{"data":[{"id":596,"title":"American Contract Law for a Global Age","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2017,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":[],"description":"American Contract Law for a Global Age by Franklin G. Snyder and Mark Edwin Burge of Texas A\u0026M University School of Law is a casebook designed primarily for the first-year Contracts course as it is taught in American law schools, but is configured so as to be usable either as a primary text or a supplement in any upper-level U.S. or foreign class that seeks to introduce American contract law to students. As an eLangdell text, it offers maximum flexibility for students to read either in hard copy or electronic format on most electronic devices. Why “American” Contract Law? Nearly all American contract law texts focus on U.S. law. This volume simply makes that focus explicit. Modern American lawyers face an increasingly global world, and the book makes it clear that American law is not the only important commercial law regime in the world. But much of the value that the cosmopolitan and transnational American-trained lawyer brings to the table is an understanding of the contract law of the United States. To this end, the venerable English cases that exemplify common law doctrine are here presented not in their hoary 19th century settings. but in the 21st century forms that students can intuitively grasp.","contributors":[{"id":4659,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Mark","middle_name":"Edwin","last_name":"Burge","location":null,"background_text":"Mark Edwin Burge is Professor of Law and Director of San Antonio Programs at Texas A\u0026M University School of Law, where he teaches Contracts, Payment Systems, and practice skills courses, including Contract Drafting. His scholarship focuses on commercial law, emerging payment systems, and legal pedagogy. Prior to entering teaching in 2005, he practiced in the area of business and commercial litigation and related transactions, including representation of financial institutions victimized by kiting and other negotiable instrument fraud schemes. Burge is a Contributing Editor to ContractsProf Blog, President of the Central States Law Schools Association (2017-2018), and a member of the Legal Writing Institute."},{"id":4660,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Franklin","middle_name":"G.","last_name":"Snyder","location":null,"background_text":"Franklin G. Snyder is Professor of Law at Texas A\u0026M University School of Law, where he has taught Contracts and Business Associations since 2000. He also has taught as a visiting professor at the law schools at Notre Dame, Temple University, and the University of Idaho. Prior to entering teaching, he was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham \u0026 Watkins and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Professor Snyder is the founder of the annual International Conference on Contracts, now in its thirteenth year, and Co-Founder and Editor Emeritus of the ContractsProf blog. He is one of the co-revisers of the new edition of the popular White \u0026 Summers UCC Hornbook series by West Academic, the first volume of which, Principles of Sales Law (2d ed.), was published in 2017. He is also co-editor of the book, Harry Potter and the Law."}],"subjects":[{"id":64,"name":"Contract Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K7265","visible_textbooks_count":25,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/environmental-law"},{"id":11,"name":"Law","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"KF385.A4","visible_textbooks_count":99,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/law"}],"publishers":[{"id":574,"url":"https://www.cali.org/","year":2017,"created_at":"2018-09-07T12:22:41.000-05:00","updated_at":"2020-11-15T02:08:40.000-06:00","name":"CALI's eLangdell® Press"}],"formats":[{"id":997,"type":"PDF","url":"https://www.cali.org/sites/default/files/FINAL-Word-Snyder-Burge-Contracts-12-15-2017_0.pdf","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":998,"type":"eBook","url":"https://www.cali.org/sites/default/files/AmericanContractLawSnyderBurge-EPUB2-2017Dec19.epub","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":1874,"type":"MS Word","url":"https://www.cali.org/sites/default/files/FINAL-Word-Snyder-Burge-Contracts-12-15-2017_0.docx","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":4703,"type":"Hardcopy","url":"https://www.lulu.com/shop/mark-edwin-burge-and-franklin-snyder/american-contract-law-for-a-global-age/paperback/product-1y5gmzyr.html?page=1\u0026pageSize=4","price":{"cents":2352,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":null,"textbook_reviews_count":0,"reviews":[],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/american-contract-law-for-a-global-age","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:30:35.000-06:00"},{"id":273,"title":"Business Law and the Legal Environment","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2012,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"Our goal is to provide students with a textbook that is up to date and comprehensive in its coverage of legal and regulatory issues—and organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. This book engages students by relating law to everyday events with which they are already familiar (or with which they are familiarizing themselves in other business courses) and by its clear, concise, and readable style. (An earlier business law text by authors Lieberman and Siedel was hailed “the best written text in a very crowded field.”) This textbook provides context and essential concepts across the entire range of legal issues with which managers and business executives must grapple. The text provides the vocabulary and legal acumen necessary