LEGAL ENVIRONMENT TODAY: BUSINESS IN ITS ETHICAL, REGULATORY, By Frank B. VG
About this productProduct InformationThe Fifth Edition of Miller and Cross’s THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT TODAY offers your course the AACSB-recommended quality that you demand and a real-world, hands-on learning experience that engages your students in every chapter. Exceeding all expectations-yours and your students’, the new edition includes strong guidance in critical thinking and legal reasoning; exceptionally current coverage of ethics, cyberlaw, and corporate responsibility; a superb selection of the latest cases, including 2005 and 2006 decisions; and equally impressive coverage of the landmark cases that continue to steer today’s legal environment. Students will find many examples and realistic scenarios where they can use their growing knowledge of the law to resolve legal and ethical issues for themselves.Product IdentifiersPublisherCengage South-WesternISBN-100324375115ISBN-139780324375114eBay Product ID (ePID)53836701Product Key FeaturesFormatHardcoverPublication Year2006LanguageEnglishDimensionsWeight63.3 OzWidth8.1in.Height1.4in.Length10.3in.Additional Product FeaturesTable of ContentUnit 1. THE FOUNDATIONS. 1. The Legal and International Foundations. Appendix: Finding and Analyzing the Law. 2. Ethics and Social Responsibility. 3. Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Unit 2. THE PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT. 4. Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business. 5. Torts, Cyber Torts, and Product Liability. 6. Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes. Unit 3. THE PRIVATE ENVIRONMENT. 7. Intellectual Property. 8. Contract Formation. 9. Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies. 10. Sales, Leases, and E-Contracts. 11. Business Organizations. 12. Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy. Unit 4. THE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT. 13. Employment Relationships. 14. Equal Employment Opportunities. 15. Labor-Management Relations. Unit 5. THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 16. Powers and Functions of Administrative Agencies 17. Consumer Protection. 18. Protecting the Environment. 19. Land-Use Control and Real Property. 20. Promoting Competition. 21. Investor Protection and Corporate Governance. Unit 6. THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. 22. The Regulation of International Transactions. Appendices.IllustratedYesSeriesAvailable Titles CengagenowCopyright Date2007AuthorRoger Leroy Miller, Frank B. CROSSEdition Number5Number of Pages944 PagesEdition DescriptionRevisedLc Classification NumberKf889.M536 2007Publication Date2006-09-27Lccn2006-932105