The Fifth Edition of this popular text offers complete coverage of business law and its environment in a non-technical, straightforward style. (Coverage is less technical than that in Smith and Roberson, Ninth Edition.) Cases are summarized and integrated into the chapters. Legal issues and court decisions are carefully explained with a minimum of legal jargon. Essentials covers all required business law topics for the CPA exam. The Fifth Edition includes a chapter on environmental law and features The Law and You, Ethical Dilemmas, and Law in the News.
A less-expensive grayscale paperback version is available. Search for ISBN 9781680923018. Business Law I Essentials is a brief introductory textbook designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of courses on Business Law or the Legal Environment of Business. The concepts are presented in a streamlined manner, and cover the key concepts necessary to establish a strong foundation in the subject. The textbook follows a traditional approach to the study of business law. Each chapter contains learning objectives, explanatory narrative and concepts, references for further reading, and end-of-chapter questions. Business Law I Essentials may need to be supplemented with additional content, cases, or related materials, and is offered as a foundational resource that focuses on the baseline concepts, issues, and approaches.
The study guide includes chapter outlines, fill-in-the-blank vocabulary questions, true/false questions, and multiple-choice questions to aid student in studying.
Study Guide to Accompany Gwartney, Stroup, and Clark's Essentials of Economics, Second Edition provides additional features which can be used as reference for students who are using the textbook "Essentials of Economics, Second Edition." The book sections contain self-tests and challenge questions which are so designed that the student who can answer the self-test questions will consistently be able to answer those found in the "Instructor's Manual and Test Bank." The text encourages the student to follow four steps to get the most out of the study guide. The student should follow these steps: (1) Actively participate in the learning process; (2) Seek out prompt, accurate feedback regarding what the student has learned; (3) Learn the relevance of the concepts; and (4) Learn to address economic issues and policies critically. The book covers question topics, such as supply, demand, market process, public sector, aggregate demand, and equilibrium in a simple Keynesian model. The book also deals with questions and problems on skill acquisition, job market, and gains from international trade. The text will be a valuable aid to many students of economics whether they are economics majors are just taking the subject as a requirement in another course. Professors and lecturers of economics and business courses will also benefit from it.
This study guide provides a chapter-by-chapter review of Business Law Today. The chapter-by-chapter review offers the following for each chapter of the text: Key point covered in each chapter; Brief chapter introduction; Chapter outline; True-false questions; Fill-in questions; Multiple-choice questions; Short essay problems; Issue spotters; Answers to all of the questions and issue spotters are found in a separate appendix at the end of the Study Guide; a section entitled Uniform CPA Business Law Examination Information.
