Brief Contents PART ONE Introduction to the Law and the Legal Environment of Business  1 Critical Thinking and Legal Reasoning  2 Introduction to Law and the Legal Environment of Business  3 The American Legal System  4 Alternative Tools of Dispute Resolution  5 Constitutional Principles  6 White-Collar Crime and the Business Community 7 Ethics, Social Responsibility, and the Business Manager  8 The International Legal Environment of Business  PART TWO Private Law and the Legal Environment of Business  9 The Law of Contracts and Sales—I  10 The Law of Contracts and Sales—II  11 The Law of Torts  12 Product and Service Liability Law 13 Law of Property: Real and Personal  14 Intellectual Property  15 Agency Law  16 Law and Business Associations—I  17 Law and Business Associations—II  PART THREE Public Law and the Legal Environment of Business  18 The Law of Administrative Agencies  19 The Employment Relationship  20 Laws Governing Labor–Management Relations 21 Employment Discrimination  22 Environmental Law  23 Rules Governing the Issuance and Trading of Securities  24 Antitrust Laws  25 Laws of Debtor–Creditor Relations and Consumer Protection  Appendix A  The Constitution Of the United States  Appendix B  Uniform Commercial Code (2000 Official Text), Article 2