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Author: Terence Lau, Lisa Johnson
In writing The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business, the authors have condensed and streamlined the presentation of the key business law topics to ensure that every page is relevant, engaging, and interesting to today’s learners. This highly accessible textbook uses summaries of cases and case excerpts to improve student understanding. Lau and Johnson are focused on getting students to understand the reason for the law rather than just memorizing the law and its key elements.
The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business Version 3.0 1st Table of contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Law
What Is Law?
Sources of Law
Sources of Law
The Rule of Law
Importance of Rule of Law to Business
How Law Affects Business Disciplines
Accounting Examples
Finance Examples
Management Examples
Marketing Examples
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 2: The Court System
The Third Branch
Supreme Court: Early History
Judicial Review
Checking the Judiciary
Activists and Strict Constructionists
Trial and Appellate Courts
The Certiorari Process
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 3: Litigation
The Parties Involved
Standing and Personal Jurisdiction
Pretrial Procedures
A Deposition Goes Awry
The Trial and Appeal
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 4: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Negotiation
Mediation
Arbitration
Other Methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution
Public Policy, Legislation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 5: The Constitution
Structure of Constitution, Federalism, Preemption
Government Structure
Federalism
Federal Preemption and the Supremacy Clause
The Commerce, Taxing, and Spending Clauses
The States’ Police Power
Dormant Commerce Clause
Taxing and Spending Power
Business and the Bill of Rights
The First Amendment and Business
Due Process and Business
Equal Protection and Business
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 6: Contracts
Formation
The Offer and Acceptance
Consideration
Legality
Capacity
UCC Contracts
Performance and Discharge, Breach, Defenses, Equitable Remedies
Contract Performance and Discharge
Contract Breach
Defenses to Contract Breaches
Equitable Remedies
Voidable Contracts
Contract Remedies
Assignment, Delegation, and Commonly Used Contracts Clauses
Assignment and Delegation
Commonly Used Clauses in Contracts
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 7: Torts
Intentional Torts
Assault
Battery
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED)
Privacy Torts
False Imprisonment
Trespass to Land
Trespass to Chattel
Conversion
Nuisance
Defamation
Misrepresentation and Fraud
Tortious Interference
Negligence
Strict Liability
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 8: The Property System
Personal Property
Methods of Acquisition of Personal Property
Bailment
Real Property
Methods of Acquisition
Title and Closing
Inheritance and Gift
Adverse Possession
Interests and Scope
Duties of Landowners
Ownership Interests in Real Property
Scope of Interests in Real Property
Land Use Restrictions
Landlord-Tenant Relationships
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 9: Intellectual Property
Constitutional Roots
Patents
IRAC Practice
Additional Considerations Related to Patent Law
Trade Secrets
Trademarks
Lanham Act
Trademark versus Branding
What Can be Trademarked?
Genericide
Infringement
Dilution
Defenses
Cybersquatting
Copyright
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 10: Criminal Law
The Nature of Criminal Law, Constitutional Rights, Defenses, and Punishment
The Nature of Criminal Law
Constitutional Rights Relevant to Criminal Proceedings
Defenses
Punishment
Purpose of Punishment
Punishment of Business-Related Crime
Crime
White-Collar Crime
Fraud and Larceny
Organized Crime
Cybercrime
Environmental Crimes
Blue-Collar Crime
Minimizing Corporate Criminal Liability and Losses Attributed to Crime
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 11: Business Organizations
Sole Proprietorships
Partnerships
Corporations
Limited Liability Companies
Bankruptcy
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 12: Employment Law and Agency
Agency
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Enforcement of Title VII
Other Federal Antidiscrimination Laws
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 13: Business in the Global Legal Environment
The Nature of International Law
The Basics of International Law between Nation-States
The Nature of Law as It Applies to Businesses Operating in the International Arena
Trade Regulations, Contracts, and Prohibited Activities in International Business
Trade Regulations
Contracts
Employment Law and Human Rights
Prohibited Activities
Concluding Thoughts
Endnotes
Chapter 14: Appendix: Constitution for the United States of America
Article. I.
Article. II.
Article. III.
Article. IV.
Article. V.
Article. VI.
Article. VII.
Bill of Rights
Article the third [Amendment I]
Article the fourth [Amendment II]
Article the fifth [Amendment III]
Article the sixth [Amendment IV]
Article the seventh [Amendment V]
Article the eighth [Amendment VI]
Article the ninth [Amendment VII]
Article the tenth [Amendment VIII]
Article the eleventh [Amendment IX]
Article the twelfth [Amendment X]
Additional Amendments to the Constitution
Article. XI. [Proposed 1794; Ratified 1798]
Article. XII. [Proposed 1803; Ratified 1804]
Article. XIII. [Proposed 1865; Ratified 1865]
Article. XIV. [Proposed 1866; Ratified 1868]
Article. XV. [Proposed 1869; Ratified 1870]
Article. XVI. [Proposed 1909; Questionably Ratified 1913]
Article. XVII. [Proposed 1912; Ratified 1913]
Article. XVIII. [Proposed 1917; Ratified 1919; Repealed 1933 (See Amendment XXI, Section 1)]
Article. XIX. [Proposed 1919; Ratified 1920]
Article. XX. [Proposed 1932; Ratified 1933]
Article. XXI. [Proposed 1933; Ratified 1933]
Article. XXII. [Proposed 1947; Ratified 1951]
Article. XXIII. [Proposed 1960; Ratified 1961]
Article. XXIV. [Proposed 1962; Ratified 1964]
Article. XXV. [Proposed 1965; Ratified 1967]
Article. XXVI. [Proposed 1971; Ratified 1971]
Article. XXVII. [Proposed 1789; Ratified 1992; Second of twelve Articles comprising the Bill of Righ
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