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Business Law, 11th edition

Published by Pearson (January 5, 2021) © 2022

  • Henry R. Cheeseman University of Southern California

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The 11th Edition has been updated with a wealth of new cases from the US Supreme and Federal Courts. It also features new examples of ethical, environmental and international law business legal cases for students to investigate.

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  • Short, easy-to-read chapters introduce students to key topics in national and international business law.
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  • NEW: 10+ US Supreme Court and 30 state and federal court cases have been added, including:
    • Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31: Public-sector labor union agency-shop arraignments violate the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
    • Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination against homosexual and transgender individuals.
    • Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. VidAngel, Inc.: Disney and other studios were granted an injunction that enjoined a third party from streaming edited versions of their copyrighted works.
    • Reckis v. Johnson & Johnson: The producer of Children's Motrin pain reliever was ordered to pay $50 million in damages to a child who suffered severe permanent injuries because the company negligently failed to warn of the potential of a life-threatening disease.

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  • NEW: Special features on ethics, information technology, critical legal thinking, and the contemporary environment have been added. They include tech companies' lawsuit over soliciting each other's employees, and false product claims and fake reviews on Amazon.

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PART 1: LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS AND ONLINE COMMERCE

  1. Legal Heritage and the Information Age
  2. Courts and Jurisdiction
  3. Judicial, Alternative, and E-Dispute Resolution
  4. Constitutional Law for Business and E-Commerce

PART 2: TORTS, CRIMES, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  1. Intentional Torts and Negligence
  2. Product and Strict Liability
  3. Intellectual Property and Information Technology
  4. Criminal Law and Cybercrime

PART 3: CONTRACTS AND E-COMMERCE

  1. Nature of Traditional and E-Contracts
  2. Agreement
  3. Consideration and Promissory Estoppel
  4. Capacity and Legality
  5. Genuineness of Assent and Undue Influence
  6. Statute of Frauds and Equitable Exceptions
  7. Third-Party Rights and Discharge
  8. Breach of Contract and Remedies
  9. Digital Law and E-Commerce

PART 4: SALES AND LEASE CONTRACTS AND WARRANTIES

  1. Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts
  2. Title to Goods and Risk of Loss
  3. Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts
  4. Warranties

PART 5: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS, BANKING, AND ELECTRONIC FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS

  1. Creation of Negotiable Instruments
  2. Holder in Due Course and Transferability
  3. Liability, Defenses, and Discharge
  4. Banking System and Electronic Financial Transactions

PART 6: CREDIT, SECURED TRANSACTIONS, AND BANKRUPTCY

  1. Credit, Real Property Financing, and Debtor's Rights
  2. Secured Transactions
  3. Bankruptcy and Reorganization

PART 7: AGENCY, EMPLOYMENT, AND LABOR LAW

  1. Agency Formation and Termination
  2. Liability of Principals, Agents, and Independent Contractors
  3. Employment, Worker Protection, and Immigration Law
  4. Labor Law
  5. Equal Opportunity in Employment

PART 8: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, INVESTOR PROTECTION, AND BUSINESS ETHICS

  1. Entrepreneurship, Sole Proprietorships, and General Partnerships
  2. Limited Partnerships and Special Partnerships
  3. Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships
  4. Corporate Formation and Financing
  5. Corporate Governance and The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  6. Corporate Acquisitions and Multinational Corporations
  7. Franchise and Special Forms of Business
  8. Securities Law and Investor Protection
  9. Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business

PART 9: GOVERNMENT REGULATION

  1. Administrative Law and Regulatory Agencies
  2. Consumer Protection and Product Safety
  3. Environmental Protection
  4. Antitrust Law and Unfair Trade Practices

PART 10: PERSONAL PROPERTY, REAL PROPERTY, AND INSURANCE

  1. Personal Property and Bailment
  2. Real Property
  3. Landlord-Tenant Law and Land Use Regulation
  4. Insurance

PART 11: ACCOUNTING PROFESSION

  1. Accountants' Duties and Liability

PART 12: PERSONAL LAW

  1. Wills, Trusts, and Estates
  2. Family Law

PART 13: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

  1. International and World Trade Law

Appendix A: Constitution of the United States of America

About our author

Henry R. Cheeseman is professor emeritus of the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California.

Professor Cheeseman earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Marquette University, both a master's in business administration (MBA) and a master's in business taxation (MBT) from the University of Southern California, a juris doctor (JD) degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, a master's degree with an emphasis on law and economics from the University of Chicago, and a master's in law (LLM) degree in financial institutions law from Boston University.

Professor Cheeseman was director of the Legal Studies in Business Program at the University of Southern California. He taught business law, legal environment, and ethics courses in both the MBA and undergraduate programs of the Marshall School of Business. At the MBA level, he developed and taught courses on corporate governance, securities regulation, mergers and acquisitions, and bankruptcy law. At the undergraduate level, he taught courses on business law, the legal environment of business, ethics, business organizations, cyberlaw, and intellectual property.

Professor Cheeseman received the Golden Apple Teaching Award on many occasions by being voted by the students as the best professor at the Marshall School of Business. He was named a fellow of the Center for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Southern California by the dean of the Marshall School of Business. The USC's Torch and Tassel Chapter of the Mortar Board, a national senior honor society, tapped Professor Cheeseman for recognition of his leadership, commitment, and excellence in teaching.

Professor Cheeseman writes leading business law and legal environment textbooks that are published by Pearson Education, Inc. These textbooks include Business Law, Contemporary Business Law, and Legal Environment of Business.

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