Legal environment of business /

This up-to-date, best-selling book focuses on how the legal environment impacts business decisions. It fully integrates the AACSB curriculum standards with extensive international, ethical and critical thinking examples throughout. Cheeseman and Walker examine how the current legal environment, gove...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cheeseman, Henry R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Pearson, [2020].
Edition:Ninth edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Legal heritage and the digital age
  • Ethics and social responsibility of business
  • Courts, jurisdiction, and administrative law
  • Judicial, alternative, and e-dispute resolution
  • Constitutional law for business and e-commerce
  • Torts and strict liability
  • Criminal law and cybercrime
  • Intellectual property and information technology
  • Formation and requirements of contracts
  • Performance and breach of contracts
  • Digital law and e-commerce
  • Sales contracts, leases, and warranties
  • Credit, secured transactions, and bankruptcy
  • Small business, general partnerships, and limited partnerships
  • Limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and special forms of business
  • Corporations and corporate governance
  • Securities law and Investor protection
  • Agency law
  • Equal opportunity in employment
  • Employment law and worker protection
  • Labor law and immigration law
  • Antitrust law and unfair trade practices
  • Consumer protectionand product safety
  • Environmental protection
  • Real property and land use regulation
  • International and world trade law
  • Accountants' duties and liability.