The Complete Guide to Roszkowski's Business Law

THE TEXT

Business Law:  Principles, Cases, and Policyis characterized by the quality of its presentation and production.  Professor Roszkowski recognized early on that student learning is based on the quality of the text– how well written it is, how well it explains the concepts, how many examples and illustrations it contains, how well organized it is, and how comprehensive and thorough it is.  See the Table of Contents. 
Business Law:  Principles, Cases, and Policy is first and foremost a textbook.  It allows you to teach your class without having to spend class time supplementing, correcting, or explaining the material in the text.  With Business Law:  Principles, Cases, and Policy, you can rely on the text to provide the basics, freeing you to do what you want with your class time.  Business Law:  Principles, Cases, and Policy also is unapologetically a law book.  It has a real cloth cover, the highest quality paper and is printed in an easy to read double-column format using classic Times-Roman typeface.

CASES

Professor Roszkowski also recognizes the importance of excerpted court cases in teaching legal topics.  To this end, Business Law:  Principles, Cases, and Policy contains the finest selection of edited cases appearing in any business law text.  These cases are integrated throughout the text material, and include a mix of state and federal court cases.  They include both classic and recently decided cases.  These are real cases, not mere case briefs or summaries.  The facts and procedural history are first stated by the authors, followed by a substantial excerpt from the court’s opinion.  This approach provides the student with a good illustration of legal reasoning and analysis in operation and provides a basis for class discussion.

It is important to note that the cases in this book are designed to reinforce and illustrate the concepts explained in the text.  They are not a substitute for adequate text coverage of the topic presented.  Thus, students will learn the material by reading the text, whether or not you decide to assign the case relating to the material or discuss it in class.

Business Law:  Principles, Cases, and Policy has the finest set of ancillaries available for any text.

New to this edition

• Revised text discussing Incoterms 2010 shipping terms published by the International Chamber of Commerce (Chapter 16 and Appendix B).
• New coverage of Credit CARD Act of 2009, amending the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act (Chapter 27).
• New coverage of 2009 amendments to the Federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act regulating prepaid gift cards (Chapter 27).
• New section on the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, which created the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Chapter 28).
• New material on eminent domain law involving takings of property for private economic redevelopment (Chapter 38).
• Revised coverage of Rule 144, reflecting 2008 amendments (Chapter 49).
• Revised material on vertical restraints of trade under §1 of the Sherman Act (Chapter 51).
• Revised material reflecting the 2008 amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act (Chapter 53).
• Revised text incorporating the 2008 amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (Chapter 54).
• New section covering the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (Chapter 54).
• Coverage of the 2010 adoption by the IRS of comprehensive regulations governing paid tax return preparers (Chapter 56).
• Coverage of the 2006 amendments to the Federal Trademark Dilution Act (Chapter 59).
• New section on online contracting (Chapter 59).
• Expanded coverage of personal jurisdiction arising through use of Internet websites (Chapter 59).