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The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases, 12th Edition

Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller

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The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases 12th Edition by Frank B. Cross/Roger LeRoy Miller
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In keeping with its reputation, Cross/Miller's "The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases" 12e provides comprehensive coverage of legal concepts with an interesting and accessible approach. The author focuses on broad legal issues facing business owners and managers in today's increasingly regulated business world, helping students learn how today's legal environment is more about the constraints of business than simple rules of law. This latest edition includes updated examples, business-oriented features, and step-by-step analyses providing meaningful context for every topic. Throughout the text, the author emphasizes the role of ethics in law and provides a trusted framework for ethical decision-making. The accompanying MindTap challenges your students to apply their knowledge of the law to today's real issues with critical thinking and case analysis assignments.

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Frank B. Cross

Frank B. Cross was the Herbert D. Kelleher Centennial Professor of Business Law at The University of Texas at Austin Law School, where his research centered on judicial decision-making, the economics of law and litigation and traditional policy and doctrinal issues in administrative law. He wrote several books as well as pieces for the Yale Law Journal, Columbia Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, New York University Law Review, Texas Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Northwestern Law Review and UCLA Law Review. A former president of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Professor Cross received his B.A. from the University of Kansas and J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Roger LeRoy Miller

Roger LeRoy Miller, Ph.D., has served on the faculty of several universities, including the University of Washington, Clemson University and the University of Miami School of Law. As a professor, he has taught intellectual property law and entertainment law, among other subjects. A widely published and respected author, his work has appeared in the Insurance Counsel Journal, Defense Research, California Trial Lawyers Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, Wisconsin Law Review and Connecticut Law Review. He has authored or co-authored numerous authoritative textbooks on law, including BUSINESS LAW: TEXT & CASES; BUSINESS LAW TODAY: TEXT & SUMMARIZED CASES and THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT TODAY. Professor Miller completed his studies at the University of California at Berkeley and University of Chicago.

What's New

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  • More than 100 new examples and almost as many “Cases in Point” make concepts and terms more relatable to students through real-world application.
  • Updated critical thinking features such as “Digital Update”, “Ethics Today”, and “Managerial Strategy” cover timely topics by exploring business law in a variety of contexts.
  • “Cybersecurity and the Law”, an all-new feature, explores what the law says about the cybersecurity issues businesses inevitably face.
  • Revised and redesigned Exhibits and Concept Summaries utilize visual representations to provide clarity and emphasis the chapter's most important concepts.
  • Business Connection blog highlight today’s trending topics and ethical dilemmas in business law impacting businesses helping to increase relevance and engagement without adding to your workload.

Features

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  • Updated “Cases in Point” and Highlighted Examples make concepts and terms more relatable to students through real-world application. This edition features more than 100 new examples and almost as many new Cases in Point, while many retained Cases in Point include additional citations to cases in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
  • The updated critical-thinking features -- Cybersecurity and the Law, Digital Update, Ethics Today, Managerial Strategy -- cover timely topics by exploring global, political, ethical, social, environmental, technological and cultural contexts of business law.
  • COMPREHENSIVE END-OF-CHAPTER FEATURES HELP STUDENTS REVIEW AND APPLY CONCEPTS. At the conclusion of each chapter, varied and comprehensive review activities explore chapter concepts and challenge students to apply legal concepts and issues to everyday scenarios and real-life case problems.
  • DIVERSITY OF CASES VARY FROM CLASSIC TO CONTEMPORARY CASES. In keeping with the book’s strong reputation for outstanding cases, this edition has added numerous new cases and case problems, most from 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, and continues to offer Classic Cases and Spotlight Cases.
  • Incorporates information on both the core and discipline sections of the new CPA exam, specifically addressing agency law, contracts, business structure and debtor-creditor relationships.
  • Modern features like “Issue Spotters” and “Task-Based Simulations” help students develop critical thinking and legal reasoning skills through application-based activities.
  • Accompanying MindTap provides a personalized learning path guiding students through activities that engage and teach them to apply and analyze today's business law.
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Table of Contents

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Unit I: The Foundations.
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: The Public and International Environment.
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.
11. International and Space Law.
Unit III: The Commercial Environment.
12. Formation of Traditional and E-Contracts.
13. Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies.
14. Sales and Lease Contracts.
15. Creditor-Debtor Relations and Bankruptcy.
Unit IV: The Business and Employment Environment.
16. Small Businesses and Franchises.
17. Limited Liability Business Forms.
18. Corporations.
19. Agency Relationships.
20. Employment Law.
21. Employment Discrimination.
22. Immigration and Labor Law.
Unit V: The Regulatory Environment.
23. Administrative Agencies.
24. Consumer Protection.
25. Environmental Law.
26. Real Property and Land-Use Control.
27. Antitrust Law.
28. Investor Protection and Corporate Governance.
Appendices.
A: How to Brief Cases and Analyze Case Problems.
B: Answers to the Issue Spotters.
C: Sample Answers for Business Case Problems with Sample Answer.
Glossary.
Table of Cases.
Index.

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