for businesspeople to talk in an educated way to their customers, employees, suppliers, government officials—and to their own lawyers.","contributors":[{"id":3070,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Don","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Mayer","location":"University of Miami","background_text":"Don Mayer teaches law, ethics, public policy, and sustainability at the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, where he is professor in residence. His research focuses on the role of business in creating a more just, sustainable, peaceful, and productive world. With James O’Toole, Professor Mayer has coedited and contributed content to Good Business: Exercising Effective and Ethical Leadership (Routledge, 2010). He is also coauthor of International Business Law: Cases and Materials, which is in its fifth edition with Pearson Publishing Company. He recently served as the first Arsht Visiting Ethics Scholar at the University of Miami."},{"id":3071,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Daniel","middle_name":"M.","last_name":"Warner","location":"Western Washington University","background_text":"Daniel M. Warner is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Washington, where–following military service–he also attended law school. In 1978, after several years of civil practice, he joined the faculty at the College of Business and Economics at Western Washington University, where he is now a professor of business legal studies in the Accounting Department. He has published extensively, exploring the intersection of popular culture and the law, and has received the College of Business Dean’s Research Award five times for “distinguished contributions in published research.” Professor Warner served on the Whatcom County Council for eight years (two years as its chair). He has served on the Faculty Senate and on various university and college committees, including as chairman of the University Master Plan Committee. Professor Warner has also been active in state bar association committee work and in local politics, where he has served on numerous boards and commissions for over thirty years."},{"id":3072,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"George","middle_name":"J.","last_name":"Siedel","location":"University of Michigan Business School","background_text":"George J. Siedel’s research addresses legal issues that relate to international business law, negotiation, and dispute resolution. Recent publications focus on proactive law and the use of law to gain competitive advantage. His work in progress includes research on the impact of litigation on large corporations and the use of electronic communication as evidence in litigation. Professor Siedel has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and in Michigan, Ohio, and Florida. Following graduation from law school, he worked as an attorney in a professional corporation. He has also served on several boards of directors and as associate dean of the University of Michigan Business School."}],"subjects":[{"id":2,"name":"Business","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"HF5001","visible_textbooks_count":144,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/business"},{"id":62,"name":"Civil Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K623","visible_textbooks_count":26,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/law-civil-law"},{"id":68,"name":"Constitutional Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K3154","visible_textbooks_count":19,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/constitutional-law"},{"id":64,"name":"Contract Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K7265","visible_textbooks_count":25,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/environmental-law"},{"id":63,"name":"Criminal Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"KB3790","visible_textbooks_count":20,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/criminal-law"},{"id":11,"name":"Law","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"KF385.A4","visible_textbooks_count":99,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/law"},{"id":66,"name":"Property Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K7200","visible_textbooks_count":22,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/property-law"}],"publishers":[{"id":162,"url":"https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_business-law-and-the-legal-environment-v1.0-a/index.html","year":null,"created_at":"2018-09-07T12:22:37.000-05:00","updated_at":"2018-09-07T12:22:37.000-05:00","name":"Saylor Foundation"}],"formats":[{"id":307,"type":"Online","url":"https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_business-law-and-the-legal-environment-v1.0-a/index.html","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":308,"type":"PDF","url":"http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/Business%20Law%20and%20the%20Legal%20Environment.pdf","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":"4.5","textbook_reviews_count":6,"reviews":[{"id":769,"first_name":"Jena","last_name":"Martin","position":"Associate Dean ","institution_name":"West Virginia University ","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The book provides an extensive overview of many (if not most) of the relevant issues that would arise in the business law context.  In fact, due to the comprehensive nature of the book, some of the chapters may in fact be redundant and could be streamlined (for instance, many of the issues that arise in Chapters 9-13 relating to agreements, assent and, consideration, could also be covered within the context of Chapter 53 – Contracts).   One drawback is that the textbook does not appear to have  an index of any kind, which could be a significant drawback, particularly for those students who have no prior familiarity with either business or legal issues.  