Wear on the edges. Shipped the next business day! We own a small family book store and sell our extra books and media that have been on our shelfs for too long. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Business law and, more generally, the legal environment of business have universal applicability. A student entering virtually any flied business must have at least a passing understanding of business law in order to function in the real world. Additionally, students preparing for a career in accounting, government and political science, economics, and even medicine can fruitfully use much of the information they learn in a business law or legal environment course. Every individual throughout a lifetime can use knowledge of contracts, real property law, landlord-tenant relationships, and the like. Consequently, we have fashioned this text as a useful "tool for living" for all students (including those taking the CPA exam). KEY AREAS OF EMPHASIS To make sure that instructors and students alike can rely on the coverage, accuracy, and applicability of West's Business Law, we emphasize the following throughout the text: * Comprehensiveness?Virtually every important topic in business law and the legal environment is covered in this book. We have made the text extremely comprehensive to allow instructors complete flexibility in choosing those areas of the law and legal environment that they wish to emphasize. * Authoritativeness?Virtually every aspect of business law and the legal environment has been fully researched for inclusion in this text. Instructors can rely on its accuracy and can find references to case and statutory law, as needed, for any needed external authority. Complete parallel citations are given throughout the text. An extensive set of appendices includes the latest revisions to the UCC and other uniform codes and statutes. Accuracy is the watchword of West's Business Law. *Ethics?Because of the importance of ethics, there is an early chapter on the subject, with continuing references to ethics throughout. Business law and, more generally, the legal environment of business have universal applicability.