Business law:legal environment, online commerce, business ethics, and international issues/ Henry R. Cheeseman.
Physical description:
xxi, 955 p. ill. (some col.), col. map 28 cm.;
Bibliographic notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.;
Edition:
7th ed.;
Author(s): CHEESEMAN, Henry R.;
ISBN:
9780136085546 (hbk.;
Subjects: Commercial law --United States.;
Business law --United States.;
Formatted contents notes:
Legal heritage and the information age -- Court systems and jurisdiction -- Judicial, alternative, and online dispute resolution -- Constitutional law for business and E-commerce -- Intentional torts and negligence -- Strict liability and product liability -- Intellectual property and cyber piracy -- Criminal law and cyber crimes -- Nature of traditional and E-contracts -- Agreement -- Consideration and promessory estoppel -- Capacity and legality -- Genuineness of assent and undue influence -- Statute of frauds and equitable exceptions -- Third-party rights and discharge -- Remedies for breach of traditional and E-contracts -- Internet law and E-commerce -- Formation of sales and lease contracts -- Title to goods and risk of loss -- Remedies for breach of sales and lease contracts -- Sales and lease warranties -- Creation of negotiable instruments -- Transferability and holder in due course -- Liability, defenses, and discharge -- Checks, the banking system, and E-money -- Creditor's and debtor's rights -- Secured transactions and electronic filing -- Bankruptcy and the reorganization -- Agency formation and termination -- Liabilities of principals, agents, and independent contractors -- Employment, worker protection, and immigration laws -- Labor law and collective bargaining -- Equal opportunity in employment -- Small businesses, entrepreneurs, and general partners -- Limited partnerships and limited liability limited partnerships -- Corporate formation and financing -- Corporate governance and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- Corporate acquisitions and multinational corporations -- Limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships -- Franchises and special forms of business -- Investor protection and online securities transactions -- Ethics and social responsibility of business -- Administrative law and regulatory agencies -- Consumer protection and product safety -- Environmental protection and global warming -- Antitrust laws and unfair trade practices -- Personal property and bailment -- Real property -- Landlord-tenant law and land use regulation -- Insurance -- Accountants' liability -- Wills, trusts, and elder law -- Family law -- International and world trade law.;
Publisher:
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall , c2010.;
Call number: 346.7307 CHE;
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