Similarly, while there is a list of “key terms” throughout the chapters, having all terms available within a glossary (in one place) would help with the readability of the model.  Perhaps, in the future, the authors would consider maintaining the key terms but then hyperlinking those terms back to a glossary (or vice versa).  The book also seems to place the right amount of emphasis on the subjects that business students would encounter more in their field – so there is a significant amount of information on corporate law and less information devoted to criminal law.  \n","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"Although I am not an expert on every aspect of the legal environment, it seems that all of the information presented is accurate.  In those areas in which I have a specific expertise (business and securities laws) the information seems to be error-fee and accurate.  In addition, the information was presented in an objective way with no errors detected.  One thing that I would like the book to have included more often is relevant discussions regarding the ethics of a particular situation.  While the book does include a chapter on ethics (as well as having small discussion of ethics within some of the chapters) given the relevance of ethics to the average business graduate, I would have liked to have seen more ethics discussion (relating back to that foundational chapter) in each of the sections – as well as more self-test and exercises that cover them.\n","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"The book seems largely relevant.  The challenge in a textbook of this magnitude is that the law, as a dynamic entity changes very quickly. Since the book’s original publication date in 2012, there are some aspects that have changed and that the book does not cover.  For instance, in the chapter on securities regulation, there have been significant developments in the areas of crowdfunding (that would be of particular interest to business students).  Since these occurred after 2012, the book does not mention those.  Similarly, there have been a big development in the law regarding hybrid businesses – specifically with the rise of benefit corporations (and, to a lesser extent LC3s).  The book mentions neither of these developments (although these were occurring during the original date of publication).  As such, a select update for certain aspects (rather than a complete new edition) would be recommended.\n","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The tone of the book is perfect for the type of student that will be using it.  The writing is clear. Complicated, technical concepts are explained in such a way that even those students with little background or familiarity can cover the information.  The hyperlink to glossary terms and definitions adds to the clarity (although it is unclear whether that feature would also be available in the PDF version) and allows readers to familiarize themselves with concepts without disrupting the overall flows of the book. \n","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text is internally consistent in terms of terminology and framework.  The same format is used throughout- for instance the sections are organized the same way. Exercises and self-tests are also consistent throughout.\n","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The textbook does an excellent job of allowing the different sections to be mixed and matched in a way that helps instructors.  When there are sections in the book that reference other sections, hyperlinks are provided that can facilitate the reader’s contextualization of a legal concept.  In addition, the sections within a chapter are presented in such a way that is not overwhelming for the reader.\n","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"The organization of the book is generally easy to understand.  Many of the concepts in the book can be viewed in a “siloed” fashion (meaning each legal field can be examined individually as well as in a larger context) and the book does a good job of recognizing that. It is confusing that there are two separate sections (with several chapters in between) that both discuss contracts. The “Introduction to Contract law” is located in Chapter 8 and “Contracts” as a separate section is found in Chapter 53. This could easily have rectified by the authors by moving contracts topics all to the same section or for the instructor by assigning those chapters all at the same time.  \n\n","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The interface is largely appropriate for a book presented in this medium. All charts and textbox are clear and undistorted.  The textbook authors have hyperlinks to appropriate forms, terms and organizations.  They also include self-tests that benefit the students.  Given the digital medium of the book, I do feel that there were other opportunities that the authors could have taken advantage of for the benefit of the student (for instance, by having more interactive components – perhaps with the self-tests or the learning objectives) however, the content and method of interface as it stands now is perfectly adequate. \n","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I saw no grammatical errors in the book. The flow was easy and it seemed to have been proofed.  \n","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The book is written in a culturally relevant and sensitive way.  