Business law today : standard edition : text and summarized cases e-commerce, legal, ethical, and international environment

Business Law Today, Standard Edition is an accessible law text with high interest and exceptional visual appeal. This is a book that professors like, while students appreciate its thorough, dynamic coverage of traditional business law topics and summarized cases. This text meets the AACSB curriculum requirements.

Author Notes

Gaylord A. Jentz was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, on August 7, 1931, and died suddenly in Austin, Texas, on November 23, 2009. He grew up in Waupun, Wisconsin, and earned his B.A., M.B.A., and J.D. degrees at the University of Wisconsin.

Professor Jentz was as an author of leading textbooks. He authored or co-authored approximately 60 editions of the most popular business law textbooks in the country. He began his teaching career at the University of Oklahoma in 1958 and he moved to the University of Texas (UT) in 1965, where he taught until he retired in 1998. His significant contributions to the UT business school earned him admission to its Hall of Fame, an honor bestowed upon few faculty members. He also received the Civitatis Award for service from UT. (Bowker Author Biography)

Unit 1 The Legal Environment of Business	p. 1
Chapter 1 The Legal Environment	p. 2
Chapter 2 Constitutional Law	p. 34
Chapter 3 Traditional and Online Dispute Resolution	p. 63
Chapter 4 Torts and Cyber Torts	p. 100
Chapter 5 Intellectual Property and Internet Law	p. 130
Chapter 6 Criminal Law and Cyber Crimes	p. 158
Chapter 7 Ethics and Social Responsibility	p. 192
Unit 2 Contracts	p. 217
Chapter 8 Nature and Classification	p. 218
Chapter 9 Agreement and Consideration	p. 237
Chapter 10 Capacity and Legality	p. 264
Chapter 11 Defenses to Contract Enforceability	p. 286
Chapter 12 Third Party Rights and Discharge	p. 310
Chapter 13 Breach and Remedies	p. 335
Unit 3 Sales and Lease Contracts	p. 357
Chapter 14 The Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts	p. 358
Chapter 15 Title and Risk of Loss	p. 386
Chapter 16 Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts	p. 406
Chapter 17 E-Contracts	p. 433
Chapter 18 Warranties and Product Liability	p. 456
Unit 4 Negotiable Instruments	p. 487
Chapter 19 Negotiability and Transferability	p. 488
Chapter 20 Rights and Liabilities of Parties	p. 514
Chapter 21 Checks, the Banking System, and E-Money	p. 541
Unit 5 Debtor-Creditor Relationships	p. 577
Chapter 22 Secured Transactions	p. 578
Chapter 23 Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy	p. 609
Unit 6 Business Organizations	p. 645
Chapter 24 Agency Relationships in Business	p. 646
Chapter 25 Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships	p. 676
Chapter 26 Corporate Formation and Financing	p. 700
Chapter 27 Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders	p. 730
Chapter 28 Corporate Merger, Consolidation, and Termination	p. 755
Chapter 29 Investor Protection and Online Securities Offerings	p. 771
Chapter 30 Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships	p. 798
Chapter 31 Special Business Forms and Private Franchises	p. 822
Unit 7 Government Regulation	p. 841
Chapter 32 Antitrust Law	p. 842
Chapter 33 Consumer and Environmental Law	p. 867
Chapter 34 Labor and Employment Law	p. 899
Chapter 35 Employment Discrimination	p. 926
Unit 8 Property and Its Protection	p. 955
Chapter 36 Personal Property and Bailments	p. 956
Chapter 37 Real Property	p. 981
Chapter 38 Insurance, Wills, and Trusts	p. 1005
Unit 9 The International Legal Environment	p. 1035
Chapter 39 International Law in a Global Economy	p. 1036
Appendices
Appendix A How to Brief Cases and Analyze Case Problems	p. 1
Appendix B The Constitution of the United States	p. 4
Appendix C The Uniform Commercial Code	p. 12
Appendix D The Uniform Partnership Act	p. 173
Appendix E The Revised Model Business Corporation Act (Excerpts)	p. 181
Appendix F The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Excerpts)	p. 191
Appendix G Restatement (Second) of Torts (Excerpts)	p. 194
Appendix H Restatement (Third) of Torts (Excerpts)	p. 195
Appendix I Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 (Excerpts)	p. 196
Appendix J Securities Act of 1933 (Excerpts)	p. 197
Appendix K Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Excerpts)	p. 199
Appendix L Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Excerpts)	p. 200
Appendix M United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Excerpts)	p. 202
Appendix N Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (Excerpts)	p. 206
Appendix O Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Excerpts)	p. 208
Appendix P Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (Excerpts)	p. 210
Appendix Q Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (Excerpts)	p. 212
Appendix R Spanish Equivalents For Important Legal Terms in English	p. 214
Glossary	p. 1
Table of Cases	p. 1
Index	p. 1

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