For courses in business law and the legal environment of business.

This is the only textbook that helps students develop a thorough understanding of the legal environment of business and enhances their ability to engage in critical thinking and ethical analysis.

For courses in business law and the legal environment of business.

This is the only textbook that helps students develop a thorough understanding of the legal environment of business and enhances their ability to engage in critical thinking and ethical analysis.

Critical Thinking Model

oAn explicit critical thinking model is set forth in the first chapter based on the traditional method of case analysis with crucial questions that incorporate ethical analysis.  The steps are clearly explained and students are encouraged to apply the steps to every case in the text. The steps covered include:

• Facts
• Issue
• Reasons and Conclusion
• Rules of Law
• Ambiguity
• Ethical Norms
• Analogies
• Missing Information

Questions for Further Exploration

oAdditional critical thinking and ethical analysis questions are incorporated at the beginning of each chapter and after selected cases to help reinforce the skills emphasized in the model.

Thinking Critically: Relevant Legal Issues Essays

Essays at the end of each chapter give the students additional opportunities to develop their critical thinking skills by exploring relevant legal issues and extend their use of newly developed critical thinking skills beyond cases to the kinds of arguments they will encounter in their daily lives.

OTHER TOPICS OF DISTINCTION

Linking the Law Across Disciplines

oLinking Law & Business boxes explicitly state how the law in an area directly affects or is affected by a concept in one of the core areas of business, such as accounting, management and marketing.  These boxes are found in every chapter:

• Management
  
• Accounting
  
• Marketing
  

Classic and Current Cases

oThis book contains many of the most significant classic and contemporary cases, including key United States Supreme Court decisions handed down as recently as 2008 to expose students to current issues in the legal system. Cases were chosen that not only demonstrated important concepts, but also contained fact situations that would be interesting to students, such as:

• Sauls v. Crosby; Chapter 14
  
• Brown University and International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW AFL-CIO, Petitioner; Chapter 19
  
• Boomer et al. v. Atlantic Cement Company; Chapter 21

New! Thinking Critically about Relevant Legal Issues

This feature gives students an opportunity to think critically about legal issues, providing a persuasive argument and leading questions to evaluate the quality of the reasoning.  Students are encouraged to provide their own argument with respect to each issue. Examples of issues addressed include:

• To what extent should corporate free speech be protected?
• Should state court judges be elected or appointed?
• Should non-breaching parties be allowed to seek punitive damages in contract cases?
• Should subsidiaries of US corporations doing business in foreign countries be required to follow Title VI in their treatment of US citizens working for them in those foreign nations?

New! Comparative Law Corner

This feature helps students understand US law by contrasting it with laws in other countries.  As increasing numbers of students work abroad, it is important to sensitize and introduce them to cultural differences.  The feature can present new ideas, traditionally used abroad, that may work well at a national level. Examples include:

o       Eminent Domain in Germany; Pg. XX

o       The Judicial System in Germany; Pg. XX

o       Corporate Speech in Canada; Pg. XX

o       Unions in Sweden; Pg. XX

o       Pollution Controls in Japan; Pg. XX

New! For Further Reading

We all want our students to become lifelong learners, and we especially want them to continue learning about the law.  But how do they know where to go?  This feature, found at the end of each chapter, will provide a short list of books and articles related to the material in each chapter that interested students may look to learn about the new areas of law they have just discovered.

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• Pg. XX
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New! Relevant Cases

Classic cases from the previous edition have been retained, especially those that students find interesting or that do an exceptional job of illustrating an important point of law, but all of the other cases have been replaced by current cases that reflect the most current changes in the law.  Some examples of new cases include:

o       United Haulers Association, Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority; Chapter 5, Pg. XX

o       Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC (et. al) v. Scientific-Atlantic, Inc.; Chapter 22, Pg. XX

o       Ellen Johnston v. One America Productions, Inc.; Chapter 12, Pg. XX

o       Zomba Enterprises, Inc. & Zomba Songs v. Panorama Records, Inc.; Chapter 14, Pg. XX

o       Kelo v. City of New London; Chapter 14, Pg. XX

o       TOMAC v. Gale Norton; Chapter 21, Pg. XX

o       Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency; Chapter 21, Pg. XX

New! Case Problems

The case problems in each chapter have been updated and 3 to 5 additional case problems have been added to each chapter.

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

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