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Legal Environment of Business, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (February 1, 2019) © 2020

  • Henry R. Cheeseman University of Southern California

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Cutting-edge cases and comprehensive coverage of the legal environment of business

The Legal Environment of Business: Online Commerce, Ethics, and Global Issues examines how the current legal and e-commerce environments, and government regulations impact today's business decisions. The cases in this text are cutting-edge, exciting and engaging, and the reasoning of each case is presented in the language of the court.

The 9th Edition has been updated with all new cases, statutes and questions. As a result, students have the opportunity to not only learn about the law, but also to apply it to their personal and professional lives.

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  • End-of-Chapter Cases and Problems reinforce the lessons of the chapter with current topics. The facts of each case are presented, along with a Q&A, and guidance on how each solution was reached.
  • Web Exercises familiarize students with using the web for legal research.

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  • 20+ NEW: US Supreme Court cases have been added, including:
    • Obergefell v. Hodges (Same-sex couples have the right to marry and states that didn't recognize this violated Due Process and Equal Protection clauses.)
    • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Apple Inc. (Samsung's phones infringed on Apple's design patents.)
  • 30+ NEW: State and federal caseshave been added, including:
    • SeaWorld of Florida, LLC v. Perez, Secretary, US Department of Labor (SeaWorld violated the OSH Act when a killer whale caused the death of a trainer during a performance.)
    • DeCormier v. Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc. (An exculpatory clause signed by a rider prior to participating at a Harley course was enforceable to prevent recovery of damages for injuries suffered by the rider in an accident.)

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PART 1: LEGAL ENVIRONMENT, JUDICIAL SYSTEM, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND BUSINESS ETHICS
1. Legal Heritage and the Information Age
2. Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business
3. Courts, Jurisdiction, and Administrative Law
4. Judicial, Alternative, and E-Dispute Resolution

PART 2: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, TORTS, CRIMES, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
5. Constitutional Law for Business and E-Commerce
6. Torts and Strict Liability
7. Criminal Law and Cybercrime
8. Intellectual Property and Information Technology

PART 3: CONTRACTS, UCC TRANSACTIONS, CREDIT, AND E-COMMERCE
9. Formation of Contracts
10. Performance and Breach of Contracts
11. Digital Law and E-Commerce
12. Sales Contracts, Leases, and Warranties
13. Credit, Secured Transactions, and Bankruptcy

PART 4: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, CORPORATIONS, COMPANIES, AND SECURITIES LAW
14. Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Partnerships
15. Limited Liability Companies and Special Forms of Business
16. Formation of Corporations and Corporate Governance
17. Investor Protection and Securities Transactions

PART 5: AGENCY, EMPLOYMENT, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AND LABOR LAW
18. Agency Law
19. Equal Opportunity in Employment
20. Employment and Worker Protection
21. Labor Unions and Immigration Law

PART 6: GOVERNMENT REGULATION, CONSUMER SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND REAL PROPERTY
22. Antitrust Law and Unfair Trade Practices
23. Consumer Protection
24. Environmental Protection
25. Real Property and Land Use Regulation

PART 7: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE
26. International and World Trade Law

PART 8: ACCOUNTING PROFESSION
27. Accountants' Duties and Liability

Appendix A: Constitution of the United States of America
Glossary
Case Index
Subject Index

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 masters in business administration (MBA) and a masters in business taxation (MBT) from USC, 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 USC. Professor Cheeseman taught business law, legal environment, and ethics courses in both the MBA and undergraduate programs of the Marshall School of Business of USC. 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, cyber law, 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 of USC. He was named a fellow of the Center for Excellence in Teaching at USC 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 include Business Law, Contemporary Business Law, and Legal Environment of Business.

Professor Cheeseman is an avid traveler and amateur photographer. All of the photographs that appear in this textbook (except the book cover photo) were taken by Professor Cheeseman.

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