Business law : legal environment, online commerce, business ethics, and international issues / Henry R. Cheeseman, Professor Emeritus, Marshall School of Business. University of Southern California.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Legal heritage and the digital age -- Courts and jurisdiction -- Judicial, alternative, and e-dispute resolution -- Constitutional law for business and e-commerce -- Intentional torts and negligence -- Product and strict liability -- Intellectual property and cyber piracy -- Criminal law and cybercrime -- Nature of traditional and e-contracts -- Agreement -- Consideration and promissory estoppel -- Capacity and legality -- Genuineness of assent and undue influence -- Statute of frauds and equitable exceptions -- Third-party rights and discharge -- Breach of contract and remedies -- Digital law and e-commerce -- Formation of sales and lease contracts -- Title to goods and risk of loss -- Remedies for breach of sales and lease contracts -- Warranties -- Creation of negotiable instruments -- Holder in due course and transferability -- Liability, defenses, and discharge -- Banking system and electronic financial transactions.

Credit, real property financing, and debtor's rights -- Secured transactions -- Bankruptcy and reorganization -- Agency formation and termination -- Liability of principals, agents, and independent contractors -- Employment, worker protection, and immigration law -- Labor law -- Equal opportunity in employment -- Small business, entrepreneurship, and general partnerships -- Limited partnerships and special partnerships -- Corporate formation and financing -- Corporate governance and Sarbanes-Oxley act -- Corporate acquisitions and multinational corporations -- Limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships -- Franchise and special forms of business -- Investor protection and e-securities transactions -- Ethics and social responsibility of business -- Administrative law and regulatory agencies -- Consumer protection and product safety -- Environmental protection -- Antitrust law and unfair trade practices.

Personal property and bailment -- Real property -- Landlord-tenant law and land use regulation -- Insurance -- Accountants' duties and liability -- Wills, trusts, and estates -- Family law -- International and world trade law.