Law for Business [Hardcover]

A. James Barnes (Author), Terry M. Dworkin (Author), Eric Richards (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 007297611X | ISBN-13: 978-0072976113 | Publication Date: April 8, 2005 | Edition: 9

For over 20 years, Law for Business has gone well beyond merely identifying the current legal rules and regulations affecting business by offering insights into new developments and trends that will affect the future of business. It has provided students with a comprehensive, yet concise treatment of the legal issues of fundamental importance to business students and the business profession. The cases, which have always been a strong feature, are edited and re-written by the authors, who divide the material into three categories: facts, issues, decisions. The authors, Barnes, Dworkin, and Richards, choose cases that are appropriate to explain precedent and history as well as include "hot topic" cases that relate to current events. In addition to case applications, the authors use such techniques as content summaries to apply concepts to practice. Effective managers and employees must develop knowledge of both law and business because people involved in business also are involved in, and greatly affected by, the laws concerning business..

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About the Author

A. James Barnes is Dean and Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. He previously won a distinguished teaching award from Indiana University�s School of Business.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1040 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 9 edition (April 8, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007297611X
• ISBN-13: 978-0072976113
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #19 in Books > Law > English Law > Business
  • #75 in Books > Law > Business > Franchising

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overview of business law, October 8, 2002

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Rose (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Law for Business (Hardcover)

I realize that many of you buying this book won't have a choice about it--it's probably required for a class you are taking and don't much care how good or bad the book it because you need it regardless. However, for those of you who do have a choice:

This textbook has 9 Parts (Intro to law, Contracts, Sales, Agency and Employment, Business Organizations, Property, Commerial Paper, Credit Transactions, Government Regulation) with a total of 48 chapters.

The format of the book, along with the firgures and tables, makes the book easy to read. When applicable, there is a case relating the law described to a real-world situation or a box with ethical considerations and questions. Additionally, the problems at the end of each chapter explore the issues and make students think of both sides of the arguement.

However, in certain areas when describing the law, the text can be vague. The authors could do better making it clear when and how a law is applicable. There are many times when doing the problems where I would look up the case or the issues involved online to get a complete picture.

Overall, a good textbook, especially with supplemental material to be given during lecture.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Current, Thorough, and User-Friendly, March 25, 2002

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Mack_T_Knife "dbmcsd" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Law for Business (Hardcover)

In my opinion, this is the finest business law textbook on the market. It contains well-edited cases for discussion, cogent analysis of policy and legal history, and easy-to-read flowcharts that help students go through the legal reasoning steps.

It is extremely user friendly to both the lay student and instructor. In addition to the core contract law chapters, it contains chapters summarizing all the main substantive areas of law (and even contains a chapter on the new field of Cyberlaw).

The supporting instructor materials and test bank are excellent. I highly recommend this text. It is well worth the price.

The authors are professors from the Indiana University School of Business, one of the top 5 business schools in the world.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good textbook, October 8, 2010

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This review is from: Law for Business (Hardcover)

I like this textbook a lot even though it's a textbook. It uses a lot of sample trials to further explain and clarify points of interest. My one dislike about the book is the treatment of vocabulary. There are some words that are in bold in the text, but they are not included in the glossary. Some words aren't defined directly in the text even though they are in bold, but they are included in the glossary; and some words that seem very important are only in italics. However, overall I think it does a really good job of making this information as clear and easy to understand as possible and I really like the example cases. The questions at the end of the chapters are also very useful and can help review the main points of the chapter.