Packed with current examples and real scenarios, ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS LAW, 6th EDITION has earned praise from judges, attorneys, scholars, businesspeople, professors, and students. An extremely reader-friendly presentation features a conversational writing style that explains complex legal topics with easy-to-understand language. Using real-world stories, the authors illustrate how legal concepts apply to everyday business practice. As experienced teachers and respected scholars, the authors provide absolutely authoritative, thorough coverage of the issues most relevant to students today, while accurately foreseeing emerging legal trends and issues. Hands-on activities encourage students to think critically about legal issues and business. In addition, MindTap® offers access to Case Collection with more than 1600 cases, sortable by name, year, state, and subject.

Unit 1: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT.
1. Introduction to Law.
2. Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility.
3. International Law.
4. Common Law, Statutory Law, and Administrative Law.
5. Constitutional Law.
6. Dispute Resolution.
7. Crime.
Unit 2: TORTS.
8. Intentional Torts and Business Torts.
9. Negligence, Strict Liability, and Product Liability.
10. Privacy and Internet Law.
Unit 3: CONTRACTS.
11. Introduction to Contracts.
12. Agreement: Offers and Acceptances.
13. Consideration.
14. Legality.
15. Voidable Contracts: Capacity and Consent.
16. Written Contracts.
17. Third Parties.
18. Contract Termination.
19. Remedies.
20. Practical Contracts.
Unit 4: SALES.
21. Introduction to Sales.
22. Ownership, Risk and Warranties.
23. Performance and Remedies.
Unit 5: ADDITIONAL CPA TOPICS.
24. Secured Transactions.
25. Creating a Negotiable Instrument.
26. Liability for Negotiable Instruments.
27. Accountants' Liability.
Unit 6: AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT LAW.
28. Agency Law.
29. Employment and Labor Law.
30. Employment Discrimination.
Unit 7: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS.
31. Starting a Business: LLCs and Other Options.
32. Partnerships.
33. Life and Death of a Corporation.
34. Management Duties.
35. Shareholder Rights.
36. Bankruptcy.
Unit 8: GOVERNMENT REGULATION.
37. Securities Regulation.
38. Antitrust.
39. Consumer Protection.
40. Environmental Law.
Unit 9: PROPERTY.
41. Intellectual Property.
42. Real Property and Landlord Tenant Law.
43. Personal Property and Bailment.
44. Planning for the Future: Wills, Trusts and Insurance
Appendix A: The Constitution of the U.S.
Appendix B: The UCC.
Appendix C: Answer Key for Selected End-of-Chapter Questions.

Packed with current examples and real scenarios, ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS LAW, 6th EDITION has earned praise from judges, attorneys, scholars, businesspeople, professors, and students. An extremely reader-friendly presentation features a conversational writing style that explains complex legal topics with easy-to-understand language. Using real-world stories, the authors illustrate how legal concepts apply to everyday business practice. As experienced teachers and respected scholars, the authors provide absolutely authoritative, thorough coverage of the issues most relevant to students today, while accurately foreseeing emerging legal trends and issues. Hands-on activities encourage students to think critically about legal issues and business. In addition, MindTap® offers access to Case Collection with more than 1600 cases, sortable by name, year, state, and subject. THOROUGHLY REVIEWED INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS NOW OFFER SIGNFICANT IMPROVEMENTS. Digital and traditional resources save you time in class preparation and grading in this edition’s comprehensive support package. "YOU BE THE JUDGE" CASES PROVIDES THE FACTS AS WELL AS ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES. These cases, which appear in each chapter, present both sides of the case and initially omit the court’s final decisions to facilitate class discussion and allow your students to think through the problems themselves. EXAM STRATEGY AND EXAM REVIEW FEATURES HELP STUDENTS EFFICIENTLY PREPARE FOR EXAMS. These comprehension study tools at the end of each chapter help your students check their progress and review their understanding of concepts for exam success. In Exam Strategy features, the authors pose a question, teach students how to analyze the problem and then provide the answer. With Exam Reviews students check their comprehension as they practice legal principles. Answers to the odd-numbered problems in an appendix. THE BOOK’S SIGNATURE STUDENT-FRIENDLY WRITING STYLE PUTS LEGAL CONCEPTS INTO CONTEXT. The authors use familiar real-world scenarios and a reader-friendly conversational tone throughout the book to engage readers and help students gain a thorough understanding of material. COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE DIGITAL RESOURCES SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING. Your students gain access to Case Collection and Adaptive Test Prep, both available in MindTap®. Case Collection offers more than 1600 interactive cases that you can assign. Cases are sortable by name, year, state and subject matter. Whiteboard videos are also available to clarify and build on concepts from the book.