Includes bibliographical references and index.

Critical thinking and legal reasoning -- Introduction to law and the legal environment of business -- The American legal system -- Alternative tools of dispute resolution -- Constitutional principles -- Cyberlaw and business -- White-collar crime and the business community -- Ethics, social responsibility, and the business manager -- The international legal environment of business -- The law of contracts and sales-I -- The law of contracts and sales-II -- The law of torts -- Product and service liability law -- Law of property : real, personal, and intellectual -- Agency law -- Law and business associations -- The law of administrative agencies -- The employment relationship -- Laws governing labor - management relations -- Employment discrimination -- Environmental law -- Rules governing the issuance and trading of securities -- Antitrust laws -- Laws of debtor-creditor relations and consumer protection.