Mallor, Barnes, Bowers and
Langvardt's, Business Law: The Ethical, Global, and E-Commerce Environment, 12th
Edition, is appropriate for the two-term business law course. The cases in the 12th
edition are excerpted and edited by the authors. The syntax is not altered, therefore
retaining the language of the courts. As in the 11th edition, the 12th edition includes a
mix of actual AND hypothetical cases. The title has been changed to reflect a new focus of
the book - the global and Internet environment. Business Law: The Ethical, Global, and
E-Commerce Environment, 12e includes new pedagogy such as opening vignettes and new-boxed
features such as "Ethics in Action" and "Cyberlaw in Action." This combined with
case briefs and concept reviews, along with some reorganization of the text results in a
more complete, relevant and user-friendly text.
A Business Law First...A Student DVD is available with each new copy of the text and
features 10 interactive videos featuring courtroom arguments for business law cases. These
interactive videos give students the opportunity to hear the case and then make their
decision. After that, they can access the judge's decision and reasoning. There are also
instructor's notes available with each video. Completely revised Chapter 4 on Ethics.
With ethics in the forefront now, the authors have significantly increased the coverage to
give instructors and students more time to discuss this important topic. Revised Chapter
46 on legal responsibilities of auditors and consultants now includes coverage of
consultants and securities professionals. Cyberlaw in Action. In keeping with today's
technological world, these boxes describe and discuss actual instances of e-commerce and
cyberlaw occurring in businesses today. The Global Business Environment. Since global
issues affect us in many different aspects of business, this material now appears
throughout the text instead of in a separate chapter on International Issues. This boxed
element brings to life global issues that are affecting business law. LogOn. These boxes
appear where appropriate and direct students to relevant web sites that give more
information on the topic at hand. Ethics in Action. The ethics and public policy concerns
have been removed from the text and replaced with Ethics in Action boxes in each chapter.
The boxes appear throughout the chapters and offer critical thinking questions and
situations that relate to ethical /public policy concerns. An end-of-chapter Internet
research problem provides an additional place for students to go to get information about
an issue in the chapter. These research problems also include discussion questions so they
can be used in class or as homework. A new opening vignette begins each chapter and
present students with a mix of real-life and hypothetical situations and discussion
questions. These stories provide a motivational way to open the chapter and get students
interested in the content they are about to read. Concept Reviews visually represent
important concepts presented in the text to help summarize key ideas at a glance and
simplify students' conceptualization of complicated issues. Case briefs include the
judicial opinions accompanying court decisions. These help to provide concrete examples of
the rules stated in the text, and to provide a real-life application of the legal rule.
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Table of Contents
Part 1 Foundations of American Law
CHAPTER 1 The Nature of Law
CHAPTER 2 The Resolution of Private Disputes
CHAPTER 3 Business and the Constitution
CHAPTER 4 Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance and
Critical Thinking
Part 2 Crimes and Torts
CHAPTER 5 Crimes
CHAPTER 6 Intentional Torts
CHAPTER 7 Negligence and Strict Liability
CHAPTER 8 Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition
Part 3 Contracts
CHAPTER 9 Introduction to Contracts
CHAPTER 10 The Agreement: Offer
CHAPTER 11 The Agreement: Acceptance
CHAPTER 12 Consideration
CHAPTER 13 Reality of Consent
CHAPTER 14 Capacity to Contract
CHAPTER 15 Illegality
CHAPTER 16 Writing
CHAPTER 17 Rights of Third Parties
CHAPTER 18 Performance and Remedies
Part 4 Sales
CHAPTER 19 Formation and Terms of Sales Contracts
CHAPTER 20 Product Liability
CHAPTER 21 Performance of Sales Contracts
CHAPTER 22 Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts
Part 5 Property
CHAPTER 23 Personal Property and Bailments
CHAPTER 24 Real Property
CHAPTER 25 Landlord and Tenant
CHAPTER 26 Estates and Trusts
CHAPTER 27 Insurance Law (moved from ch. 53)
Part 6 Credit
CHAPTER 28 Introduction to Credit and Secured Transactions
CHAPTER 29 Security Interests in Personal Property
CHAPTER 30 Bankruptcy
Part 7 Commercial Paper
CHAPTER 31 Negotiable Instruments
CHAPTER 32 Negotiation and Holder in Due Course
CHAPTER 33 Liability of Parties
CHAPTER 34 Checks and Electronic Transfers (new title)
Part 8 Agency
CHAPTER 35 The Agency Relationship
CHAPTER 36 Third-Party Relations of the Principal and the Agent
Part 9 Partnership Law
CHAPTER 37 Introduction to Forms of Business and Formation of Partnerships
CHAPTER 38 Operation of Partnership and Related Forms
CHAPTER 39 Partners' Dissociation and Partnerships' Dissolution and Winding Up
CHAPTER 40 Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Limited Partnerships, and Limited
Liability Companies
Part 10 Corporations
CHAPTER 41 History and Nature of Corporations
CHAPTER 42 Organization, Financial Structure, and Dissolution of Corporations
CHAPTER 43 Management of Corporations
CHAPTER 44 Shareholders' Rights and Liabilities
CHAPTER 45 Securities Regulation
CHAPTER 46 Legal Responsibilities of Auditors and Consultants
Part 11 Regulation of Business
CHAPTER 47 Administrative Agencies
CHAPTER 48 The Federal Trade Commission Act and Consumer Protection Laws
CHAPTER 49 Antitrust: The Sherman Act
CHAPTER 50 The Clayton Act, The Robinson-Patman Act, and Antitrust Exemptions and
Immunities
CHAPTER 51 Employment Law
CHAPTER 52 Environmental Regulations
Appendix A The Constitution of the United States of America
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