The Legal Environment of Business

by Kubasek, Nancy K.; Brennan, Bartley A.; Browne, M. Neil

• ISBN13: 9780132664844
• ISBN10: 0132664844
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-10
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This is the only textbook that helps readers develop a thorough understanding of the legal environment of business and enhances their ability to engage in critical thinking and ethical analysis.

Table of Contents

PART ONE

An Introduction to the Law and the Legal Environment of Business

1 Critical Thinking and Legal Reasoning

2 Introduction to Law and the Legal Environment of Business

3 The American Legal System

4 Alternative Tools of Dispute Resolution

5 Constitutional Principles

6 Cyberlaw and Business

7 White-Collar Crime and the Business Community

8 Ethics, Social Responsibility, and the Business Manager

9 The International Legal Environment of Business

PART TWO

Private Law and the Legal Environment of Business

10 The Law of Contracts and Sales–I

11 The Law of Contracts and Sales–II

12 The Law of Torts

13 Product and Service Liability Law

14 Law of Property: Real and Personal

15 Law of Intellectual Property

16 Agency Law

17 Business Organizations I

18 Business Organizations II

PART THREE

Public Law and the Legal Environment of Business

19 The Law of Administrative Agencies

20 The Employment Relationship

21 Laws Governing Labor—Management Relations

22 Employment Discrimination

23 Environmental Law

24 Rules Governing the Issuance of Securities

25 Antitrust Laws

26 Laws of Debtor—Creditor Relations and Consumer Protection