Legal Environment of Business and Online Commerce : Business Ethics, E-Commerce, Regulatory, and International Issues

by Cheeseman, Henry R.

• ISBN13: 9780131991095
• ISBN10: 0131991094
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This up-to-date, best-selling book focuses on how the legal environment impacts business decisions. It fully integrates the AACSB curriculum standards with extensive international, ethical and critical thinking examples throughout.Cheeseman examines how the current legal environment, government regulation, and e-commerce environment impact today's business decisions. The cases are cutting edge, exciting, and engaging, and the reasoning of each case is presented in the language of the court. A seven-part organization covers the legal and ethical environment, domestic and international law, traditional contracts and electronic commerce, agency and business organizations, employment and equal opportunity law, regulatory environment, and property and bankruptcy.For individuals interested in the legalities of business.

Table of Contents

Legal and Ethical Environment

Nature of Law and Critical Legal Thinking

Judicial and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business

Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business

Domestic and International Law

Negligence and Intentional Torts

Product and Street Liability

Business Crimes and Criminal Law

Intellectual Property and Information Technology

International and Comparative Law

Traditional Contracts and Electronic Commerce

Formation of Traditional and Online Contracts

Performance of Contracts and Remedies for Breach

Internet Law and Electronic Commerce

Agency and Business Organizations

Agency Law

Entrepreneurship, Sole Proprietorships, and Franchising

Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies

Domestic and Multilateral Corporations

Employment and Equal Opportunity Law

Labor and Worker Protection Laws

Equal Opportunity in Employment

Regulatory Environment

Administrative Law and Consumer Protection

Environmental Protection

Antitrust Law

Investor Protection and Securities Regulation

Property And Bankruptcy

Personal and Real Property

Negotiate Instruments, Credit, and Bankruptcy

Case Appendix

Glossary

Index

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