Business Law

15 ed
ISBN: 978-0-07-131765-8
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Buch, Englisch, 1600 Seiten, Format (B × H): 205 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 2921 g

Mallor, Barnes, Bowers and Langvardt’s: Business Law, 15e is appropriate for the two-term business law course. The cases in the 15th edition are excerpted and edited by the authors. The syntax is not altered, therefore retains the language of the courts. As in recent previous editions, the 15th edition includes a mix of actual AND hypothetical cases. This text is our most research-based Business Law text.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Langvardt, Arlen

Mallor, Jane

Barnes, A. James

Bowers, L. Thomas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Foundations of American Law 1 The Nature of Law 2 The Resolution of Private Disputes 3 Business and the Constitution 4 Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, and Critical Thinking Part 2 Crimes and Torts 5 Criminal Law and Procedure 6 Intentional Torts 7 Negligence and Strict Liability 8 Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Part 3 Contracts 9 Introduction to Contracts 10 The Agreement: Offer 11 The Agreement: Acceptance 12 Consideration 13 Reality of Consent 14 Capacity to Contract 15 Illegality 16 Writing 17 Rights of Third Parties 18 Performance and Remedies Part 4 Sales 19 Formation and Terms of Sales Contracts 20 Product Liability 21 Performance of Sales Contracts 22 Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts Part 5 Property 23 Personal Property and Bailments 24 Real Property 25 Landlord and Tenant 26 Estates and Trusts 27 Insurance Law Part 6 Credit 28 Introduction to Credit and Secured Transactions 29 Security Interests in Personal Property 30 Bankruptcy Part 7 Commercial Paper 31 Negotiable Instruments 32 Negotiation and Holder in Due Course 33 Liability of Parties 34 Checks and Electronic Transfers Part 8 Agency Law 35 The Agency Relationship 36 Third-Party Relations of the Principal and the Agent Part 9 Partnerships 37 Introduction to Forms of Business and Formation of Partnerships 38 Operation of Partnerships and Related Forms 39 Partners' Dissociation and Partnerships' Dissolution and Winding Up 40 Limited Liability Companies, Limited Partnerships, and Limited Liability Limited Partnerships Part 10 Corporations 41 History and Nature of Corporations 42 Organization and Financial Structure of Corporations 43 Management of Corporations 44 Shareholders' Rights and Liabilities 45 Securities Regulation 46 Legal and Professional Responsibilities of Auditors, Consultants, and Securities Professionals Part 11 Regulation of Business 47 Administrative Law 48 The Federal Trade Commission Act and Consumer Protection Laws 49 Antitrust: The Sherman Act 50 The Clayton Act, The Robinson-Patman Act, and Antitrust Exemptions and Immunities 51 Employment Law 52 Environmental Regulation Appendix A The Constitution of the United States of America Appendix B The Uniform Commercial Code, Articles 2, 2A, 3, 4, 7, and 9 Glossary Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mallor, Jane
Jane P. Mallor is Professor Emerita of Business Law at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University (IU). She joined the Kelley School faculty in 1976 and served two stints as chair of its Department of Business Law & Ethics, most recently from 2009 to 2014. Professor Mallor received a B.A. from IU and a J.D. from IUs Maurer School of Law. She has been admitted to the Indiana Bar, the Bar of the Southern District of Indiana, and the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. She is a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. Professor Mallor has taught a range of courses, including an introductory legal environment course and real estate law at the undergraduate level and graduate-level legal concepts and cyberlaw courses. She has also taught an online law and ethics graduate course and university pedagogy courses for business doctoral students. Professor Mallor is a member of IUs Faculty Colloquium for Excellence in Teaching and was a Lilly Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow. She has won a number of teaching awards, including the Amoco Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Dow Technology Teaching Award, and the Innovative Teaching Award. Her research has focused primarily on punitive damages, product liability, and employment rights. Her work has been published in law reviews such as the American Business Law Journal, the Hastings Law Journal, the North Carolina Law Review, and the Notre Dame Lawyer.

Bowers, L. Thomas
Thomas Bowers is a faculty member of Indiana Universitys School of Business. He has received 10 outstanding teaching awards, and is the only two-time recipient of the Indiana University Student Choice Award for outstanding teaching.

Langvardt, Arlen
Arlen W. Langvardt, Professor of Business Law and the Graf Family Professor, joined the faculty of Indiana Universitys Kelley School of Business in 1985. From 2000 to 2009, he served as chair of the Department of Business Law & Ethics. He earned a B.A. (summa cum laude), from Hastings College and a J.D. (with distinction), from the University of Nebraska. In private law practice before becoming a member of the Kelley School faculty, he tried cases in a variety of legal areas, including tort, contract, constitutional, and miscellaneous commercial cases.
Professor Langvardt has received a number of teaching awards at the graduate and undergraduate levels. His graduate teaching assignments have included legal environment, ethical leadership, and critical thinking courses, as well as specialized courses dealing with marketing law, intellectual property management, and legal issues for artists and arts organizations. He has also taught various undergraduate business law courses. Professor Langvardts wide-ranging research interests are reflected in his articles on commercial speech, defamation, intellectual property, medical malpractice, and other healthcare-related subjects. The list of journals in which his numerous articles have appeared includes the American Business Law Journal, the Minnesota Law Review, the Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, the Trademark Reporter, and the Journal of Marketing. Professor Langvardt has won several research awards from professional associations, including the Holmes/Cardozo and Hoeber Awards from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and the Ladas Memorial Award from the United States Trademark Association.

Barnes, A. James
A. James Barnes is Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs and Professor of Law at Indiana University, Bloomington (IU). He previously served as Dean of IUs School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and has taught business law at Indiana University and Georgetown University. His teaching interests include commercial law, environmental law, alternative dispute resolution, law and public policy, and ethics and the public official. He is the co-author of several leading books on business law. From 1985 to 1988, Professor Barnes served as the deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
From 1983 to 1985 he was the EPA general counsel and in the early 1970s served as chief of staff to the first administrator of EPA. Professor Barnes also served as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice and as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. From 1975 to 1981, he had a commercial and environmental law practice with the firm of Beveridge and Diamond in Washington, D.C.
Professor Barnes is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and a fellow in the American College of Environmental Lawyers. He recently served as the chair of EPAs Environmental Finance Advisory Board, and as a member of the U.S. Department of Energys Environmental Management Advisory Board. From 1992 to 1998 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO). Professor Barnes received his B.A. from Michigan State University and a J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School.