Table of Contents

PART I: THE FOUNDATIONS. 1. Business and Its Legal Environment. 2. The Court System. 3. Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution. 4. Ethics and Business Decision Making. PART II: THE PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. 5. Constitutional Law. 6. Administrative Law. 7. Criminal Law and Cyber Crime. 8. International Law in a Global Economy. PART III: THE COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT. 9. Contract Formation. 10. Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies. 11. Sales, Leases, and E-Contracts. 12. Torts and Cyber Torts. 13. Strict Liability and Product Liability. 14. Intellectual Property and Internet Law. 15. Creditor-Debtor Relations and Bankruptcy. 16. Mortgages and Foreclosures after the Recession. PART IV: THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT. 17. Sole Proprietorships, Franchises, and Partnerships. 18. Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships. 19. Corporations. PART V: THE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT. 20. Agency. 21. Employment Relationships. 22. Employment Discrimination. 23. Immigration and Labor Law. PART VI: THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. 24. Consumer Protection. 25. Environmental Law. 26. Land-Use Control and Real Property. 27. Antitrust and Monopoly. 28. Antitrust and Restraint of Trade. 29. Investor Protection and Corporate Governance. Appendices.

About the Author

Frank B. Cross is the Herbert D. Kelleher Centennial Professor of Business Law at The University of Texas at Austin Law School, where his research centers on judicial decision-making, the economics of law and litigation, and traditional policy and doctrinal issues in administrative law. He has written 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, 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.