Business Law, 6th Edition

Ethical, International and Ecommerce Environment

By: Henry Cheeseman

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Product code: 23730
ISBN: 0131984934
984 pages
Format: Hb
Published by: Pearson Higher Education, 2006, 6th edition

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Description of Business Law, 6th Edition

For one on two semester undergraduate and graduate Business Law courses.

This exceptionally comprehensive text, which has been praised for its writing style and accessibility offering longer edited cases with more of the actual language of the court renderings has been updated and now features new chapters to address the many recent changes in Bankruptcy Laws. There is also a new chapter on Family Law. It includes numerous business-oriented features that make the course relevant to future managers and integrates ethics and social responsibility, international, contemporary business issues, and e-commerce in every morsel of the text.

Business Law, 6th Edition - Chapter headings

Part One: Legal Environment of Business and E-Commerce

1. Legal Heritage and Critical Legal Thinking
2. Court Systems and Jurisdiction
3 . Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
4. Constitutional Law for Business and Online Commerce

Part Two: Torts, Crimes, and Internet Law

5. Torts and Cyber Privacy
6. Strict Liability and Product Liability
7. Intellectual Property and Internet Law
8. Business and Online Crimes

Part Three : Traditional and E-Commerce Contracts

9. Nature of Traditional and Online Contracts
10. Agreement
11. Consideration and Equity
12. Capacity and Legality
13. Genuineness of Assent
14. Writing and Formality
15. Third Party Rights and Discharge
16. Remedies for Breach of Traditional and Online Contracts
17. E-Contracts

Part Four: Domestic and International Sales and Lease Contracts

18. Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts
19. Performance of Sales and Lease Contracts
20. Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts
21. Sales and Lease Warranties

Part Five: Negotiable Instruments and Electronic Banking

22. Creation and Transfer of Negotiable Instruments
23. Transferability and Holder in Due Course
24. Liability, Defenses, and Discharge
25. Checks, Banking, and Wire Transfers

Part Six: Credit and Bankruptcy

26. Credit and Security Interests in Real Property
27. Secured Transactions and Security Interests in Personal Property
28. Bankruptcy Law and Consumer Debt Adjustment - NEW CHAPTER

Part Seven: Agency and Employment

29. Agency Formation and Termination
30. Liability of Principals and Agents
31. Employment and Worker Protection Laws
32. Labor Law
33. Equal Opportunity in Employment

Part Eight: Business Organizations and Ethics

34. Entrepreneurship, Sole Proprietorships, and General Partnerships
35. Limited Partnerships
36. Domestic and Multinational Corporations
37. Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders
38. Corporate Mergers, Tender Offers, and Shareholder Resolutions
39. Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships
40. Franchises and Special Business Forms
41. Investor Protection and Online Securities Transactions
42. Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business

Part Nine: Government Regulation

43. Administrative Law
44. Consumer Protection
45. Environmental Protection
46. Antitrust Law

Part Ten: Property

47. Personal Property and Bailment
48. Real Property
49. Landlord-Tenant Relationship and Land Use Regulation

Part Eleven: Special Topics

50. Insurance
51. Liability of Accountants
52. Wills, Trusts, and Living Wills
53. Family Law- NEW CHAPTER

Part Twelve: Global Environment

54. International and World Trade Law