Legal Environment for a New Century

by Beatty, Jeffrey F.; Samuelson, Susan S.

• ISBN13: 9780324016574
• ISBN10: 0324016573
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Summary

Comprehensive text meets all AACSB curriculum standards. Focuses on human conflict. Legal environment text authoritative and accurate.

Table of Contents

Contents	xiii
Preface	xxv
To the Students	xxxii
Acknowledgments	xxxii
UNIT 1 THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT	1	(228)
Introduction to Law	2	(25)
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility	27	(22)
Dispute Resolution	49	(31)
Common Law, Statutory Law, and Administrative Law	80	(29)
Constitutional Law	109	(30)
Torts	139	(29)
Crime	168	(32)
International Law	200	(29)
UNIT 2 CONTRACTS & THE UCC	229	(132)
Introduction to Contracts	230	(31)
Conclusion to Contracts	261	(32)
Sales, Product Liability, and Negotiable Instruments	293	(32)
Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy	325	(36)
UNIT 3 AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT	361	(94)
Agency	362	(31)
Employment Law	393	(34)
Labor Law	427	(28)
UNIT 4 BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS	455	(2)
Starting a Business	456	(28)
Corporations	484	(31)
Securities Regulation	515
UNIT 5 GOVERNMENT REGULATION AND PROPERTY	457	(253)
Antitrust	548	(25)
Cyberlaw	573	(26)
Intellectual Property with Cyberlaw	599	(25)
Property	624	(31)
Consumer Law	655	(27)
Environmental Law	682	(28)
Appendix A The Constitution of the United States	710	(13)
Appendix B Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts)	723	(100)
Glossary	823	(8)
Table of Cases	831	(5)
Index	836