The legal environment of business : principles and cases

Part 1 The nature of law and the US legal system: what is Law? ethics and social responsibility constitutional law and business the court system litigation and other types of dispute resolution regulation and administrative agencies. Part 2 Organizing to do business: forms of business organization securities regulation. Part 3 Regulating private business conduct and crime: contracts torts product liability business crime and criminal procedures. Part 4 Employment and the law: labor relations labor standards employment discrimination. PArt 5 The legal environment of the marketplace: antitrust and the Sherman Act the Clayton and Robinson-Patman Acts trade practices and intellectual property debtor-creditor relations property, land-use and environmental law international business law.