpts)	59	(2)
Appendix J The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (Excerpts)	61	(2)
Appendix K Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English	63