West’s Legal Environment of Business

by Cross, Frank B.; Miller, Roger LeRoy

• ISBN13: 9780324154658
• ISBN10: 0324154658
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-14
• 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	(103)
Business and Its Legal Environment	2	(27)
The Court System	29	(32)
Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution	61	(21)
Ethics and Business Decision Making	82	(21)
UNIT TWO The Public and International Environment	103	(92)
Constitutional Law	104	(20)
Administrative Law	124	(17)
Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes	141	(25)
International and Comparative Law	166	(29)
UNIT THREE The Commercial Environment	195	(178)
Contract Formation	196	(27)
Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies	223	(20)
Sales, Leases, and E-Contracts	243	(32)
Torts and Cyber Torts	275	(24)
Strict Liability and Product Liability	299	(14)
Intellectual Property and Internet Law	313	(24)
Creditor-Debtor Relations and Bankruptcy	337	(36)
UNIT FOUR The Business Environment	373	(72)
Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Special Business Organizations	374	(23)
Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships	397	(16)
Corporations	413	(32)
UNIT FIVE The Employment Environment	445	(96)
Agency	446	(27)
Employment Relationships	473	(19)
Employment Discrimination	492	(20)
Labor Law	512	(29)
UNIT SIX The Regulatory Environment	541	(1)
Consumer Protection	542	(14)
Environmental Law	556	(18)
Land-Use Control and Real Property	574	(21)
Antitrust and Monopoly	595	(19)
Antitrust and Restraint of Trade	614	(18)
Investor Protection and Online Securities Offerings	632
APPENDICES
A Briefing Cases and Analyzing Case Problems	2	(3)
B The Constitution of the United States	5	(9)
C The Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 (Excerpts)	14	(2)
D The Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts)	16	(27)
E The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Excerpts)	43	(2)
F The Sherman Act of 1890 (Excerpts)	45	(1)
G The Clayton Act of 1914 (Excerpts)	46	(2)
H The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 (Excerpts)	48	(2)
I The Robinson-Patman Act of 1936 (Excerpts)	50	(2)
J The Securities Act of 1933 (Excerpts)	52	(2)
K The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts)	54	(1)
L Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts)	55	(2)
M The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Excerpts)	57	(2)
N The Uniform Partnership Act	59	(9)
O The Revised Uniform Partnership Act (Excerpts)	68	(4)
P The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Excerpts)	72	(3)
Q The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1966 (Excerpts)	75	(2)
R The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (Excerpts)	77	(2)
S The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Excerpts)	79	(2)
T The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (Excerpts)	81	(3)
U The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (Excerpts)	84	(2)
V Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English	86
Glossary	1	(1)
Table of Cases	1	(1)
Index	1