Particularly with international law related issues, the authors seem to acknowledge the varying ways that cultural disagreement can manifest itself (for instance in their acknowledgement regarding how to discuss Burma/Myanmar). In addition, the authors to a good job of moving slightly beyond the “American perspective” with regard to examining the foibles of the country. For instance, the authors, when discussing separatist issues (in the chapter on international law) use examples from North America (whereas many other resources would use examples from less develop countries).  The exercises presented in the book seem to be presented in a largely cultural neutral way (in that the authors discuss hypotheticals using many different gender roles, geographical locations and ethnic appellations – showing the diversity that is present in business and law issues).\n","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"I think the book does an excellent job of presenting the material related to business students and the law in a clear and comprehensive fashion.  I would consider adopting this book for my students. ","created_at":"2016-12-05T18:00:00.000-06:00","updated_at":"2016-12-05T18:00:00.000-06:00"},{"id":1155,"first_name":"Jeanne","last_name":"Haser","position":"Associate Professor","institution_name":"Rhode Island College","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"The text is comprehensive and covers the broad topic of business law.  Only one area would require supplementation for my course, that is professional responsibility and ethics, and typically the area of \"Accountant's legal liability\"  As the course targets accounting students with the intent of taking the CPA exam, a section of accountant's legal liability and professional ethics would require supplementation. As most business law books on the market do not include this, I think it is fair to state the book is comprehensive and comparable to most texts available for our students through the various publishers.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"Text was accurate and  I did not find it to be biased.  Any errors were minimal, i.e. typographical or spacing errors and were infrequent.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"I am reviewing in 2017, the copyright is 2012.  It did not seem dated or lacking in content, but I do wonder when it might be updated.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"Many great examples were given, the points were made quickly and succinctly.  Law books necessarily contain a lot of jargon, but it was well explained in laymen's terms.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The book was consistent in terminology and framework; , and authors were able to get major points across without excessive wording on a consistent basis.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"Book feels like it can be assembled in a  different order and without inclusion of all chapters to meet my needs in the course I would consider this book for.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"Topics are presented in a typical order for business law.  The flow is clear and logical and well organized.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"The text is free of distortion.  I think more visual stimulation in various forms might be good for a dry topic like business law.\nIt gets the job done, however.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The grammar was error free, at least no errors were apparent.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The book was culturally relevant.  Examples were sensitive, inclusive and well rounded.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"I was pleasantly surprised to find an open textbook that was worthy of adoption for a business law class in our School of Management.  I had been skeptical about the quality of open texts, but was surprised to find materials that could be used and would save students a great deal of money.  It was on par with many of the expensive texts that I have used in the past or used in a supplemental fashion for my 400 level class.   \n\nI commend the authors for their hard work and commitment to creating an open textbook.  I do think that the book would benefit from some form of visual design to be more stimulating.  This is a topic that is not a real \"page turner\" and getting students to read is a challenge.  I would like to experiment and see if students can see the value of the open text.  I will need to see how I as a faculty can deal with the ancillaries or without the ancillaries that I am used to having with typical publisher textbooks.","created_at":"2017-04-11T19:00:00.000-05:00","updated_at":"2017-04-11T19:00:00.000-05:00"},{"id":2947,"first_name":"Margaret","last_name":"Garcia","position":"Lecturer, J.D.","institution_name":"Metropolitan State University of Denver","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The text offers a comprehensive introduction to business law and the U.S. legal system.  The discrete elements of each component of our laws are readily assignable to create a course of study focused on any particular aspect of business law chosen by the instructor.   Generally, the letter and spirit of the law are well explained and, through the end-of-chapter exercises, students are encouraged to apply their knowledge to real-life situations.  Unfortunately, the text does not feature a glossary of legal terms. A summary of key words/phrases and a link to a reputable legal dictionary at the end of each chapter would better facilitate a student’s understanding and use of the language of law.         ","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"Explanations of the principles of law were accurate.  Consequently, it offers a solid foundational education for a survey course.  However, the text was published in 2012; instructors will need to supplement the course with current case law / statutes.  