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The Legal Environment of Business Edition 12 by Roger E. Meiners EBOOK PDF Instant Download
Table of Contents
Brief Contents
Contents
Table of Cases
Preface
Part 1: Elements of Law and the Judicial Process
Ch 1: Today’s Business Environment: Law and Ethics
Law and the Key Functions of the Legal System
Sources of Law in the United States
Classifications of Law
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Summary
Ch 2: The Court Systems
The Court Systems
The Federal Courts
The State Courts
Jurisdiction
Relations between the Court Systems
Venue
Summary
Ch 3: Trials and Resolving Disputes
Basic Trial Procedures
Alternate Dispute Resolution
Summary
Ch 4: The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business
The Commerce Clause
The Taxing Power
Business and Free Speech
Other Key Parts of the Bill of Rights
Fourteenth Amendment
Summary
Ch 5: Criminal Law and Business
Crime
Crime Categories
Crimes and Elements of Crime
Defenses
Prosecution Process
White-Collar Crime
Sentencing Guidelines and Compliance
Summary
Pulling It Together
Part 2: Elements of Traditional Business Law
Ch 6: Elements of Torts
Torts and the Legal System
Negligence-Based Torts
Intentional Torts against Persons
Summary
Ch 7: Business Torts and Product Liability
Tort Law and Business
Product Liability
Summary
Ch 8: Real and Personal Property
Real Property
Public Control of Real Property
Torts against Property
Torts against Property Owners
Summary
Ch 9: Intellectual Property
Trademarks
Copyright
Patents
Trade Secrets
Summary
Ch 10: Contracts
Contract Law
Elements of a Contract
Performance, Discharge, and Breach of Contracts
Remedies
Summary
Ch 11: Domestic and International Sales
Introduction to the UCC
Forming a Sales Contract
Performance and Obligations
Sales Warranties
Remedies and Damages
International Sales
Summary
Ch 12: Business Organizations
Sole Proprietorships
Partnerships
Limited Partnership
Corporations
Limited Liability Companies
Key Organizational Features
Franchises
Summary
Ch 13: Negotiable Instruments, Credit, and Bankruptcy
Negotiable Instruments
Credit
Credit with Security
Bankruptcy
Summary
Pulling It Together
Part 3: The Employment Relationship
Ch 14: Agency and the Employment Relationship
Agency Relationships
The Essential Employment Relationship
Tort Liability for Employers and Principals
Summary
Ch 15: Employment and Labor Regulations
Public Policy Limits to At-Will Employment
Substance Abuse
Worker Health and Safety
Workers’ Compensation
Family and Medical Leave
General Regulation of Labor Markets
Major Labor Relations Acts
The National Labor Relations Board
Unionization
Collective Bargaining
Summary
Ch 16: Employment Discrimination
Origins of Discrimination Law
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Bringing a Discrimination Charge
Affirmative Action
Disability Discrimination
Summary
Part 4: The Regulatory Environment of Business
Ch 17: The Regulatory Process
Administrative Agencies
Administrative Law
Enforcing Rules
Judicial Review
Controls on Agencies
Summary
Ch 18: Securities Regulation
The Elements of Securities
What is a Security?
Offering Securities to Investors
Regulation of Securities Trading
Securities Fraud
Insider Trading
The Investment Company Act
The Investment Advisers Act
Stock Market Regulation
Summary
Ch 19: Consumer Protection
The FDA: Food and Drug Regulation
The FTC and Consumer Protection
Consumer Credit Protection
Summary
Ch 20: Antitrust Law
Antitrust Statutes
Monopolization
Horizontal Restraints of Trade
Vertical Restraint of Trade
The Robinson-Patman Act
Summary
Ch 21: Environmental Law
Environmental Regulation
Pollution and the Common Law
Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Land Pollution
Species Protection
Global Environmental Issues
Summary
Ch 22: The International Legal Environment of Business
International Law and Business
U.S. Import Policy
Business Structures in Foreign Markets
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
International Contracts
International Dispute Resolution
Summary
Pulling It Together
Appendix A: Legal Research and the Internet
Appendix B: Case Analysis and Legal Sources
Appendix C: The Constitution of the United States of America
Appendix D: The Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts)
Appendix E: National Labor Relations Act (Excerpts)
Appendix F: Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts)
Appendix G: Americans with Disabilities Act (Excerpts)
Appendix H: The Antitrust Statutes (Excerpts)
Appendix I: Securities Statutes (Excerpts)
Glossary
Index
