Focus on the basics of business law principles and how these concepts apply in business today with Miller's "Business Law: Text & Exercises," 11th Edition. Each chapter concentrates on one important topic with straightforward descriptions, everyday examples and updates that reflect the latest legal developments. Explore specific points of law and their underlying concepts as you examine the law at work in actual life and business situations. Concise chapters are punctuated with updated and new illustrative examples, real law applications and real case summaries. Learn how to resolve legal conflicts, make ethical decisions and even consider the legal aspects of your career choices. Each chapter’s learning tools clarify contemporary legal principles in a practical presentation that ensures a solid understanding of business law.
Part I: THE LAW AND OUR LEGAL SYSTEM.
1. Introduction to the Law.
2. Ethics in Business.
3. The Courts and Our Legal System.
4. Constitutional Law.
5. Business Torts.
6. Intellectual Property.
7. Business Crimes.
Part II: CONTRACTS.
8. Introduction to Contracts.
9. Offer and Acceptance.
10. Consideration.
11.Capacity.
12. The Legality of Agreements.
13. Voluntary Consent.
14. Contracts That Must Be in Writing.
15. Third Party Rights.
16. Termination and Remedies.
Part III: SALES AND LEASES.
17. Introduction to Sales and Lease Contracts.
18. Title and Risk of Loss.
19. Performance and Breach.
20. Warranties and Product Liability.
21. Consumer Protection.
Part IV: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.
22. The Essentials of Negotiability.
23. Negotiable Instruments: Transfer and Liability.
24. Banking.
Part V: AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT.
25. Agency Relationships.
26. Employment, Immigration, and Labor Law.
27. Employment Discrimination.
Part VI: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS.
28. Types of Business Organizations.
29. Formation and Ownership of a Corporation.
30. Management of a Corporation.
31. Combining and Dissolving a Corporation.
Part VII: CREDIT AND RISK.
32. Security Interests and Creditors’ Remedies.
33. Mortgages.
34. Bankruptcy.
35. Insurance.
Part VIII: PROPERTY.
36. Personal Property.
37. Bailments.
38. Real Property.
39. Landlord and Tenant Law.
40. Wills and Trusts.
Part IX: SPECIAL TOPICS.
41. Administrative Law.
42. Environmental Law.
43. Antitrust Law.
44. International and Space Law.
APPENDICES.
Appendix A: Answers to the Issue Spotters.
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Roger LeRoy Miller
Roger LeRoy Miller, Ph.D. has served on the faculty of several universities, including the University of Washington, Clemson University, and the University of Miami School of Law. As a professor, he has taught intellectual property law and entertainment law, among other subjects. A widely published and respected author, his work has appeared in the Insurance Counsel Journal, Defense Research, California Trial Lawyers Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, Wisconsin Law Review, and Connecticut Law Review. He has authored or co-authored numerous authoritative textbooks on law, including BUSINESS LAW: TEXT & CASES; BUSINESS LAW TODAY: TEXT & SUMMARIZED CASES; and THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT TODAY. Professor Miller completed his studies at the University of California at Berkeley and University of Chicago.
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The new “Environmental Law” chapter gives instructors the opportunity to introduce students to an area of the law that is of vital importance in today’s business law landscape.
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14 new Conflict Presented features, 19 new Real Case features from 2024 and 2025, 14 new Highlighting the Point features and 21 new in-text examples are included.
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49 new end-of-chapter Real Law questions and 35 new end-of-chapter Ethical Questions are included.
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Straight to the Point sections in every chapter emphasize key concepts by presenting several questions drawn from chapter-specific concepts, definitions or points of law.
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Recent 2024–2025 Real Law case problems emphasize the latest developments. Every chapter includes a new Real Law case problem based on a 2022, 2023 or 2025 case.
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Ethical questions drawn from recent cases appear in every chapter, highlighting the evolving, important issue of business ethics.
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Real Case features allow students to read through case summaries containing brief facts and legal issues of actual recent cases and see how courts apply legal principles.
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Conflict Presented/Conflict Resolved features engage students with intriguing legal questions that are answered as students read the chapter.
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