This market leading text uses summarized cases written in the author's own words to aid students' understanding of Contemporary Business Law topics. This text employs the AACSB curriculum standards throughout the text with extensive international, ethical and critical thinking examples thoroughly intertwined with chapter coverage, distinctive pedagogical boxes, discussion questions, and follow-up exercises. The new edition continues its tradition introducing high interest cases, extensive business applications and an unmatched user-friendly writing style. New to this edition: coverage of the Telecommunications act of 1996, new cases, and "Internet and Cyberspace Law" boxes, "Working the Web" exercises. Free TotaLaw CD-ROM, extensive Web support, and a WebCT Online course are also available. This text competes with Miller & Jentz: Business Law Today, etc.
Henry R. Cheeseman is professor emeritus of the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California.
Professor Cheeseman earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Marquette University, both a master's in business administration (MBA) and a master's in business taxation (MBT) from the University of Southern California, a juris doctor (JD) degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, a master's degree with an emphasis on law and economics from the University of Chicago, and a master's in law (LLM) degree in financial institutions law from Boston University.
Professor Cheeseman was director of the Legal Studies in Business Program at the University of Southern California. Professor Cheeseman taught business law, legal environment, and ethics courses in both the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and undergraduate programs of the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California. At the MBA level, he developed and taught courses on corporate governance, securities regulation, mergers and acquisitions, and bankruptcy law. At the undergraduate level, he taught courses on business law, the legal environment of business, ethics, business organizations, cyber law, and intellectual property.
Professor Cheeseman received the Golden Apple Teaching Award on many occasions by being voted by the students as the best professor at the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California. He was named a fellow of the Center for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Southern California by the dean of the Marshall School of Business. The USC's Torch and Tassel Chapter of the Mortar Board, a national senior honor society, tapped Professor Cheeseman for recognition of his leadership, commitment, and excellence in teaching.
Professor Cheeseman writes leading business law and legal environment textbooks that are published by Pearson Education, Inc. These include
Business Law: Legal Environment, Online Commerce, Business Ethics, and International Issues;
Contemporary Business Law; and
The Legal Environment of Business and Online Commerce. Professor Cheeseman has also co- authored a textbook entitled
Contemporary Employment Law.
Professor Cheeseman is an avid traveler and amateur photographer. The interior photographs for this book were taken by Professor Cheeseman.
