West’s Legal Environment of Business Text and Cases--Ethical, Regulatory, International and E-Commerce Issues

by Cross, Frank B.; Miller, Roger LeRoy

• ISBN13: 9780324015720
• ISBN10: 0324015720
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-25
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Summary

Based on the best-selling West's Business Law, this text maintains its most popular features and continues to offer flexibility for different teaching philosophies. While focusing on public law issues such as ethics, government regulation, and administrative law, it also provides a good balance of private law topics such as contracts and sales. Selected cases begin with either a "Historical and Social Setting" or a "Company Profile" and address the AACSB's curriculum requirements by focusing on global, political, ethical, social, environmental, technological, and cultural diversity issues.

Table of Contents

UNIT ONE The Foundations	1	(100)
Business and Its Legal Environment	2	(25)
The Court System	27	(32)
Alternative Dispute Resolution	59	(21)
Ethics and Business Decision Making	80	(21)
UNIT TWO The Public and International Environment	101	(84)
Constitutional Law	102	(18)
Administrative Law	120	(16)
Criminal Law	136	(23)
International and Comparative Law	159	(26)
UNIT THREE The Private Environment	185	(248)
Contracts: Part I	186	(26)
Contracts: Part II	212	(17)
Sales and Leases	229	(27)
Torts and Strict Liability	256	(25)
Product Liability	281	(13)
Intellectual Property	294	(19)
Cyberlaw and E-Commerce	313	(23)
Creditor-Debtor Relations and Bankruptcy	336	(26)
Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Special Business Organizations	362	(22)
Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships	384	(16)
Corporations	400	(33)
UNIT FOUR The Employment Environment	433	(88)
Agency	434	(26)
Employment Relationships	460	(16)
Employment Discrimination	476	(17)
Labor Law	493	(28)
UNIT FIVE The Regulatory Environment	521	(1)
Consumer Protection	522	(16)
Environmental Law	538	(15)
Land-Use Control and Real Property	553	(21)
Antitrust and Monopoly	574	(23)
Antitrust and Restraint of Trade	597	(21)
Securities Regulation and Investor Protection	618
Appendices
A Briefing Cases and Analyzing Case Problems	A-2	(3)
B The Constitution of the United States	A-5	(9)
C The Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 (Excerpts)	A-14	(3)
D The Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts)	A-17	(21)
E The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Excerpts)	A-38	(2)
F The Sherman Act of 1890 (Excerpts)	A-40	(2)
G The Clayton Act of 1914 (Excerpts)	A-42	(2)
H The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 (Excerpts)	A-44	(1)
I The Robinson-Patman Act of 1936 (Excerpts)	A-45	(2)
J The Securities Act of 1933 (Excerpts)	A-47	(2)
K The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts)	A-49	(1)
L Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts)	A-50	(2)
M The Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Excerpts)	A-52	(2)
N The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Excerpts)	A-54	(2)
O The Uniform Partnership Act	A-56	(9)
P The Revised Uniform Partnership Act (Excerpts)	A-65	(4)
Q The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Excerpts)	A-69	(3)
R The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Excerpts)	A-72	(4)
S The North American Free Trade Agreement (Excerpts)	A-76	(4)
T The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1966 (Excerpts)	A-80	(2)
U Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English	A-82
Glossary	G-1	(1)
Table of Cases	TC-1	(1)
Index	I-1