Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law Today, The Essentials: Text and Summarized Cases - Softcover

Miller, Roger LeRoy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1133191355 ISBN 13: 9781133191353

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2012

Synopsis

Interesting, clear, and applied, BUSINESS LAW TODAY: THE ESSENTIALS is your concise guide to the law and what it means in the business world--from contracts and secured transactions to warranties and government regulations. Easy to understand with an engaging writing style that is matched by vibrant visuals, BUSINESS LAW TODAY includes coverage of contemporary topics that impact not only the business world, but your life such as identity theft. Fascinating features and intriguing cases highlight the material's practicality. The text's companion website includes resources to help you study, such as sample answers to selected end-of-chapter business scenarios and case problems (one per chapter) ; Internet exercises; and interactive quizzes for every chapter.

About this title

About the Author:

Roger LeRoy Miller has served on the faculty of several universities, including the University of Washington, Clemson University, and the University of Miami School of Law. As a professor, he has taught intellectual property law and entertainment law, among other subjects. A widely published and respected author, his work has appeared in the Insurance Counsel Journal, Defense Research, California Trial Lawyers Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, Wisconsin Law Review, and Connecticut Law Review. Professor Miller completed his studies at the University of California at Berkeley and University of Chicago.

Review:

1. The Constitutional Foundations. 2. Ethics and Business Decision Making. 3. Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution. 4. Torts and Cyber Torts. 5. Intellectual Property and Internet Law. 6. Criminal Law and Cyber Crime. 7. Agreement and Consideration in Contracts. 8. Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability. 9. Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies. 10. Sales and Lease Contracts. 11. Performance and Breach in Sales and Lease Contracts. 12. Warranties, Product Liability, and Consumer Law. 13. Negotiable Instruments. 14. Checks and Banking in the Digital Age. 15. Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy. 16. Mortgages and Foreclosures after the Recession. 17. Agency. 18. Employment Law. 19. The Entrepreneur's Options. 20. Corporations. 21. Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Governance. 22. Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition. 23. Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance. 24. Real Property and Environmental Law. 25. International Law in a Global Economy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1133191355
• ISBN 13: 9781133191353
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 888