The Legal Environment Today

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. 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.

Chapter 1Law and Legal Reasoning
�Appendix to Chapter 1: Finding the Law
Chapter 2Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Chapter 3Ethics in Business
�Appendix to Chapter 3: Costco Code of Ethics
Chapter 4Business and the Constitution
Chapter 5Torts and Product Liability
Chapter 6Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
Chapter 7International and Space Law
Unit One Task-Based Simulation
UNIT TWO: THE COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 8Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter 9Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
Chapter 10The Formation of Traditional and E-Contracts
Chapter 11Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
Chapter 12Sales and Lease Law
�Appendix to Chapter 12: An Example of a Contract for the International Sale of Coffee
Chapter 13Creditor-Debtor Relations and Bankruptcy
Unit TwoTask-Based Simulation
UNIT THREE: THE EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 14AgencyRelationships
Chapter 15Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law
Chapter 16Employment Discrimination
Chapter 17Business Organizations
Chapter 18Corporations
Chapter 19 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance
Unit Three Task-Based Simulation
UNIT FOUR: THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 20Administrative Law
Chapter 21Consumer Protection
Chapter 22Environmental Law
Chapter 23Real and Personal Property
Chapter 24 Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
Unit Four Task-Based Simulation
APPENDICES
AThe Constitution of the United States
BThe Uniform Commercial Code
CAnswers to the Issue Spotters
DSample Answers for Business Case Problems with Sample Answer
Glossary
Table of Cases
Index