LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS is the #1 text for this course--setting the standard by delivering comprehensive, authoritative, and cutting-edge coverage in an interesting and accessible format. Its recipe for success includes the same "black letter law" flavor as its #1 Business Law counterpart Business Law by Clarkson, Miller, Jentz, and Cross, but with a more specific focus on current topics like ethics, government regulation, and administrative law. The cases, content, and features of the exciting new 7th edition have been meticulously and thoroughly updated, representing the latest developments. An excellent assortment of cases ranges from precedent-setting landmarks to recent decisions. Ethical, global, and e-commerce themes are integrated throughout, and numerous critical thinking exercises challenge students to apply what they've learned to real-world issues. The text also offers an unmatched range of support materials — including innovative online teaching and learning resources. It's no wonder that LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS is used by more colleges and universities than any other business law text.

LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS is the #1 text for this course--setting the standard by delivering comprehensive, authoritative, and cutting-edge coverage in an interesting and accessible format. Its recipe for success includes the same "black letter law" flavor as its #1 Business Law counterpart Business Law by Clarkson, Miller, Jentz, and Cross, but with a more specific focus on current topics like ethics, government regulation, and administrative law. The cases, content, and features of the exciting new 7th edition have been meticulously and thoroughly updated, representing the latest developments. An excellent assortment of cases ranges from precedent-setting landmarks to recent decisions. Ethical, global, and e-commerce themes are integrated throughout, and numerous critical thinking exercises challenge students to apply what they've learned to real-world issues. The text also offers an unmatched range of support materials — including innovative online teaching and learning resources. It's no wonder that LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS is used by more colleges and universities than any other business law text.

'Frank B. Cross is the Herbert D. Kelleher Centennial Professor of Business Law and a professor at The University of Texas at Austin Law School, where his research centers on judicial decision-making, the economics of law and litigation, and traditional policy and doctrinal issues in administrative law. Widely published, his works have appeared in the Yale Law Journal, Columbia Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, New York University Law Review, Texas Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Northwestern Law Review, and UCLA Law Review. He has also published in peer-reviewed journals and written several books. A former president of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Professor Cross received his B.A. from the University of Kansas and J.D. from Harvard Law School.Roger LeRoy Miller studied at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Chicago. He has been on the staff of a number of universities, including the University of Washington, Clemson University, and the University of Miami School of Law, where he taught, among other subjects, intellectural property and entertainment law. He has published in the Insurance Counsel Journal, Defense Research, California Trial Lawyers Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, Wisconsin Law Review, and Connecticut Law Review. He has authored or co-authored numberous textbooks, including Business Law: TextandCases--Legal, Ethical, Global, and E-Commerce Environment, The Legal Environment:TextandCases--Ethical, Regulatory, Global, and E-Commerce Issues, Business Law Today, and The Legal Environment Today.'

UNIT 1: THE FOUNDATIONS. 1. Business and Its Legal Environment. 2. The Court System. 3. Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution. 4. Ethics and Business Decision Making. UNIT 2: THE PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. 5. Constitutional Law. 6. Administrative Law. 7. Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes. 8. International Law. UNIT 3: THE COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT. 9. Contract Formation. 10. Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies. 11. Sales, Leases, and E-Contracts. 12. Torts and CyberTorts. 13. Strict Liability and Product Liability. 14. Intellectual Property. 15. Creditor-Debtor Relations and Bankruptcy. UNIT 4: THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT. 16. Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Franchises. 17. Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships. 18. Corporations. UNIT 5: THE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT. 19. Agency. 20. Employment Relationships. 21. Employment Discrimination. 22. Labor Law. UNIT 6: THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 23. Consumer Protection. 24. Environmental Law. 25. Land-Use Control and Real Property. 26. Antitrust and Monopoly. 27. Antitrust and Restraint of Trade. 28. Securities Law and Corporate Governance. Appendices.