The Legal Environment of Business: A Critical Thinking Approach

Part One AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS 1. Critical Thinking and Legal Reasoning 2. Introduction to Law and the Legal Environment of Business 3. The American Legal System 4. Alternative Tools of Dispute Resolution 5. Constitutional Principles 6. Cyberlaw and Business 7. White-Collar Crime and theBusiness Community 8. Ethics, Social Responsibility, and the Business Manager 9. The International Legal Environment of Business Part Two PRIVATE LAW AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS 10 The Law of Contracts and Sales--I 11 The Law of Contracts and Sales--II 12 The Law of Torts 13 Product and Service Liability Law 14 Law of Property: Real, Personal, and Intellectual 15 Agency Law 16 Law and Business Associations Part Three PUBLIC LAW AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS 17 The Law of Administrative Agencies 18 The Employment Relationship 19 Laws Governing Labor--Management Relations 20 Employment Discrimination 21 Environmental Law 22 Rules Governing the Issuance and Trading of Securities 23 Antitrust Laws 24 Laws of Debtor--Creditor Relations and Consumer Protection APPNDIX A THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 779 APPENDIX B Uniform commercial code (2000 official text), article 2 GLOSSARY INDEX 8