Contemporary Business Law
8th Edition
Published on 17. April 2015
Book
Hardback
848 pages
978-0-13-357816-4 (ISBN)
Description
Primarily a text for courses in Business Law, Contemporary Business Law can also serve as a handy resource/reference for newcomers to the world of business.
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Take students beyond rote memorization and into true understanding of the concepts and their implications.
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This motivating, up-to-date text presents business law, ethics, and the legal environment in a way that intrigues students, spurs them to ask questions, and takes them beyond rote memorization as they learn the issues and concepts. With its emphasis on covering online law and e-commerce as key parts of the legal environment-as well as today's social, ethical, and international issues that are important to the study of business law-it's the ideal text for your one- or two-semester undergraduate course in Business Law.
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This text provides a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. Here's how:
Tailor the material to your specific course with the Custom Database option.
Draw students into the material with a rich selection of cases.
Address issues critical to the field of business law today.
?
Take students beyond rote memorization and into true understanding of the concepts and their implications.
?
This motivating, up-to-date text presents business law, ethics, and the legal environment in a way that intrigues students, spurs them to ask questions, and takes them beyond rote memorization as they learn the issues and concepts. With its emphasis on covering online law and e-commerce as key parts of the legal environment-as well as today's social, ethical, and international issues that are important to the study of business law-it's the ideal text for your one- or two-semester undergraduate course in Business Law.
?
This text provides a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. Here's how:
Tailor the material to your specific course with the Custom Database option.
Draw students into the material with a rich selection of cases.
Address issues critical to the field of business law today.
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Henry R. Cheeseman
Contemporary Business and Online Commerce Law
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06/2011
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Henry R. Cheeseman is professor emeritus of the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California.
Professor Cheeseman earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Marquette University, both a master's in business administration (MBA) and a master's in business taxation (MBT) from the University of Southern California, a juris doctor (JD) degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, a master's degree with an emphasis on law and economics from the University of Chicago, and a master's in law (LLM) degree in financial institutions law from Boston University.
Professor Cheeseman was director of the Legal Studies in Business Program at the University of Southern California. Professor Cheeseman taught business law, legal environment, and ethics courses in both the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and undergraduate programs of the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California. At the MBA level, he developed and taught courses on corporate governance, securities regulation, mergers and acquisitions, and bankruptcy law. At the undergraduate level, he taught courses on business law, the legal environment of business, ethics, business organizations, cyber law, and intellectual property.
Professor Cheeseman received the Golden Apple Teaching Award on many occasions by being voted by the students as the best professor at the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California. He was named a fellow of the Center for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Southern California by the dean of the Marshall School of Business. The USC's Torch and Tassel Chapter of the Mortar Board, a national senior honor society, tapped Professor Cheeseman for recognition of his leadership, commitment, and excellence in teaching.
Professor Cheeseman writes leading business law and legal environment textbooks that are published by Pearson Education, Inc. These include Business Law: Legal Environment, Online Commerce, Business Ethics, and International Issues; Contemporary Business Law; and The Legal Environment of Business and Online Commerce. Professor Cheeseman has also co- authored a textbook entitled Contemporary Employment Law.
Professor Cheeseman is an avid traveler and amateur photographer. The interior photographs for this book were taken by Professor Cheeseman.
Professor Cheeseman earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Marquette University, both a master's in business administration (MBA) and a master's in business taxation (MBT) from the University of Southern California, a juris doctor (JD) degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, a master's degree with an emphasis on law and economics from the University of Chicago, and a master's in law (LLM) degree in financial institutions law from Boston University.
Professor Cheeseman was director of the Legal Studies in Business Program at the University of Southern California. Professor Cheeseman taught business law, legal environment, and ethics courses in both the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and undergraduate programs of the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California. At the MBA level, he developed and taught courses on corporate governance, securities regulation, mergers and acquisitions, and bankruptcy law. At the undergraduate level, he taught courses on business law, the legal environment of business, ethics, business organizations, cyber law, and intellectual property.
Professor Cheeseman received the Golden Apple Teaching Award on many occasions by being voted by the students as the best professor at the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California. He was named a fellow of the Center for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Southern California by the dean of the Marshall School of Business. The USC's Torch and Tassel Chapter of the Mortar Board, a national senior honor society, tapped Professor Cheeseman for recognition of his leadership, commitment, and excellence in teaching.
