Miller, Roger LeRoy creator Jentz, Gaylord A. text xxu Australia Thomson c2006 7th ed. monographic eng

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xxx, 1083p. ill.(some col.); 26cm. Contents: The Legal environment of business: the legal environment -- Constitutional law -- Courts and alternative dispute resolution -- Torts and cyber torts -- Intellectual property -- Criminal law and cyber crimes -- Ethics and professional responsibility -- Contracts: nature and classification -- Agreement and consideration -- Capacity and legality -- Defenses to contract enforceability -- Third party rights and discharge -- Breach and remedies -- E-contracts -- Sales and lease contracts: the formation of sales and lease contracts -- Title and risk of loss -- Performance and breach of sales and lease contracts -- Warranties and product liability -- Negotiable instruments: negotiability and transferability -- Rights and liabilities of parties -- Checks, the banking system and E-money -- Debtor-creditor relationships: secured transactions -- Creditor's rights and bankruptcy -- Business organizations: agency relationships in business -- Sole proprietorship and private franchises -- Partnerships -- Limited liability companies and special business forms -- Corporate formation and financing -- Corporate directors, officers, and shareholders -- Corporate merger, consolidation, and termination -- Investor protection and online securities offerings -- Government regulation: antitrust law -- Consumer and environmental law -- Labour and employment law -- Emplyment discrimination -- Property and its protection: personal property and bailments -- Real property and landlord-tenant law -- Insurance, wills, and trust -- The International legal environment: international law in a global economy -- Appendix A: How to brief cases and analyze case problems -- Appendix B: The Constitution of the united states -- Appendix C: Uniform commercial code (experpts) -- Appendix D: Uniform partnership act (excerpts) -- Appendix E: Revised model business corporation act (excerpts) -- Appendix F: Uniform limited liability company act (excerpts) -- Appendix G: Restatement (second) of torts (excerpts) -- Appendix H: Restatement (third) of torts (excerpts) -- Appendix I: Sherman antitrust act of 1890 (excerpts) -- Appendix J: Securities act of 1933 (excerpts) -- Appendix K: Securities exchange act of 1934 (excerpts) -- Appendix L: United Nations convention on contracts for the international sale of goods (excerpts) -- Appendix M: Digital millenium copyright act of 1998 (excerpts) -- Appendix N: Uniform electronic transactions act (excerpts) -- Appendix O: Electronic signatures in global and national commerce act of 2000 (excerpts) -- Appendix P: Answers to even-numbered for review questions. Roger LeRoy Miller and Gaylord A. Jentz Includes index Business law KF888.M61 0324204833 120622