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Business Law: Text and Cases: Text and Cases, 17th Edition
Overview
Clarkson/Miller's market-leading “Business Law: Text and Cases,” 17th Edition helps you develop students’ understanding of business law and strengthen their ethical decision-making skills. This title was the first to combine teaching strategies designed for undergraduate students with law school-focused content, setting a standard for excellence in the field.
Providing comprehensive coverage of business law, this latest edition includes updated content on the evolving relationship between government and American industry, the rise of artificial intelligence in the workplace, and turbulence in international trade.
Along with in-depth descriptions of precedent-setting landmarks, the text includes accounts of nearly 200 new cases, ranging from critical U.S Supreme Court holdings to state-level decisions. The role of ethics in the law remains at the forefront, with hundreds of new real-life scenarios designed to help students apply their knowledge.
- New features explore AI’s impact on business law and the role of government in shaping commerce, using timely examples to connect legal concepts to real-world issues.
- Chapters examine whether AI-generated false statements can create defamation liability, prompting students to examine emerging legal and ethical challenges.
- The text looks at how courts apply fair use to AI training on copyrighted content, helping students evaluate emerging issues in copyright law.
- New World of Work investigates AI’s transformative effect on employment in the insurance industry and its potential impact on the future of work.
- Compulsory Composting examines New York City’s composting mandate, helping students assess the challenges businesses face when social responsibility is a legal requirement.
- In Times of Tariffs helps students better understand the economic and political impact of tariffs on importers, domestic manufacturers, and consumers in a global marketplace.
- Chapter-opening Learning Outcomes help students focus on key concepts, engage with content, and measure their understanding throughout each chapter.
- CPA Exam Alignment addresses key topics on the new CPA Exam, including agency law, contracts, business structures, and debtor-creditor relationships.
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: Torts and Crimes.
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.
Unit III: Contracts and E-Contracts.
11. Nature and Terminology.
12. Agreement.
13. Consideration.
14. Capacity and Legality.
15. Mistakes, Fraud, and Voluntary Consent.
16. The Writing Requirement.
17. Third Party Rights.
18. Performance and Discharge.
19. Breach of Contract and Remedies.
Unit IV: Domestic and International Sales and Lease Contracts.
20. Sales and Lease Contracts.
21. Title, Risk, and Insurable Interest.
22. Performance and Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts.
23. Warranties.
24. International and Space Law.
Unit V: Negotiable Instruments.
25. Negotiable Instruments.
26. Transferability and Holder in Due Course.
27. Liability, Defenses, and Discharge.
28. Banking.
Unit VI: Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy.
29. Creditors’ Rights and Remedies.
30. Secured Transactions.
31. Bankruptcy Law.
Unit VII: Agency and Employment.
32. Agency Formation and Duties.
33. Agency Liability and Termination.
34. Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law.
35. Employment Discrimination.
Unit VIII: Business Organizations.
36. Small Businesses and Franchises.
37. All Forms of Partnerships.
38. Limited Liability Companies and Special Business Forms.
39. Corporate Formation and Financing.
40. Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders.
41. Mergers and Takeovers.
42. Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Governance.
Unit IX: Government Regulation.
43. Administrative Agencies.
44. Consumer Law.
45. Environmental Protection.
46. Antitrust Law.
47. Professional Liability and Accountability.
Unit X: Property and Its Protection.
48. Personal Property and Bailments.
49. Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Law.
50. Insurance.
51. Wills and Trusts.
Appendices.
A: How to Brief Cases and Analyze Case Problems.
B: Answers to the Issue Spotters.
C: Business Case Problems with Sample Answer.
Glossary.
Table of Cases.
Index.
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