Legal Environment - Hardcover

Beatty, Jeffrey; Samuelson, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1305507487 ISBN 13: 9781305507487

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 2016

Synopsis

Using an innovative storytelling style to bring cases and legal concepts to life, LEGAL ENVIRONMENT, 6E presents a full range of legal environment topics in a series of brief, quick-reading chapters. You see the relevance of legal issues to your own future career path with this book’s unique emphasis on the business applications for each chapter’s concepts. Expanded coverage highlights international law, employment discrimination and other legal topics of interest to you, including social media, technology, and cutting-edge intellectual property issues. Students who have used this book exclaim that it’s the best textbook from their college experience, they don’t want to stop reading and they had no idea business law could be so interesting. To further ensure your understanding, this new edition also offers access to MindTap, a fully online, highly personalized learning experience built on Cengage Learning content that addresses today’s legal environment.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeffrey F. Beatty, J.D., was an exceptional teacher, having won both the Metcalfe Prize and Cup, Boston University's highest teaching award as well as the Charles Hewitt Award, which is given each year by the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) for excellence in teaching. The highest honor for teaching conferred by the ALSB, this award is dedicated to the communication and recognition of creative teaching practices of business law. Prior to his joining the faculty at Boston University, Professor Beatty worked for several years as a legal aid lawyer, concentrating on general civil litigation. He also practiced in a private firm, where he concentrated on general civil litigation, including trials and appeals of tort, contract, employment, and property cases. Professor Beatty wrote television scripts and plays that were performed in Boston, London, and Amsterdam.

About this edition

• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1305507487
• ISBN 13: 9781305507487
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 936