Synopses & Reviews
This text provides the legal credibility, authoritativeness, and comprehensiveness of a traditional business law book, while also offering the visual appeal and student friendly features students are used to seeing in books for many of their other courses. Though the text is Â"funÂ" for students to read, it does not accomplish this at the expense of important information Â- it goes into the necessary detail to completely explain law topics. The book truly offers an instructor the best of both worlds Â- a credible business law source, which students will be motivated to read. Its magic and the cornerstone of its widespread success is in this ability to appeal to both instructors and students without being mutually exclusive. It also offers the most comprehensive teaching and learning support package on the market, with something to fit many different instructional or learning styles Â- a reflection of West Legal Studies in BusinessÂ's continual commitment to partnership, leadership, and innovation in providing the highest quality materials available for Business Law instructors and students. This text explicitly meets the AACSB curriculum requirements.
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"Nice job overall on the cases! The perfect balance between too much and too little information. I have used texts over the years that printed entire opinions (way too much for undergrads to digest, and too difficult to pull out the relevant parts) and others that had such brief summaries you could get nothing out of them. Don't change the amount of information provided in the cases. The chapter summaries at the end of each chapter are great and are loved by students. Also good are the brief summaries that appear in the body of the chapters at various points."
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"The pedagogical features are excellent. Chapter summaries and key terms are excellent to help students understand concepts. I would not drop any of the text's features."
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"I currently use the book and find it very readable. The coverage is very good for an introductory text. This is one of the classic texts."
Synopsis
Interesting, clear, and applied, BUSINESS LAW TODAY: STANDARD EDITION is the ideal 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--from the USA Patriot Act's effect on constitutional rights to the national "Do Not Call" registry. Fascinating features and intriguing cases highlight the material's practicality.
About the Author
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: Text and Cases--Legal, Ethical, Global, and E-Commerce Environment, The Legal Environment:Text and Cases--Ethical, Regulatory, Global, and E-Commerce Issues, Business Law Today, and The Legal Environment Today.Dr. Jentz is the Herbert D. Kelleher Emeritus Centennial Professor in Business Law at the University of Texas at Austin Graduate School of Business. He received his B.A., M.B.A., and J.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Jentz has been past President of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, the Southwestern Federation of Administrative Disciplines, the Southern Business Law Association, Phi Kappa Phi (UT Chapter), and the Texas Association of College Teachers. He is the author or co-author of six monographs and fifty-six books and editions, including West's Business Law: Text and Cases, tenth edition (2006), West's Business Law Alternate Edition, tenth edition (2007), Fundamentals of Business Law, seventh edition (2007), and two versions of Business Law Today, seventh edition (2008), plus the Comprehensive Edition (2007). He has also published in learned journals and is past editor-in-chief of the American Business Law Journal. Dr. Jentz has given advanced purchasing seminars throughout the United States and previously taught over the years at five regional and graduate banking schools. Dr. Jentz is the recipient of sixteen teaching, academic, and service excellence awards, including the CBA Foundation Award for Excellence in Education, the CBA Foundation Advisory Council Distinguished Scholastic Contributions Award, the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Faculty Excellence Award, the Western States School of Banking Leadership Award, the James C. Scarboro Memorial Award for Outstanding Leadership in Banking Education, The University of Texas "Civitatis" Award, and the induction into the Texas Business School (McCombs School of Business) "CBA Hall of Fame."
Table of Contents
UNIT 1. THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS. 1. The Legal Environment. 2. Constitutional Law. 3. Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution. 4. Torts and Cyber Crimes. 5. Intellectual Property. 6. Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes. 7. Ethics and Professional Responsibility. UNIT 2. CONTRACTS. 8. Nature and Classification. 9. Agreement and Consideration. 10. Capacity and Legality. 11. Defenses to Contract Enforceability. 12. Third Party Rights and Discharge. 13. Breach and Remedies. 14. E-Contracts. UNIT 3. SALES AND LEASE CONTRACTS. 15. The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts. 16.Title and Risk of Loss. 17. Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts. 18. Warranties and Product Liability. UNIT 4. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS. 19. Negotiability and Transferability. 20. Rights and Liabilities of Parties. 21. Checks, the Banking System, and E-Money. UNIT 5. DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIPS. 22. Secured Transactions. 23. Creditors Rights and Bankruptcy. UNIT 6. BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS. 24. Agency. 25. Sole Proprietorships and Private Franchises. 26. Partnerships. 27. Limited Liability Companies and Special Business Forms. 28. Corporate Formation and Financing. 29. Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders. 30. Corporate Merger, Consolidation, and Termination. 31. Investor Protection and Online Securities Offerings. UNIT 7. GOVERNMENT REGULATION. 32. Antitrust. 33. Consumer and Environmental Law. 34. Labor and Employment Law. 35. Employment Discrimination. UNIT 8. PROPERTY AND ITS PROTECTION. 36. Personal Property and Bailments. 37. Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Law. 38. Insurance, Wills, and Trusts. UNIT 9. THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ENVIRONMENT. 39. International Law in a Global Economy. APPENDICES. A. How to Brief Cases and Analyze Case Problems. B. The Constitution of the United States. C. The Uniform Commercial Code The Uniform Partnership Act. D. The Uniform Partnership Act. E. The Revised Model Business Corporation Act (Excerpts). F. The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Excerpts). G. The Restatement (Second) of Torts (Excerpts). H. The Restatement (Third) of Torts (Excerpts). I. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 (Excerpts). J. The Securities Act of 1933 (Excerpts). K. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts). L. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Excerpts). M. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (Excerpts). N. The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Excerpts). O. The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (Excerpts). P. Answers to Selected For Review Questions.