Law, Business, and Society (Irwin Legal Studies in Business) [Hardcover]

Tony McAdams (Author), James Freeman (Author), Laura Pincus (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0256141665 | ISBN-13: 978-0256141665 | Publication Date: February 1995 | Edition: 4th

Don’t Just Learn the Law, Learn the Law in Context!

In the tenth edition of Law, Business, and Society, Tony McAdams discusses the role of the market, ethics/social responsibility, and the law in regulating the complex relationship between business and the larger society. McAdams examines whether the market and ethics/social responsibility have failed, and if government intervention is needed to maintain a healthy relationship between business practice and society’s general welfare. The text serves as a general introduction to the legal system, including chapters on constitutional law, the common law of contracts and torts, and employment law. The closely written narrative, edited law cases, contemporary vignettes from daily life and an abundance of thought-provoking questions help convey key points. In addition, Law, Business, and Society precisely conforms to AACSB International accreditation expectations.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Laura P. Hartman was formerly an Assistant Professor of Business Law at DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business where she received the university’s excellence in teaching Award. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School. She then held the Grainger Chair of Business Ethics at the University of Wisconsin --- Madison. She is currently a Vice President at DePaul University.ity.ity. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 896 pages
• Publisher: Richard D Irwin; 4th edition (February 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0256141665
• ISBN-13: 978-0256141665
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,250,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Principles of Law, July 28, 2008

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Scott (Lexington, KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Law, Business, and Society (Hardcover)

This book serves as a good introduction and overview of the major laws governing business in the U.S. However, more than just an intro to law, I believe the authors' intentions (if not made evident by Amazon's description) were teaching the reader how to think like a judge or lawyer, by giving them the legal foundation necessary and laying the groundwork for specific laws, not giving thorough and exhaustive coverage of the laws themselves, which takes a much bigger book. Through its presentation of many case files used to show a real-life judicial decision-making process pertaining to the topic at hand (contracts, employment law, etc.), I believe the book does a good job at developing these principles of (common) law. The only problem is, they leave most of this part up to you, merely presenting the cases but not discussing them, instead talking about some major laws in the bulk of the text. But it matters not, as long as the cases themselves are useful, which they were. For complete coverage of the ACTUAL laws (particularly the intricacies of statutory law and also the uniform commercial code (which, for a business law book I found sorely lacking no matter the intentions)), I guess I will have to look into getting one of those dreaded bigger books.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of Law, Business, and Society, May 15, 2000

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Steve Erfle - See all my reviews

This review is from: Law, Business & Society (Hardcover)

McAdams, et. al. provide an interesting mix of economics, law, business, and ethics in this textbook aimed at upper level undergraduates. This interdiscplinary approach is especially appropriate for business courses which should examine these issues from multiple perspectives. My only reservation is that perhaps too much emphasis is placed on the legal dimension within the text.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Buy, March 24, 2006

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Samuel D. Sullivan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Law, business and Society with powerweb (Hardcover)

The book has no color at all, everything is in black and white; also the case files found in the book are briefed and are poor reflections from the orginal public documents. I had to buy this book for a college class, it was cheaper here than in the school book store but I feel the book is only worth $20.