The Legal and E-Commerce Environment Today Business in the Ethical, Regulatory, and International Setting

by Miller, Roger LeRoy; Cross, Frank B.

• ISBN13: 9780324061888
• ISBN10: 0324061889
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Summary

THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT TODAY provides students with a colorful, lively introduction to the legal environment of business. This highly visual text builds a solid base of legal knowledge, while presenting material in a comprehensible, interesting manner.

Table of Contents

Preface	xxv
Unit 1: The Foundations	1	(150)
The Legal and International Foundations	2	(33)
Appendix: Finding and Analyzing the Law	24	(11)
Ethics and Social Responsibility	35	(26)
The American Court System	61	(32)
Legal Representation and Alternative Dispute Resolution	93	(35)
E-Commerce and Dispute Resolution	128	(23)
Unit 2: The Public Environment	151	(86)
Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business	152	(26)
Powers and Functions of Administrative Agencies	178	(27)
Criminal Wrongs	205	(32)
Unit 3: The Private Environment	237	(254)
Torts	238	(32)
Strict Liability and Product Liability	270	(20)
Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw	290	(27)
Contract Formation	317	(38)
Contract Defenses, Discharge, and Remedies	355	(34)
E-Contracts	389	(27)
Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy	416	(35)
Business Organizations	451	(40)
Unit 4: The Employment Environment	491	(88)
Employment Relationships	492	(30)
Equal Employment Opportunities	522	(26)
Labor-Management Relations	548	(31)
Unit 5: The Regulatory Environment	579	(138)
Consumer Protection	580	(26)
Protecting the Environment	606	(25)
Land-Use Control and Real Property	631	(32)
Promoting Competition	663	(26)
Investor Protection	689	(28)
Unit 6: The International Environment	717
The Regulation of International Transactions	718
Appendix A---Briefing Cases and Analyzing Case Problems	1	(12)
Appendix B---The Constitution of the United States	13	(8)
Appendix C---The Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 (Excerpts)	21	(2)
Appendix D---Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code	23	(20)
Appendix E---The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 [Excerpts]	43	(2)
Appendix F---The Sherman Act of 1890 [Excerpts]	45	(1)
Appendix G---The Clayton Act of 1914 [Excerpts]	46	(1)
Appendix H---The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 [Excerpts]	47	(1)
Appendix I---The Securities Act of 1933 [Excerpts]	48	(2)
Appendix J---The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [Excerpts]	50	(1)
Appendix K---The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 [Excerpts]	51	(2)
Appendix L---Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 [Excerpts]	53	(2)
Appendix M---The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act [Excerpts]	55	(1)
Appendix N---The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act [Excerpts]	56	(2)
Appendix O---ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy [Excerpts, 1999]	58	(1)
Appendix P---Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English	59
Glossary	1	(1)
Table of Cases	1	(1)
Index	1