The legal environment of business : text and cases / Frank B. Cross, Herbert D. Kelleher, Centennial Professor in Business Law, University of Texas at Austin; Roger LeRoy Miller, Institute for University Studies, Arlington, Texas.
unit I. The foundations -- 1. Law and legal reasoning -- 2. The Court System -- 3. Alternative and online dispute resolution -- 4. Business ethics -- unit II. The public and international environment -- 5. Business and the Constitution -- 6. Administrative agencies -- 7. Criminal Law and cyber crime -- 8. International Law in a global economy -- unit III. The commercial environment -- 9. Formation of traditional and e-contracts -- 10. Contract performance, breach, and remedies -- 11. Sales and lease contracts -- 12. Torts -- 13. Strict liability and product liability -- 14. Intellectual property rights -- 15. Internet Law, social media, and privacy -- 16. Creditor-debtor relations and bankruptcy -- unit IV. The business environment -- 17. Small business organizations -- 18. Limited liability business forms -- 19. Corporations -- unit V. The employment environment -- 20. Agency -- 21. Employment relationships -- 22. Employment discrimination -- 23. Immigration and Labor Law -- unit VI. The regulatory environment -- 24. Consumer protection -- 25. Environmental Law -- 26. Real property and land-use control -- 27. Antitrust Law -- 28. Investor protection and corporate governance -- Appendix A. How to brief cases and analyze case problems -- Appendix B. The Constitution of the United States -- Appendix C. Articles 2 and 2A of the Uniform Commercial Code -- Appendix D. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- Appendix E. Issue spotters -- Appendix F. Business case problems with sample answer -- Glossary.
