Customer Reviews

Business Law Today, Standard Edition

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This is an excellent text. It incorporates the law, as well as
legal research methodologies. For instance, a standard chapter
contains an outline, common law sources,constitutional,
statutory and administrative laws/rule-making. The work cites
computerized legal research in WESTLAW and LEXIS. Relevant
international legal citations are listed. The applicable
United States Code is cited by Title and specific paragraph.
In some cases, individual state legal codes are cited. There
are exhaustic sets of historical and statutory notes, cross
references and federal practice notes. Each chapter has a
comprehensive case study with a brief synopsis, cited case
and final disposition. There are teaching suggestions at the
end of the instructor's manual together with discussion
questions, research assignments and an explanation of footnotes.
In addition, there is an exhaustive section on essay question
answers.

Here is a model answer:
Stare decisis is a doctrine that prescribes following earlier
judicial decisions in deciding a current case if the facts and
questions are similar. Courts attempt to be consistent with their
own prior decisions and with the decisions of courts superior
to them. Stare decisis is important because part of the function
of law is to maintain stability. If the application of the law
was unpredictable, there would be no consistent rules to follow
and no stability.

The volume has detailed coverage of the following areas:
o Business Ethics o Int'l Business Law
o Employee Rights o Employment law
o Occupational safety o Accounting and the law
o Securities o Mergers and acquisitions
o Insurance o Real Estate
o Financial institutions o Unfair competition
o Advertising o Environmental law
o Health Care o Sports and entertainment
o Hospitality management o Communications
o Government contracts o Legal representation of business

There are significant software support systems; namely,
o Legal Clerk Research Software System
o Computerized Instructor's Manual
o Computerized Questions/Answers
o Case problems on diskette
o CD
o Lecture Builder Software
o Westest
o A Classroom Management System
o WESTrain
o Transparency Masters
o Sample Moot Court and much much more

This text is an excellent purchase for collegiate law students.

I am using this textbook in several of my classes, and let me just say- it has everything I could have hoped for. The chapters are laid out well, many cases are cited, and the student is given actual cases to figure out, with the citations given at the end so he can find the actual outcome. I've found this to be among the best textbooks. It is so good, in fact that I've reccomended it to several of my friends who are going into business for themselves. This covers nearly everything they'll need to know regarding contracts, secured transactions, warranties, etc.
Love the law!

I needed the book for class. I had bought one from my university's bookstore. I quickly returned it when one of classmates told me how much they paid for their book on Amazon. I saved well over $100. The seller shipped the book very quickly, I was very impressed with the entire process.

It's a textbook. That being said, it is filled with extra material, like case examples, a CD-ROM, etc. I didn't look at any of that because my business law class went at such a slow pace we only looked at about 10 of the chapters. If you are buying this for a class, you should come away with a lot of good information from this book without feeling it is too much of a boring chore to read through.

this product was in great shape and was a steal of a deal!!!! Thanks sooo much for the great deal! it was even packaged real good and came in on a timely manner.

The book is in good condition some highlighting, but I knew that in advance.
Delivery was before my class started, which was great.

Arrived prior to the confirmation date. Was a little worried because the book was ordered a week before the class and was shipped standard delivery. Book was received the day before the class started. Book in excellent condition.

Item ordered was received quickly, adequately packaged, was as described, no surprises. Thanks for a good transaction.

Needed this for my class- it's a good book- makes business law understandable for the lay person.

The reason I wasn't completly satified is even though it was new, there wasn't a code included that is needed for the online course that my school is going to use. This is supposed to come with the book. Also I wasn't aware that there are two different editions for the 7th edition. There is a comprehensive edition as well as standard. I have been able to adapt the book any way and my teacher is nice enough to help me work around the code problem or I would of been s.o.l.