Law for Business

by A. James Barnes, Terry M. Dworkin, Eric Richards, et al.

Book Overview

"For more than 38 years, Law for Business has set the standard as an easy-to-read textbook that provides students with the tools for understanding the legal environment of business. This, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007352493X
• ISBN13: 9780073524931
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Irwin/McGraw-Hill
• Length: 1040 Pages
• Weight: 4.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 8.0" x 10.3"

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Law for Business

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well organized

i took this class, the cases used and presneted and done so in an informative manner, i learned a lot just by reading the text

Good overview of business law

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.

Current, Thorough, and User-Friendly

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.