Legal Environment

Using an innovative storytelling style to bring cases and legal concepts to life, LEGAL ENVIRONMENT, 6E presents a full range of legal environment topics in a series of brief, quick-reading chapters. You see the relevance of legal issues to your own future career path with this book?s unique emphasis on the business applications for each chapter?s concepts. Expanded coverage highlights international law, employment discrimination and other legal topics of interest to you, including social media, technology, and cutting-edge intellectual property issues. Students who have used this book exclaim that it?s the best textbook from their college experience, they don?t want to stop reading and they had no idea business law could be so interesting. To further ensure your understanding, this new edition also offers access to MindTap, a fully online, highly personalized learning experience built on Cengage Learning content that addresses today?s legal environment.

Jeffrey F. Beatty earned his B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and J.D. from Boston University. He practiced law at Greater Boston Legal Services, where he represented clients in poverty. Professor Beatty earned The Metcalf Cup and Prize, Boston University’s highest teaching award. In addition to his legal research and writings, Professor Beatty wrote both plays and television scripts that were performed in Boston, London and Amsterdam.

Susan S. Samuelson earned her A.B. and J.D. from Harvard University. She practiced corporate law with Choate, Hall and Stewart. Professor Samuelson earned the Broderick Prize for excellence in teaching at the Questrom School. A highly respected legal professional, she has written numerous articles on legal issues for scholarly and popular journals, including American Business Law Journal, Ohio State Law Journal, Boston University Law Review, Harvard Journal on Legislation, National Law Journal, Sloan Management Review, Inc. Magazine and Boston Magazine.