The Legal Environment of Business
eBook - PDF

The Legal Environment of Business

  1. 578 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Legal Environment of Business

About this book

Examine the practical structure and function of today's legal system from the perspective of the business practitioner with Meiners/Ringleb/Edwards' popular "The Legal Environment of Business," 15th Edition. The text highlights law and regulatory areas of the legal environment that are most relevant. Court cases summarize background facts and then give case decisions in the words of the courts. The authors focus on key issues to understand 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.

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Information

Publisher
Cengage Learning EMEA
Year
2026
Topic
Business
eBook ISBN
9798214056531
Subtopic
Business Law
Index
Business

Table of contents

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

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