J. Adamson – Law for Business and Personal Use (18th edition)

Автор: J. Adamson
Название книги: Law for Business and Personal Use (18th edition)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Юриспруденция и право
Страницы: 681
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

You will soon find business law is one of
your most valuable subjects. You will study
true situations that show how business
and personal law impacts not only business, but
the lives of young people and adults as well. The
learning package will help you achieve an understanding
of legal principles you will use throughout
your life. Use the following plan to help you
effectively study Law for Business and Personal Use.
How to Study the Textbook
• Each chapter opens with a Hot Debate. Read
the Hot Debate scenario and then discuss with
your class the questions that go along with it.
• Each chapter is divided into two or three lessons.
Each lesson has a list of Goals at the
beginning. Read the Goals and then scan the
lesson to see where each goal is addressed.
• Read each lesson slowly and carefully. Make
notes of important points. In the Student
Activities and Study Guide, there is an outline
of every lesson to help you take notes.
• Each main topic heading is followed by a What’s
Your Verdict? scenario. Try to answer the question.
Then read the following paragraphs to
learn the law that applies to What’s Your Verdict?
before you go on to the next topic.
• As you read, apply what you learn to your
own experiences or those of your family and
friends. Think about situations within your
own experience to which the law applies.
• At the end of each main topic section, ask
yourself the Checkpoint question to review the
material.
• After you have carefully studied the lesson,
complete the exercises in Think About Legal
Concepts and Think Critically About Evidence.
• After you complete all the lessons in a chapter,
read the Concepts in Brief to refresh your
memory. Then complete Your Legal Vocabulary,
Review Legal Concepts, Write About Legal
Concepts, Make Academic Connections, and
Analyze Real Cases.
• The exercises in Think Critically About
Evidence help you apply what you learned in
the chapter. Analyze Real Cases allows you to
work with the facts from real lawsuits related
to the topics in each chapter.
Special Features
• A Question of Ethics presents ethical issues
that arise within the legal framework.
• Cyberlaw discusses emerging legal aspects of
the Internet and e-commerce.
• Economic Impact discusses a situation in
which the law is affected by a certain economic
circumstance.
• Global Issues illustrates legal procedures and
issues in other nations.
• Hot Debate promotes thoughtful discussion
of important legal issues.
• In This Case demonstrates legal principles and
concepts through hypothetical situations.
• Law Brief provides unusual or interesting facts
or ideas related to the law.
• Legal Research helps you investigate issues
relating to federal, state, and local laws using
Internet and library resources.
• Net Bookmark encourages you to use the
Internet for research. Find the URLs you need
to complete the research on the Xtra! web site
at school.cengage.com/blaw/lawxtra.
• Planning a Career in Law introduces you to
seven law-related careers within various career
clusters.
• Online Research gives you a scenario and
then instructs you to use the Findlaw web site
to answer questions about it.
• What’s Your Verdict? motivates you to learn
new legal concepts.

Real-World Cases
• Case for Legal Thinking presents important
real-world cases for analysis and discussion.
• Sports & Entertainment Law presents cases
involving sports and entertainment figures.
Projects
• Entrepreneurs and the Law allows you to
apply the law to a start-up business situation.
• Community Action provides ideas for getting
involved and making a difference in your
local, national, and global communities.
• Winning Edge helps you prepare for business
law-related FBLA and BPA competitive events.
How to Analyze Legal Situations
Following each lesson and each chapter you will
find a number of legal situations in Think Critically
About Evidence. You also will find actual cases that
have been decided by courts in Analyze Real Cases,
Case for Legal Thinking, and Sports & Entertainment
Law. You may use the same method to analyze all
of these exercises. To answer the question raised,
first read it carefully. Be sure you understand the
question and the facts involved. Then determine
the rule of law involved and reach a decision. You
will find it helpful to answer these questions.
• What are the facts?
• What is the disputed point?
• What rule of law is involved?
• How does this rule apply to the facts?
• What is the answer or decision?
How to Analyze Ethical Situations
An ethical dilemma is posed in A Question
of Ethics. You can use the ethical frameworks
described in Lesson 1-3 to analyze these dilemmas.
To analyze the dilemmas using ethical reasoning
based on consequences,
• Describe alternative actions that would
improve the situation.
• Forecast consequences that would flow from
each alternative described.
• Evaluate the consequences for each alternative
by selecting a standard for judging right or
wrong consequences.
To analyze the dilemmas using fundamental ethical
rules,
• “Universalize” the action in question.
• Determine whether the action is irrational,
illogical, or self-defeating.
How to Read Case Citations
Law cases are referenced in a way that makes
them easy to find. There are three parts to a citation.
For example, 28 A2d 309 identifies (1) a
series of law books, (2) one volume in that series,
and (3) the page where the case begins. In the
example, A2d identifies the series of books that
report the decisions of certain courts. The A
stands for Atlantic Reporter, a series that reports
the cases of appellate courts in the North Atlantic
Region. The 2d indicates that the case appears in
the second series of the Atlantic Reporter. The 28
in this example citation refers to Volume 28 in
the series. The case begins on page 309.