Business Law Today, Comprehensive Text, Cases, Legal, Ethical, Regulatory, and International Environment

by Miller, Roger LeRoy; Jentz, Gaylord A.

• ISBN13: 9780324004175
• ISBN10: 0324004176
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-23
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Summary

A credible law text with high interest and exceptional visual appeal, BUSINESS LAW TODAY is a book that appeals to both professors and students by providing thorough, dynamic coverage of traditional business law topics and exploration using edited cases. This version includes additional legal environment chapters and those chapters necessary for students taking the CPA exam, making this text the most appropriate BUSINESS LAW TODAY version for accounting students. This text explicitly meets the AACSB curriculum requirements.

Table of Contents

UNIT ONE The Legal Environment of Business	1	(236)
The Legal and International Environment	2	(32)
Constitutional Law	34	(26)
Courts and Procedures	60	(35)
Torts	95	(28)
Business Torts and Intellectual Property	123	(25)
Criminal Law	148	(29)
Cyberlaw in the Legal Environment	177	(32)
Ethics and Social Responsibility	209	(28)
UNIT TWO Contracts	237	(142)
Nature and Classification	238	(19)
Agreement and Consideration	257	(27)
Capacity and Legality	284	(23)
Assent and Form	307	(24)
Third Party Rights and Discharge	331	(25)
Breach and Remedies	356	(23)
UNIT THREE Sales and Lease Contracts	379	(112)
The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts	380	(30)
Title and Risk of Loss	410	(21)
Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts	431	(28)
Warranties and Product Liability	459	(32)
UNIT FOUR Negotiable Instruments	491	(84)
Negotiability and Transferability	492	(26)
Rights and Liabilities of Parties	518	(26)
Checks and the Banking System	544	(31)
UNIT FIVE Debtor-Creditor Relationships	575	(64)
Secured Transactions	576	(28)
Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy	604	(35)
UNIT SIX Business Organizations	639	(228)
Agency Relationships in Business	640	(28)
Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships	668	(23)
Partners and Joint Ventures	691	(20)
Corporate Formation and Financing	711	(29)
Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders	740	(25)
Corporate Merger, Consolidation, and Termination	765	(17)
Additional Shareholders' Rights and Takeovers	782	(19)
Investor Protection	801	(25)
Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships	826	(21)
Special Business Forms and Private Franchises	847	(20)
UNIT SEVEN Government Regulation	867	(162)
Administrative Law	868	(26)
Antitrust Law	894	(24)
Consumer and Environmental Law	918	(32)
Labor and Employment Law	950	(27)
Employment Discrimination	977	(26)
Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals	1003	(26)
UNIT EIGHT Property and Its Protection	1029	(78)
Personal Property and Bailments	1030	(23)
Real Property	1053	(24)
Insurance, Wills, and Trusts	1077	(30)
UNIT NINE The International Legal Environment	1107	(1)
International Law in a Global Economy	1108
APPENDICES
Appendix A The Constitution of the United States	A-1
Appendix B The Uniform Commercial Code	A-9
Appendix C The Uniform Partnership Act	A-142
Appendix D The Revised Model Business Corporation Act (Excerpts)	A-150
Appendix E The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Excerpts)	A-160
Appendix F The Restatement (Second) of Torts (Excerpts)	A-162
Appendix G The Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability (Excerpts)	A-163
Appendix H The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 (Excerpts)	A-164
Appendix I The Securities Act of 1933 (Excerpts)	A-165
Appendix J The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts)	A-167
Appendix K Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts)	A-168
Appendix L The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Excerpts)	A-170
Appendix M The Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Excerpts)	A-172
Appendix N The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Excerpts)	A-174
Appendix O Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English	A-177
Glossary	G-1
Table of Cases	TC-1
Index	I-1