Loose-Leaf for Essentials of Business Law

by Anthony Liuzzo

Overview

The new, eleventh edition of the Essentials of Business Law program is a practical, concise, and broad-based introduction to the vibrant field of business law. While continuing to offer all the features that have made this title successful, this new edition includes a chapter on the areas of law affected by social media, updated content, and enhanced support materials. Both the traditional areas of law, such as contracts and property, and the emerging areas of law, such as e-commerce and environmental, are covered in short, informative chapters written to capture the essence of each topic.

The objective of the text throughout its coverage is ease - ease of use, ease of teaching, ease of assessment, and ease of understanding. It has been developed for those seeking a more fundamental overview of the concepts and principles that are vital to the understanding of business law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781264126484
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	01/13/2021
Edition description:	11th ed.
Pages:	672
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Anthony L. Liuzzo, J.D., MBA, Ph.D. Dr. Anthony L. Liuzzo is Professor Emeritus at Wilkes University where, until recently, he served as Professor of Business and Economics and Chairperson of the Business Programs of Arizona. Dr. Liuzzo is a licensed attorney and economist. He earned his Ph.D. in business administration, Master of Philosophy in economics, and MBA in management and organizational behavior from New York University; his law degree from St. John’s University; and his bachelor’s degree in marketing from Fordham University in New York City. Specializing in public policy issues, employment law, and holiday retail sales forecasting, he has been cited on numerous occasions in hundreds of publications—including CNN, Fox News, Forbes, The New York Times, USA Today, the Arizona Republic, the New York Daily News, the Philadelphia Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Times, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Detroit News, the Christian Science Monitor, and the San Francisco Examiner—for his views on legal and business issues. Dr. Liuzzo has been the author of several editions of the popular textbook, Essentials of Business Law, and its accompanying assessment materials, mobile applications, and instructor’s manual, published by McGraw-Hill. Dr. Liuzzo is also the author of several books and numerous articles that have appeared in scholarly and professional journals. He has served as editor of a scholarly journal and has been instrumental in creating several successful small businesses. Dr. Liuzzo is an active member of many professional and community organizations and currently serves as a member and officer of several boards of directors.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction to Law

Chapter 1: Our System of Law

Chapter 2: Ethics and the Law

Chapter 3: Criminal Law

Chapter 4: Tort Law

Chapter 5: Constitutional Law

Chapter 6: Administrative Law

Part 2 Contracts

Chapter 7: Introduction to Contracts

Chapter 8: Offer and Acceptance

Chapter 9: Mutual Agreement

Chapter 10: Consideration

Chapter 11: Competent Parties

Chapter 12: Legal Purpose of Contracts

Chapter 13: Form of Contracts

Chapter 14: Operation of Contracts

Chapter 15: Discharge of Contracts

Part 3 Sales, Agency, and Business Organizations

Chapter 16: Transfer of Title

Chapter 17: Sales

Chapter 18: Warranties

Chapter 19: Agency

Chapter 20: Business Organizations

Chapter 21: Creditor’s Rights and Bankruptcy

Part 4 Commercial Paper

Chapter 22: Introduction to Commercial Paper

Chapter 23: Transfer and Discharge of Commercial Paper

Part 5 Property

Chapter 24: Real and Personal Property

Chapter 25: Bailments

Chapter 26: Landlord/Tenant Relations

Chapter 27: Wills, Intestacy, and Trusts

Part 6 Business and Technology

Chapter 28: Intellectual Property

Chapter 29: Computer Privacy and Speech

Chapter 30: Social Media and the Law

Chapter 31: Conducting Business in Cyberspace

Part 7 Legal Environment of Business

Chapter 32: The Employer/Employee Relationship

Chapter 33: Employment Law

Chapter 34: Product Liability

Chapter 35: Professionals’ Liability

Chapter 36: International Business Law

Chapter 37: Business and the Environment

Chapter 38: Health Care Law

Appendix: The Constitution of the United States