Examine the practical structure and function of today's legal system from the perspective of the professional business practitioner with Meiners/Ringleb/Edwards' popular THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS, 14E. This edition highlights law and regulatory areas of the legal environment that are most relevant and important in business today. This edition's traditional case focus is updated with almost 40% new cases to reflect today's legal changes. Court cases summarize background facts and present case decisions in the words of the courts, but the authors have carefully edited cases to focus only on key issues relevant to understanding the legal reasoning. You examine a range of legal topics with business-specific examples and meaningful cases that direct attention to key points of law. Infuse digital resources are also available to strengthen your comprehension of legal issues in business today.

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The Legal Environment of Business
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- Cover
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Today's Business Environment: Law and Ethics
- Chapter 2: The Court Systems
- Chapter 3: Trials and Resolving Disputes
- Chapter 4: The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business
- Chapter 5: Criminal Law and Business
- Chapter 6: Elements of Torts
- Chapter 7: Business Torts and Product Liability
- Chapter 8: Real and Personal Property
- Chapter 9: Intellectual Property
- Chapter 10: Contracts
- Chapter 11: Domestic and International Sales
- Chapter 12: Business Organizations
- Chapter 13: Negotiable Instruments, Credit, and Bankruptcy
- Chapter 14: Agency and the Employment Relationship
- Chapter 15: Employment and Labor Regulations
- Chapter 16: Employment Discrimination
- Chapter 17: The Regulatory Process
- Chapter 18: Securities Regulation
- Chapter 19: Consumer Protection
- Chapter 20: Antitrust Law
- Chapter 21: Environmental Law
- Chapter 22: The International Legal Environment of Business
- Appendix A: Online Legal Research
- Appendix B: Case Analysis and Legal Sources
- Appendix C: The Constitution of the United States of America
- Appendix D: The Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts)
- Appendix E: National Labor Relations Act (Excerpts)
- Appendix F: Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts)
- Appendix G: Americans with Disabilities Act (Excerpts)
- Appendix H: The Antitrust Statutes (Excerpts)
- Appendix I: Securities Statutes (Excerpts)
- Glossary
- Index
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