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Master today's legal concepts and principles with the reader-friendly approach in Miller's popular BUSINESS LAW TODAY: COMPREHENSIVE EDITION, 13E. Rather than dry, legalese language, this edition offers an interesting, interactive learning experience with clear organization and vibrant visuals that reinforce critical thinking as well as important legal topics, terms and processes. A proven learn-by-example approach highlights cases as recent as 2020, creative hypothetical situations and examples from companies as familiar as Google and Gucci. Compelling learning features emphasize critical issues, such as ethics and cybersecurity law, to prepare you for today's complex social, technological and legal disputes. You gain a strong understanding of how business law impacts real business, online interaction and your own daily life as you learn to recognize legal issues, resolve legal disputes and navigate government regulations. MindTap digital resources further reinforce important content.
List of contents
UNIT ONE: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
Chapter 1 Law and Legal Reasoning
Chapter 2 Constitutional Law
Chapter 3 Ethics in Business
Chapter 4 Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Chapter 5 Tort Law
Chapter 6 Product Liability
Chapter 7 Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter 8 Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
Chapter 9 Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
UNIT TWO: CONTRACTS AND E-CONTRACTS
Chapter 10 Nature and Classification
Chapter 11 Agreement
Chapter 12 Consideration
Chapter 13 Capacity and Legality
Chapter 14 Voluntary Consent
Chapter 15 The Statute of Frauds-Writing Requirement
Chapter 16 Performance and Discharge
Chapter 17 Breach and Remedies
Chapter 18 Third Party Rights
UNIT THREE: COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
Chapter 19 The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 20 Title and Risk of Loss
Chapter 21 Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 22 Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 23 International and Space Law
Chapter 24 Banking
Chapter 25 Security Interests and Creditors’ Rights
Chapter 26 Bankruptcy
UNIT FOUR: AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT LAW
Chapter 27 Agency Relationships in Business
Chapter 28 Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law
Chapter 29 Employment Discrimination
UNIT FIVE: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 30 Sole Proprietorships and Franchises
Chapter 31 All Forms of Partnership
Chapter 32 Limited Liability Companies and Special Business Forms
Chapter 33 Corporate Formation and Financing
Chapter 34 Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders
Chapter 35 Corporate Mergers, Takeovers, and Termination
Chapter 36 Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Governance
UNIT SIX: GOVERNMENT REGULATION
Chapter 37 Administrative Law
Chapter 38 Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
Chapter 39 Consumer and Environmental Law
Chapter 40 Liability of Accountants and Other Professionals
UNIT SEVEN: PROPERTY AND ITS PROTECTION
Chapter 41 Personal Property and Bailments
Chapter 42 Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Law
Chapter 43 Insurance, Wills, and Trusts
About the author
Roger LeRoy Miller is currently Director of the Institute for University Studies in Arlington, Texas. He 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 Re-search, California Trial Lawyers Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, Wisconsin Law Review and Connecticut Law Review. He has authored or co-authored numerous authoritative textbooks on law, including "Business Law: Text & Cases"; "Business Law Today: Text & Summarized Cases" and "The Legal Environment Today." Professor Miller completed his studies at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Chicago.
Summary
Master today's legal concepts and principles with the reader-friendly approach in Miller's popular BUSINESS LAW TODAY: COMPREHENSIVE EDITION, 13E. Rather than dry, legalese language, this edition offers an interesting, interactive learning experience with clear organization and vibrant visuals that reinforce critical thinking as well as important legal topics, terms and processes. A proven learn-by-example approach highlights cases as recent as 2020, creative hypothetical situations and examples from companies as familiar as Google and Gucci. Compelling learning features emphasize critical issues, such as ethics and cybersecurity law, to prepare you for today's complex social, technological and legal disputes. You gain a strong understanding of how business law impacts real business, online interaction and your own daily life as you learn to recognize legal issues, resolve legal disputes and navigate government regulations. MindTap digital resources further reinforce important content.
