Law
2023
Summer 2011 - Course Textbook
The name and ISBN for the custom textbook we
use in LAW 2023 is West`s Legal Environment of Business (Custom Version),
Cross and Miller, 7th Edition, ISBN 978-0-324-61396-4; the ISBN for the full hardcover textbook is 0-324-59000-8.
Either version will work for the course, although the custom version should be
less expensive.
As another option, you may
purchase an electronic version of the textbook for $6.49 per chapter.
Chapter 1 is free. We will cover 12 chapters this term. Thus,
the electronic textbook will cost around $71. See
Cengage
Brain for details. See the
textbook companion website for additional materials to assist in our course studies.
Also, you may rent a textbook at a reasonable price from companies like
Chegg, or at our local bookstores.
Research Tools
The Dean B. Ellis Library
Lexis/Nexis
Article Databases
Google Scholar
The writing lab at Purdue University -
Purdue OWL
Student Services and
Activities
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West's Legal Environment of
Business |
PowerPoint Slides |
Additional Chapter
Materials/Internet Links |
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Chapter 1 - Business and Its Legal Environment |
1. Pittman, Chapter 1 Slides
2.
Pittman,
Working and Analyzing
3. Pittman, Communication Skills |
1.
Chapter 1 Objectives
2.
Shannon v. Wilson
3.
Jackson v. Cadillac Club
4.
Arkansas Code Sections
5.
Archer v. Sigma Tau
6.
Laws of William
the Conqueror
7.
O. J. Simpson (video)
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Chapter 2 - The Court System |
Pittman, Chapter 2
Slides
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1.
Chapter 2 Objectives
2.
Arkansas Court
Structure
3. US Supreme Court Home Page
4. Hiring a
lawyer
5.
Jury Selection and expert witnesses (video)
6.
Six new states
seek to join multi-state health care reform challenge |
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Chapter
3 - Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution |
Pittman, Chapter 3 Slides
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1.
Chapter 3 Objectives
2. American Arbitration Association
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Chapter 4 - Ethics and Business Decision Making
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Pittman, Chapter 4 Slides
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1.
Chapter 4 Objectives
2.
George Washington Address
3.
Dennis Kozlowski: Prisoner 05A4820,and
Dennis Kozlowski
(wikipedia)
4. Fortune Magazine,
Corporate Convicts |
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Chapter 5 - Constitutional Law
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Pittman, Chapter 5 Slides
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1. Chapter 5 Objectives
2.
U.S. Constitution
3. Bad Frog
Beer
4.
Most Americans can't
name one Supreme Court justice
5.
Phelps v. Snyder
6.
Does First Amendment Protect Funeral Protests? (video - made before the
Supreme Court decision)
7.
Westboro Baptist Church (video)
8.
Corporate Political Speech
9.
Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act |
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Chapter 9 – Contract Formation |
Pittman, Chapter 9 Slides |
1.
Chapter 9 Objectives
2.
Contract Dispute Blog
3.
Pepsi Points
Case
4.
Sheen v. Lorre
5.
Arkansas Usury Law
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Chapter 12 – Torts and Cyber Torts
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Pittman, Tort
Law and Privacy |
1. Chapter 12 Objectives
2.
Justices Divided on Allowing Lawsuits
3.
Beautiful Cheerleader
Develops Dystonia After Receiving Vaccine (video) |
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Chapter 16 – Sole
Proprietorships, Franchises, and Partnerships |
Pittman, Chapter 16 Slides
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1.
Chapter 16 Objectives
2.
Business Enterprises
Chart
3.
Selected Arkansas Franchise Provisions |
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Chapter 18 - Corporations |
Pittman, Chapter 18 Slides |
1.
Chapter 18 Objectives
2. Arkansas Secretary of State
3.
Wrigley and Night Baseball |
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Chapter 19 - Agency |
Pittman, Chapter 19 Slides |
1.
Chapter 19 Objectives 2.
Employment Chart
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Chapter 20 – Employment Relationships |
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1.
Cognitive 20 Objectives
2.
Arkansas Whistleblower Law
3.
Arkansas Workers' Compensation Schedule |
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Chapter 21 - Employment Discrimination |
Pittman, Chapter 21 Slides |
1. Chapter 21
Objectives
2.
EEOC Newsroom |
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