Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century / Edition 7

by Constance E. Bagley

Overview

Master the legal and risk management expertise needed for success in business management today with Bagley's MANAGERS AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: STRATEGIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, 7E. Recognized for its cutting-edge coverage and strategic approach, this book offers one of today's most clearly written and understandable legal environment presentations. Whether readers have significant management experience or are studying business for the first time, this edition's in-depth coverage and proven management features illustrate how the law impacts daily management decisions and business strategies. Current or future business managers learn how to use principles of law to minimize risk and create value, attain core business objectives, identify and resolve legal issues, and effectively handle legal disputes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781111530631
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	06/20/2012
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	1008
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

Constance E. Bagley is a Senior Research Fellow at Yale School of Management, where she was formerly Professor in the Practice of Law and Management and a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School. Previously, she was an Associate Professor at Harvard Business School, a Senior Lecturer in Law and Management at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a corporate securities partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP. Dr. Bagley has published articles in numerous professional journals, including the Academy of Management Review, the Harvard Business Law Review, the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, the American Business Law Journal, the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, and the Cornell Journal of Public Policy. She has coauthored THE ENTREPRENEUR S GUIDE TO LAW AND STRATEGY and authored WINNING LEGALLY: HOW MANAGERS CAN USE THE LAW TO CREATE VALUE, MARSHAL RESOURCES, AND MANAGE RISK. She has also contributed chapters to THE OXFORD HANDBOOK ON DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES and GENERAL COUNSEL IN THE 21ST CENTURY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. She recently coauthored an article for Harvard Business Review (https://hbr.org/2017/12/how-boards-can-reduce-corporate-misbehavior). Dr. Bagley received her JD from Harvard Law School and her AB with Honors and Distinction from Stanford University. She received an honorary doctorate in economics from Lund University in Sweden in 2011. She is a member of the Bar of New York and of the Bar of California (inactive). Dr. Bagley has also taught at the University of Connecticut School of Business and its School of Law. She is the business school coeditor of eshiplaw.org and CEO of Bagley Strategic Consulting Group LLC.

Table of Contents

UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS OF THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT. 1. Law, Value Creation, and Risk Management. 2. Ethics and the Law. 3. Courts, Sources of Law, and Dispute Resolution. 4. Constitutional Bases for Business Regulation. 5. Agency. 6. Administrative Law. UNIT II: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT. 7. Contracts. 8. Sales, Licensing, and E-Commerce. 9. Torts and Privacy Protection. 10. Product Liability. 11. Intellectual Property. UNIT III: HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 12. The Employment Agreement. 13. Civil Rights and Employment Discrimination. UNIT IV: THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 14. Criminal Law. 15. Environmental Law. 16. Antitrust. 17. Consumer Protection. 18. Real Property and Land Use. UNIT V: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, OWNERSHIP, AND CONTROL. 19. Forms of Business Organizations. 20. Directors, Officers, and Controlling Shareholders. UNIT VI: SECURITIES AND FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 21. Public and Private Offerings of Securities. 22. Securities Fraud and Insider Trading. 23. Debtor-Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy. UNIT VII: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS. 24. International Law and Transactions.

Editorial Reviews

New edition of a text that provides a broad and detailed understanding of how law impacts daily management decisions and business strategies. With an emphasis upon ethical considerations, Bagley (business administration, Harvard Business School) covers essential legal topics such as agency, contracts, torts, criminal law, antitrust, as well as employment law, intellectual property, lending transactions, securities regulation, and environmental law. He also addresses current concerns in business regulation such as consumer privacy and the Internet, the World Trade Organization, copyright law in cyberspace, mandatory arbitration of employment disputes, employer liability for sexual harassment, selective disclosure of inside information to securities analysts, and the creation, sale, and patentability of genetically modified organisms. Each of the 23 chapters contains three to nine examples of law in action, boxed discussion of how the laws apply to cyberspace, and economic, historical, and political perspectives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"I reviewed all of the major textbooks in the field and find [Bagley's MANAGERS AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: STRATEGIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY] consistently in the forefront. Each chapter, clearly summarizes — with very recent additions of statutory law and case cites drawn from federal and state courts around the country — both the current state of the law and the evolution of law. Students not only understand where the law is now, but also get a sense of its long-term trends and directions. My students get a broad and detailed background from reading this textbook, and that allows me to focus on key points from my perspective in classroom lectures and discussion. I'm continually impressed by the way the author reconfigures and expands material, edition by edition, not only to update it, but also to make it even more accessible to students. Professor Bagley knows how to bring the most to those of us who teach law in a business school setting. Her latest edition, like the editions before it, is an invaluable resource."

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