The Study Guide: Contemporary Perspectives in Business - Softcover

Cheeseman, Henry R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0138578222 ISBN 13: 9780138578220

Publisher: Pearson Education (US), 1997

Synopsis

The Legal And Regulatory Environment: Contemporary Perspectives In Business

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From the Back Cover:

This new edition of Cheeseman's The Legal and Regulatory Environment recognizes the revolution that the Internet and electronic commerce has brought to business and society throughout the United States and the world. The courts have interpreted and adapted existing laws to apply to e-commerce, while state legislatures and Congress have enacted new statutes to regulate the digital economy.

The third edition of Cheeseman's The Legal and Regulatory Environment incorporates e-commerce and Internet law throughout the book. First, there is a new Unit III, Internet and E-Commerce Environment that has two chapters dealing exclusively with legal and business issues related to the new electronic economy. These chapters are:

· Chapter 9: Intellectual Property and Internet Law
· Chapter 10: Electronic Commerce and Domain Names

Also, there are more than 50 new E-Commerce and Internet Law boxes that feature special laws and cases related to the Internet and Web-based commerce that are strategically located throughout the book. Some of these special featured boxes are:

• The Federal Electronic Signatures Act
• Broad Free-Speech Rights Granted in Cyberspace
• Obtaining Personal Jurisdiction in Cyberspace
• Napster Unplugged by the Court
• Federal Law Helps Victims of Identity Fraud
• The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA)
• The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA)
• Electronic Communications Privacy Act
• Cyber Business Plans Are Patentable
• The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• Anticybersquatting Act Passed by Congress

Cheeseman's The .Legal and Regulatory Environment, Third Edition has the most comprehensive coverage of the expanding area of intellectual property law and the new and exciting areas of domain names, electronic commerce, and Internet Law. Please take a look at Chapters 9 and 10 and the extensive e-commerce and Internet law materials in this exciting revision.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0138578222
• ISBN 13: 9780138578220
• Binding: Paperback