Business Law and the Legal Environment, 6th Standard Edition

BUSINESS LAW AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT, 6E uses vivid examples and memorable scenarios to walk readers through the full breadth of business law. Focusing on real-world application and using a conversational writing style, this handy textbook gets readers ready for business challenges from the first page. Plus, by giving readers hands-on experience with legal concepts, BUSINESS LAW AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT, 6E deepens readers’ understanding of the law and promotes thinking through issues from a lawyer’s perspective.

Table of Contents

Unit 1 The Legal Environment
Chapter 1 Introduction To Law
Chapter 2 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Chapter 3 Dispute Resolution
Chapter 4 Common Law, Statutory Law, and Administrative Law
Chapter 5 Constitutional Law
Chapter 6 Intentional Torts and Business Torts
Chapter 7 Negligence and Strict Liability
Chapter 8 Crime
Chapter 9 International Law

Unit 2 Contracts
Chapter 10 Introduction to Contracts
Chapter 11 The Agreement: Offers and Acceptances
Chapter 12 Consideration
Chapter 13 Legality
Chapter 14 Voidable Contracts: Capacity and Consent
Chapter 15 Written Contracts
Chapter 16 Third Parties
Chapter 17 Performance and Discharge
Chapter 18 Remedies
Chapter 19 Practical Contracts

Unit 3 Commercial Transactions
Chapter 20 Introduction to Sales
Chapter 21 Ownership and Risk
Chapter 22 Warranties and Product Liability
Chapter 23 Performance and Remedies

Unit 4 Additional CPA Topics
Chapter 24 Secured Transactions
Chapter 25 Creating a Negotiable Instrument
Chapter 26 Liability for Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 27 Accountants’ Liability

Unit 5 Agency and Employment Law
Chapter 28 Agency Law
Chapter 29 Employment Law
Chapter 30 Labor Law

Unit 6 Business Organizations
Chapter 31 Starting a Business: LLCs and Other Options
Chapter 32 Partnerships
Chapter 33 Life and Death of a Corporation
Chapter 34 Corporate Management
Chapter 35 Shareholders
Chapter 36 Securities Regulation
Chapter 37 Bankruptcy

Unit 7 Government Regulation
Chapter 38 Antitrust
Chapter 39 Consumer Law
Chapter 40 Environmental Law

Unit 8 Property and Cyberlaw
Chapter 41 Cyberlaw
Chapter 42 Intellectual Property
Chapter 43 Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Law
Chapter 44 Personal Property and Bailment
Chapter 45 Planning for the Future: Wills, Trusts, and Insurance

Appendix A: The Constitution of the United States
Appendix B: Uniform Commercial Code