The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
By Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
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Carrying on its tradition of helping students understand legal concepts in a way that’s both engaging and accessible, Cross and Miller’s “The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases,” 13th Edition focuses on broad legal issues facing business owners and managers today. Students learn that the current legal environment is more about business constraints than simple rules of law.
This latest edition includes updated examples, business-focused features, and step-by-step analyses providing meaningful context for every topic. The text emphasizes the role of ethics in law and provides a trusted framework for ethical decision-making.
With MindTap, Cengage’s learning platform, students apply their knowledge of the law to today’s real issues with critical thinking and case analysis assignments.
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Carrying on its tradition of helping students understand legal concepts in a way that’s both engaging and accessible, Cross and Miller’s “The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases,” 13th Edition focuses on broad legal issues facing business owners and managers today. Students learn that the current legal environment is more about business constraints than simple rules of law.
This latest edition includes updated examples, business-focused features, and step-by-step analyses providing meaningful context for every topic. The text emphasizes the role of ethics in law and provides a trusted framework for ethical decision-making.
With MindTap, Cengage’s learning platform, students apply their knowledge of the law to today’s real issues with critical thinking and case analysis assignments.
Aligned with the new CPA exam, content focuses on core topics, including agency law, contracts, business structures, and debtor-creditor relationships.
New IDDR (Inquiry, Discussion, Decision, Review) provides an ethical problem-solving approach, featuring an “A Question of Ethics” case at the end of every chapter.
New Issue Spotters and Task-Based Simulations strengthen critical thinking and legal reasoning through real-world, application-based activities.
MindTap provides a guided learning path, engaging students through activities and teaching them to apply and analyze today’s business law.
Table of contents
Unit I: The Foundations.
- 1. Law and Legal Reasoning.
- 2. Business and the Constitution.
- 3. Ethics in Business.
- 4. Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
- 5. Court Procedures.
Unit II: The Public and International Environment.
- 6. Tort Law.
- 7. Strict Liability and Product Liability.
- 8. Intellectual Property Rights.
- 9. Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy.
- 10. Criminal Law and Cyber Crime.
- 11. International and Space Law.
Unit III: The Commercial Environment.
- 12. Formation of Traditional and E-Contracts.
- 13. Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies.
- 14. Sales and Lease Contracts.
- 15. Creditor-Debtor Relations and Bankruptcy.
Unit IV: The Business and Employment Environment.
- 16. Small Businesses and Franchises.
- 17. Limited Liability Business Forms.
- 18. Corporations.
- 19. Agency Relationships.
- 20. Employment Law.
- 21. Employment Discrimination.
- 22. Immigration and Labor Law.
Unit V: The Regulatory Environment.
- 23. Administrative Agencies.
- 24. Consumer Protection.
- 25. Environmental Law.
- 26. Real Property and Land-Use Control.
- 27. Antitrust Law.
- 28. Investor Protection and Corporate Governance.
Appendices.
- A: How to Brief Cases and Analyze Case Problems.
- B: Answers to the Issue Spotters.
- C: Sample Answers for Business Case Problems with Sample Answer.
Glossary.
- Table of Cases.
- Index.
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