Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Contemporary Business and Online Commerce Law or Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Contemporary Business and Online Commerce Law: Legal, Internet, Ethical, and Global Environments

Author: Henry R Cheeseman

KEY BENEFIT: This book provides the richest selection of landmark (traditional) and contemporary (within the last three years) cases for business students, including more cases on information technology and e-commerce law than any other book. Topics present a summarized/brief approach to cases.

KEY TOPICS: This edition contains over 75 new cases that have been decided in the past three years, including ones covering IT and e-Commerce — dedicated chapters cover Intellectual Property and Internet Law, and Electronic Commerce and Information Technology Licensing. Over 45 “Online Commerce & Internet Law” boxes focus on the legal issues businesses face as they either launch new Internet ventures or rise to the challenge of incorporating on-line technologies into their existing business models.

MARKET: For those in Business Law professions.



Table of Contents:

Unit I–Legal, Ethical, and Digital Environment

 Chapter 1…Legal Heritage and the Information Age

 Chapter 2…Constitutional Law for Business and E-Commerce

 Chapter 3…Court Systems and Jurisdiction

 Chapter 4…Judicial, Administrative, Alternative, and Online Dispute Resolution

 Chapter 5…Torts and Cyber Torts

 Chapter 6…Criminal Law and White Collar Crime

 Chapter 7…Intellectual Property

 Chapter 8…Ethics of Managers and Social Responsibility of Business

Unit II–Contracts and E-Commerce

 Chapter 9…Nature of Traditional and Online Commerce

Chapter 10…Agreement and Consideration

Chapter 11…Capacity and Legality

Chapter 12…Genuineness of Assent and Statute of Frauds

Chapter 13…Third Party Rights and Discharge

Chapter 14…Remedies for Breach of Traditional and E-Contracts

Chapter 15…Internet Law and E-Commerce

Unit III–Sales Contracts, Leases, and Product Liability

Chapter 16…Formation of Sales and Lease Contracts

Chapter 17…Performance of Sales and Lease Contracts

Chapter 18…Remedies for Breach of Sales and Lease Contracts

Chapter 19…Warranties and Product Liability

Unit IV–Negotiable Instruments and Electronic Banking

Chapter 20…Negotiability and Transferability

Chapter 21…Holder in Due Course and Liability of Parties

Chapter 22…Checks, Banking System, and E-Money

Unit V–Credit and Bankruptcy

Chapter 23…Credit and Secured Transactions

Chapter 24…Bankruptcy andReorganization

Unit VI–Business Organizations and Investor Protection

Chapter 25…Agency Relationships

Chapter 26…Sole Proprietorships, General and Limited Partnerships

Chapter 27…Corporate Formation and Financing

Chapter 28…Corporate Shareholders, Directors and Officers

Chapter 29…Corporate Acquisitions and Multinational Corporations

Chapter 30…Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships

Chapter 31…Franchises and Special Forms of Business

Chapter 32…Investor Protection and Online Securities Transactions

Unit VII–Government Regulation and Employment Law

Chapter 33…Antitrust Law

Chapter 34…Consumer Protection and Environmental Law

Chapter 35…Employment, Worker Protection, and Labor Law

Chapter 36…Equal Opportunity in Employment

Unit VIII–Property, Insurance, and Estates

Chapter 37…Personal Property, Bailment, and Insurance

Chapter 38…Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Law

Chapter 39…Family Law, Wills, and Trusts

Unit IX–Accounting Profession

Chapter 40…Accountant’s Liability

Unit X

Chapter 41…International and World Trade Law

 

Book review: Marketing Public Health or Ethics in the WorkPlace

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Author: Tom Tietenberg

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, 8/e  takes a policy-oriented approach, introducing economic theory in the context of debates and empirical work from the field. Students leave the course with a global perspective of both environmental and natural resource economics.

Visions of the Future; Valuing the Environment: Concepts; Valuing the Environment: Methods; Property Rights, Externalities, and Environmental Problems; Dynamic Efficiency and Sustainable Development; The Population Problem; The Allocation of Depletable and Renewable Resources: An Overview; Energy: the Transition From Depletable to Renewable Resources; Recyclable Resources: Minerals, Paper, Bottles, and E-Waste; Replenishable but Depletable Resources: Water; Land; Reproducible Private-Property Resources: Agriculture; Storable, Renewable Resources: Forests; Common-Pool Resources: Fisheries and Other Commercially Valuable Species; Economics of Pollution Control: An Overview; Stationary-Source Local Air Pollution; Regional and Global Air Pollutants: Acid Rain and Atmospheric Modification; Mobile-Source Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Toxic Substances; Environmental Justice; Development, Poverty, and the Environment; The Quest for Sustainable Development; Visions of the Future Revisited.

For all readers interested in environmental and natural resource economics.

Booknews

An introduction to the study of environmental and natural resource economics, designed to be accessible to students who have completed a two-semester introductory course in economics or a one-semester introductory microeconomics course. Treats intertemporal optimization within a discrete-time, mathematical programming framework, relegating mathematics beyond simple algebra to appendices, and includes exercises, answers, and discussion questions. This fourth edition continues the trend toward a more international focus, and adds a chapter on environmental justice. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



Table of Contents:

1 Visions of the Future 1

2 Valuing the Environment: Concepts 14

3 Valuing the Environment: Methods 34

4 Property Rights, Externalities, and Environmental Problems 65

5 Dynamic Efficiency and Sustainable Development 92

6 The Population Problem 108

7 The Allocation of Depletable and Renewable Resources: An Overview 134

8 Energy: The Transition from Depletable to Renewable Resources 156

9 Recyclable Resources: Minerals, Paper, Bottles, and E-Waste 192

10 Replenishable but Depletable Resources: Water 215

11 Land 243

12 Reproducible Private-Property Resources: Agriculture 267

13 Storable, Renewable Resources: Forests 296

14 Common-Pool Resources: Fisheries and Other Commercially Valuable Species 322

15 Economics of Pollution Control: An Overview 356

16 Stationary-Source Local Air Pollution 390

17 Regional and Global Air Pollutants: Acid Rain and Atmospheric Modification 413

18 Mobile-Source Air Pollution 438

19 Water Pollution 463

20 Toxic Substances 495

21 Environmental Justice 523

22 Development, Poverty, and the Environment 549

23 The Quest for Sustainable Development 577

24 Visions of the Future Revisited 603

Problem Set Answers 615

Glossary 622

Name Index 634

Subject Index 640

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