Law for Business (Int'l Ed) - Brossura

Barnes, A. James; Dworkin, Terry M.; Richards, Eric

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ISBN 10: 1259254216 ISBN 13: 9781259254215

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2014

Riassunto

Overview: Law for Business has provided students with a comprehensive, yet concise treatment of the legal issues of fundamental importance to business students and the business profession. The cases, which have always been a strong feature, are edited and re-written by the authors, who divide the material into three categories: facts, issues, decisions. The authors, Barnes, Dworkin, and Richards, choose cases that are appropriate to explain precedent and history as well as include “hot topic” cases that relate to current events. In addition to case applications, the authors use such techniques as content summaries to apply concepts to practice. Effective managers and employees must develop knowledge of both law and business because people involved in business also are involved in, and greatly affected by, the laws concerning business.

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L'autore:

A. James Barnes is Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs and Professor of Law at Indiana University, Bloomington (IU). He previously served as Dean of IUs School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and has taught business law at Indiana University and Georgetown University. His teaching interests include commercial law, environmental law, alternative dispute resolution, law and public policy, and ethics and the public official. He is the co-author of several leading books on business law. From 1985 to 1988, Professor Barnes served as the deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
From 1983 to 1985 he was the EPA general counsel and in the early 1970s served as chief of staff to the first administrator of EPA. Professor Barnes also served as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice and as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. From 1975 to 1981, he had a commercial and environmental law practice with the firm of Beveridge and Diamond in Washington, D.C.
Professor Barnes is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and a fellow in the American College of Environmental Lawyers. He recently served as the chair of EPAs Environmental Finance Advisory Board, and as a member of the U.S. Department of Energys Environmental Management Advisory Board. From 1992 to 1998 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO). Professor Barnes received his B.A. from Michigan State University and a J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School.

Contenuti:

PART ONE Introduction to the Law

1 Law, Legal Reasoning, and the Legal Profession
2 Dispute Settlement
3 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
4 Business and the Constitution
5 Crimes
6 Intentional Torts
7 Negligence and Strict LIability
8 Licensing and Intellectual Property

PART TWO Contracts

9 The Nature and Origins of Contracts
10 Creating a Contract: Offers
11 Creating a Contract: Acceptances
12 Consideration
13 Capacity to Contract
14 Voluntary Consent
15 Illegality
16 The Form and Meaning of Contracts
17 Third Parties’ Contract Rights
18 Performance and Remedies

PART THREE Sales

19 Formation and Terms of Sales Contracts
20 Warranties and Product Liability
21 Performance of Sales Contracts
22 Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts

PART FOUR Agency and Employment

23 The Agency Relationship—Creation, Duties, and Termination
24 Liability of Principals and Agents to Third Parties
25 Employment Laws

PART FIVE Business Organizations

26 Which Form of Business Organization?
27 Partnerships
28 Formation and Termination of Corporations
29 Management of the Corporate Business
30 Financing the Corporation and the Role of the Shareholders
31 Securities Regulation
32 Legal Liability of Accountants

PART SIX Property

33 Personal Property and Bailments
34 Real Property
35 Landlord and Tenant
36 Estates and Trusts
37 Insurance

PART SEVEN Commercial Paper

38 Negotiable Instruments
39 Negotiation and Holder in Due Course
40 Liability of Parties
41 Checks and Electronic Fund Transfers

PART EIGHT Credit Transactions

42 Introduction to Security
43 Security Interests in Personal Property
44 Bankruptcy

PART NINE Government Regulation

45 The Antitrust Laws
46 Consumer Protection Laws
47 Environmental Regulation

APPENDIXES

A The Constitution of the United States of America
B Glossary of Legal Terms and Definitions
C Spanish-English Equivalents for Important Legal Terms

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• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1259254216
• ISBN 13: 9781259254215
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 1056