Business Law Today: The Essentials / Edition 9

by Roger LeRoy Miller, Gaylord A. Jentz

Overview

BUSINESS LAW TODAY is a credible law text with high interest and features exceptional visual appeal. This is a book that professors like, while students appreciate its thorough, dynamic coverage of traditional business law topics and exploration of summarized cases. This text explicitly meets the AACSB curriculum requirements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780324786156
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Series:	Cengage Advantage Books Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	864
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Roger LeRoy Miller, Ph.D. has served on the faculty of several universities, including the University of Washington, Clemson University, and the University of Miami School of Law. As a professor, he has taught intellectual property law and entertainment law, among other subjects. A widely published and respected author, his work has appeared in the Insurance Counsel Journal, Defense Research, California Trial Lawyers Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, Wisconsin Law Review, and Connecticut Law Review. He has authored or co-authored numerous authoritative textbooks on law, including BUSINESS LAW: TEXT & CASES; BUSINESS LAW TODAY: TEXT & SUMMARIZED CASES; and THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT TODAY. Professor Miller completed his studies at the University of California at Berkeley and University of Chicago.

Table of Contents

UNIT ONE: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS. 1. The Legal and International Environment. 2. Constitutional Law. 3. Courts and Procedures. 4. Torts. 5. Business Torts and Intellectual Property. 6. Criminal Law. 7. Cyberlaw in the Legal Environment. 8. Ethics and Social Responsibility. UNIT TWO: CONTRACTS. 9. Nature and Classification. 10. Agreement and Consideration. 11. Capacity and Legality. 12. Assent and Form. 13. Third Party Rights and Discharge. 14. Breach and Remedies. UNIT THREE: SALES AND LEASE CONTRACTS 15. The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts. 16. Title and Risk of Loss. 17. Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts. 18. Warranties and Product Liability. UNIT FOUR: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. 19. Negotiability and Transferability. 20. Rights and Liabilities of Parties. 21. Checks and the Banking System. UNIT FIVE: DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIPS. 22. Secured Transactions. 23. Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy. UNIT SIX: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS. 24. Agency Relationships in Business. 25. Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships. 26. Corporate Formation and Financing. 27. Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders. 28. Corporate Merger, Consolidation, and Termination. 29. Investor Protection. 30. Limited Liability Companies aned Partnerships. 31. Special Business Forms and Private Franchises. UNIT SEVEN: GOVERNMENT REGULATION. 32. Antitrust Law. 33. Consumer and Environmental Law. 34. Labor and Employment Law. 35. Employment Discrimination. UNIT EIGHT: PROPERTY AND ITS PROTECTION. 36. Personal Property and Bailments. 37. Real Property. 38. Insurance, Wills, and Trusts. UNIT NINE: THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ENVIRONMENT. 39. International Lawin a Global Economy.