Cengage Advantage Books: Essentials of the Legal Environment (with Online Legal Research Guide)
by Miller, Roger LeRoy; Cross, Frank B.; Jentz, Gaylord A.Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-01-02
Publisher(s): South-Western College/West
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Summary
Get your money's worth with ESSENTIALS OF THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT! This affordable text offers complete one-semester coverage of business law and its environment in a non-technical, straightforward, and engaging style. Authors Miller, Cross, and Jentz explain legal issues and court decisions in a way that pares down legal jargon while still conveying what you need to know to succeed in your course and in the legal environment. ESSENTIALS OF THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT covers all required business law topics for the CPA exam and includes a 2008 Online Legal Research Guide that provides basic information about how to find almost anything related to law on the internet.
Table of Contents
| The Foundations | |
| Business and Its Legal Environment | |
| Appendix: Finding and Analyzing the Law | |
| The Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution | |
| Ethics and Professional Responsibility | |
| Constitutional Law | |
| The Public Environment | |
| Administrative Law | |
| Torts and Product Liability | |
| Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes | |
| Intellectual Property | |
| International Law | |
| The Commercial Environment | |
| Business Organizations | |
| Contract Formation | |
| Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies | |
| Sales, Leases, and E-Contracts | |
| Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy | |
| The Employment Environment | |
| Employment and Labor Law | |
| Employment Discrimination | |
| The Regulatory Environment | |
| Environmental Law | |
| Antitrust Law | |
| Investor Protection and Online Securities Offerings | |
| Appendices | |
| Answers to Even-Numbered For Review Questions | |
| Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions with Sample Answers | |
| The Constitution of the United States | |
| URLs for Selected Statutes Referenced in the Text | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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