Professor Cheeseman writes leading business law and legal environment textbooks that are published by Pearson Education, Inc. These include Business Law: Legal Environment, Online Commerce, Business Ethics, and International Issues; Contemporary Business Law; and The Legal Environment of Business and Online Commerce. Professor Cheeseman has also co- authored a textbook entitled Contemporary Employment Law.
Professor Cheeseman is an avid traveler and amateur photographer. The interior photographs for this book were taken by Professor Cheeseman.
Content
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I Legal, Ethical, and Digital Environment
Legal Heritage and the Digital Age
Constitutional Law for Business and E-Commerce
Courts and Jurisdiction
Judicial, Alternative, Administrative, and E-Dispute Resolution
Intentional Torts and Negligence
Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes
Intellectual Property and Cyber Piracy
Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business
Part II Contracts and E-Commerce
Nature of Traditional and E-Contracts
Agreement and Consideration
Capacity and Legality
Genuineness of Assent and Statute of Frauds
Third-Party Rights and Discharge
Breach of Contract and Remedies
Digital Law and E-Commerce
Part III Sales and Lease Contracts and Product Liability
Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts
Title to Goods and Risk of Loss
Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts
Warranties and Product Liability
Part IV Negotiable Instruments, Banking, and Electronic Financial Transactions
Creation and Transfer of Negotiable Instruments
Holder in Due Course and Liability of Parties
Banking System and Electronic Financial Transactions
Part V Credit, Secured Transactions, and Bankruptcy
Credit, Real Property Financing, and Secured Transactions
Bankruptcy and Reorganization
Part VI Business Organizations, Corporate Governance, and Investor Protection
Agency Law
Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Partnerships
Corporate Formation and Financing
Corporate Governance and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Corporate Acquisitions and Multinational Corporations
Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships
Franchise and Special Forms of Business
Investor Protection, E-Securities, and Wall Street Reform
Part VII Government Regulation and Employment Law
Antitrust Law and Unfair Trade Practices
Consumer Safety and Environmental Protection
Labor, Worker Protection, and Immigration Law
Equal Opportunity in Employment
Part VIII Property, Insurance, and Estates
Personal Property, Bailment, and Insurance
Real Property, Landlord-Tenant Law, and Land Use Regulation
Family Law, Wills, and Trusts
Part IX Accounting Profession
Accountants' Duties and Liability
Part X Global Environment
International and World Trade Law
Appendices
A The Constitution of the United States of America
Case Index Subject Index
Legal Heritage and the Digital Age
Constitutional Law for Business and E-Commerce
Courts and Jurisdiction
Judicial, Alternative, Administrative, and E-Dispute Resolution
Intentional Torts and Negligence
Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes
Intellectual Property and Cyber Piracy
Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business
Part II Contracts and E-Commerce
Nature of Traditional and E-Contracts
Agreement and Consideration
Capacity and Legality
Genuineness of Assent and Statute of Frauds
Third-Party Rights and Discharge
Breach of Contract and Remedies
Digital Law and E-Commerce
Part III Sales and Lease Contracts and Product Liability
Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts
Title to Goods and Risk of Loss
Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts
Warranties and Product Liability
Part IV Negotiable Instruments, Banking, and Electronic Financial Transactions
Creation and Transfer of Negotiable Instruments
Holder in Due Course and Liability of Parties
Banking System and Electronic Financial Transactions
Part V Credit, Secured Transactions, and Bankruptcy
Credit, Real Property Financing, and Secured Transactions
Bankruptcy and Reorganization
Part VI Business Organizations, Corporate Governance, and Investor Protection
Agency Law
Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Partnerships
Corporate Formation and Financing
Corporate Governance and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Corporate Acquisitions and Multinational Corporations
Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships
Franchise and Special Forms of Business
Investor Protection, E-Securities, and Wall Street Reform
Part VII Government Regulation and Employment Law
Antitrust Law and Unfair Trade Practices
Consumer Safety and Environmental Protection
Labor, Worker Protection, and Immigration Law
Equal Opportunity in Employment
Part VIII Property, Insurance, and Estates
Personal Property, Bailment, and Insurance
Real Property, Landlord-Tenant Law, and Land Use Regulation
Family Law, Wills, and Trusts
Part IX Accounting Profession
Accountants' Duties and Liability
Part X Global Environment
International and World Trade Law
Appendices
A The Constitution of the United States of America
Case Index Subject Index