The legal environment of business / Roger E. Meiners, Al.H.Ringleb, Frances L. Edwards
Imprint
Mason, OH : South-Western Cengage Learning, 2009
Edition
10th ed.
Descript
xxi, 676 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Part 1 Elements of law and judicial process: Introtducing the modern environment of business, law, and ethics -- The court systems -- Trials and resolving disputes -- The constitution: focus on application to business -- Criminal law and business -- Part 2 Elements of traditional business law : Elements of torts -- Business torts and product liability -- Real and personal property -- Intellectual property -- Contracts -- Domestic and international sales -- Negotiable instruments, credit, and bankruptcy -- Business organizations -- Agency and the employment relationship -- Part 3 The regulatory enviornment of business: The regulatiory process -- Employment and labor regulations -- Employment discrimination -- Environmental law -- Consumer protection -- Antitrust law -- Securities regulation -- The international legal environment of business