Legal Environment of Business (FINA 2244)

Textbook Recommendation

Contemporary Business Law

by Henry R. Cheeseman

Business Law and the Legal Environment

by Jeffrey F. Beatty and Susan S. Samuelson

Criteria for Evaluation

Textbook Design Topic Coverage Opportunities for Follow Up

Research

Textbook Design Document Design – including fonts,

headings, visuals, table of contents, glossaries, and appendices.

Chapter Design – including introduction, summaries, and questions for reflection, etc.

Topic Coverage

The US System of Jurisprudence

Sources of Law Regulation of Business Principles of Tort Law,

Contracts, Labor Law, and Property

Opportunities for Follow Up Research

Websites CD/DVD ROMs Other Teaching Tools

Evaluation/AnalysisContemporary

Business Law

aka

the Contemporary text

Business Law and the Legal

Environment

aka

the Legal Environment text

Document DesignContemporary Legal

EnvironmentHeadings, Text, and

ListsGood Better

Graphics Ok BetterTable of Contents Bad BetterGlossary

and Appendices

Good Better

Case Table Comparison Contemporary Legal

Environment

Chapter DesignContemporary Legal

EnvironmentIntroduction Better Ok

Case Tables Better Brief

Summaries Good Better

Questions for

Reflection

Good Good

Topic Coverage

Both books provide in-depth knowledge of each critical

subject.But how is it arranged?

Topic LayoutContemporary Legal

EnvironmentUS System of Jurisprudence

Ch 1-3 Ch 1-3

Sources of Law Ch 1 Ch 1

Regulation of Business

Ch 1 & Unit V Ch 1 , 4 , Unit 6

Principles of Tort Ch 4-7 Ch 6 , 7 , 21 , 29 , 30

Principles of Contracts

Ch 8-15 Ch 10-18

Principles of Labor Law

Ch 31-32 Ch 30-31

Principles of Property Ch 5 & Unit VI Ch 5 & Unit 7

Opportunities for Further Research CD ROMs Purchasable Upgrades Online Legal Database Website Support Wall Street Journal package Slight edge to Contemporary

because there is less to pay for in upgrades.

Conclusion – The winner is… Better Chapter

Design Better Topic

Layout More

Opportunities for less.

Contemporary Business Law by Henry R. Cheeseman