Business Law and the Legal Environment for a New Century or Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan

Business Law and the Legal Environment for a New Century

Author: Jeffery Beatty

No other text conveys such a passion for this exciting and profoundly important discipline. This comprehensive text meets all AACSB curriculum standards, while providing excellent CPA exam preparation. A focus on human conflict makes the book sparkle. Innovative, story-telling pedagogy; fascinating cases; and business applications create student interest, while cases are summarized in the authors' own words. The result is a business law text that is authoritative and accurate, yet a pleasure to read.

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This text provides coverage of the complex field of business law, including rapidly evolving issues such as cyberlaw, international law, UCC revisions, and other current topics. Beatty and Samuelson of Boston U. present 50 chapters that discuss the legal environment, contracts, commercial transactions, agency and employment law, business organizations, government regulation, and property and cyberlaw. Each chapter begins with a story to illustrate and provide context for the issues under discussion, followed by "nuts and bolts" information. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

UNIT I: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT. 1. Introduction to Law. 2. Dispute Resolution. 3. Common Law, Statutory Law, and Administrative Law. 4. Constitutional Law. 5. Intentional Torts and Business Torts. 6. Negligence and Strict Liability. 7. Crime. 8. International Law. 9. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility. UNIT II: CONTRACTS. 10. Introduction to Contracts. 11. Agreement. 12. Consideration. 13. Legality. 14. Capacity and Consent. 15. Written Contracts. 16. Third Parties. 17. Performance and Discharge. 18. Remedies. UNIT III: COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 19. Introduction to Sales. 20. Ownership and Risk. 21. Warranties and Product Liability. 22. Performance and Remedies. 23. Creating a Negotiable Instrument. 24. Liability for Negotiable Instruments. 25. Liability for Negotiable Instruments: Banks and Their Customers. 26. Secured Transactions. 27. Bankruptcy. UNIT IV: AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT LAW. 28. Agency: The Inside Relationship. 29. Agency: The Outside Relationship. 30. Employment Law. 31. Labor Law. UNIT V: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS. 32. Starting a Business. 33. Life and Death of a Partnership. 34. Partnership in Operation. 35. Life and Death of a Corporation. 36. Corporate Management. 37. Shareholders. 38. Securities Regulation. 39. Accountants: Liability and Professional Responsibility. UNIT VI: GOVERNMENT REGULATION. 40. Antitrust: Law and Competitive Strategy, Part I. 41. Antitrust: Law and Competitive Strategy, Part II. 42. Consumer Law. 43. Environmental Law. UNIT VII: PROPERTY. 44. Intellectual Property. 45. Real Property. 46. Landlord-Tenant. 47. Personal Property. 48. Estate Planning. 49. Insurance. APPENDICES: A. TheConstitution of The United States. B. Uniform Commercial Code. GLOSSARY. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE TESTS. TABLE OF CASES. INDEX.

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Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan

Author: Magnus Blomstrom

As Japan's decade-long economic stagnation continues, there has been much analysis of the immediate macroeconomic problems that confront the Japanese economy. This book looks past the short-run challenges to the future of Japan and highlights the intermediate and longer-term issues that country faces.
In this, the first book-length academic treatment of this important issue, a team of notable contributors present nine papers, offering a comprehensive assessment of those economic difficulties and addressing a range of specific issues, from financial restructuring and the impact of the aging Japanese population to corporate behavior, public lending, employment practices, and innovative capacity. In each paper, contributors clearly identify and outline problems and concerns, carefully pose provocative questions, and in many instances present concrete suggestions for improvement.
The resulting volume is a timely and important examination of critical issues for Japan's stalling economy, packed with both telling data and expert analysis and offering valuable perspectives on Japan's current obstacles.