Legal environment of business in the information age / David L. Baumer, J.C. Poindexter
Imprint
Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, c2004
Descript
xxviii, 832 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
CONTENT
The Structure of the legal environment: The Legal environment of business in the information age -- The Court system and jurisdiction -- The Litigation/trial process -- Alternative dispute resolution -- Application of constitutional law to business -- Government regulation of business and ethics -- The Common law and interfaces with the internet: Basic contract law -- Commercial law: the uniform commercial code (UCC) -- Current and future contract law for e-commerce -- Torts: wrongs and their remedies -- Cybertorts, privacy, and government regulatin -- Property: real, personal, and intellectual -- Copyright, trademark, and protection of software -- Business organization and cybercompanies -- Government regulation: Agency, electronic agents, and employment at wall -- Employment law and protection of workers -- Antidiscrimination legislation -- Consumer protection legislation and electronic transactions -- Antitrust and the interface with intellectual property -- Government regulation of securities and online trading -- Environmental law -- Computer crime: pornography, fraud, hacking, and gambling -- Real space and cyberspace: jurisdiction, taxation, and international law issues
SUBJECT
Business enterprises -- Law and legislation -- United States
Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation -- United States