The efficacy of this course could be maintained by an instructor's assignment to investigate a contemporary state statute or by directing students to the Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent; it is a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. It aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. The Project also provides authoritative information on all justices and offers a virtual reality tour of portions of the Supreme Court building, including the chambers of some of the justices.  ","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"The cited case law serves the basic purpose of a first-level survey course:  it provides an historical context and tracks the consistency of or changes made up to the early 21st Century.  But, again, instructors will need to update the law with contemporary cases and statutes.  For example, while the content on Alternative Dispute Resolution (Chapter 3) clearly delineates the options available there is no reference to the 2018 Supreme Court ruling that companies can use arbitration clauses in employment contracts to prohibit workers from banding together to take legal action over workplace issues – an important business law issue!","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The text will easily guide a layperson through a survey of the law.  The narrative is well written without any attempt to dazzle (confuse) the reader with the authors’ \"higher\" knowledge.  Many legal “terms of art” are succinctly explained either by way of a pop-up balloon or through a narrative.   However, by the end of the chapter, a student may be overwhelmed by this first introduction to the language of law.  A list of key terms / phrases incorporated into the end-of-chapter summary, with a link to a legal dictionary, would reinforce the knowledge gained.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Each area of law is presented in a consistent and reliable format:  an introduction, providing an historical context and tracking the subsequent development of the law; discrete topics introducing the elements of the law; sample cases explaining the rationale for the application of the law; a summary of the key principles; and exercises / self-tests encouraging the student to demonstrate the knowledge gained.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The text would be easily and readily divisible to focus on a particular course of study on the discrete aspects of business law that can be reasonably studied in a 16 or fewer week course of study.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"Students are first introduced to the organizational structure of the U.S. legal system and key components of the sources of law.  They are then well positioned to understand the confines of and freedoms available for the application of the law.   I would, however, realign two topics:  Agency (Chapters 38-39) should be immediately followed by Employment Law (Chapters 50-51) as the latter is a natural subset of the former.  Also, Chapter 53, Contracts, replicates the comprehensive devotion of 12 earlier chapters to contract law and the UCC (Chapters 8-19).","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"Technically, there were no problems with the links and the charts were clear.  However, the learning experience would be significantly enhanced by the addition of more detailed charts summarizing the narrative.  For example, students should see a flow chart of how a bill becomes a law, and they should have a visual comparison of the formation/duration/management/liability/transferability/taxation implications of the different business forms.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The narrative is exceptionally well written.","cultural_rating":4,"cultural_review":"Generally, the presentation of law is inclusive, particularly with the introductory worldwide examples of legal and political systems, and inoffensive.  There is, however, some bias in the historical review of civil rights law (Chapter 50).  That recounting should be more balanced; the good/bad/ugly of both liberals and conservatives should be recognized; let the students reach their own conclusion.  Further, the 2012 publication focuses on African Americans and fails to include contemporary legal issues involving other racial/ethnic groups; moreover, the text omits the increasing conflict of rights (e.g. sexual orientation vs. religious freedom).","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":null,"created_at":"2019-05-24T04:43:45.000-05:00","updated_at":"2019-05-24T04:43:45.000-05:00"},{"id":3312,"first_name":"Barbara","last_name":"Molargik-Fitch","position":"Adjunct Professor","institution_name":"Trine University","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"The chapters covered in this textbook offer a comprehensive overview of Business Law. I love that this textbook includes a chapter on insurance which is such an important risk management concept to understand in the business world. Other Business Law textbooks I have used have not covered insurance, so I appreciated this addition. ","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"Overall, the content was pretty good. However, in the PDF version of the textbook I noticed that Chapter 53 (Contracts) was missing.  It is in the table of contents but not the PDF.  Also, some of the review questions at the end need double checked. I noticed some of the question numbers were missing from the questions. This will help the students correspond the question to the correct answer.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The textbook seems relevant and up-to-date.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The textbook is written in a clear and lucid manner.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text seems to be consistent in terms of terminology and framework.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"Textbook is easily divisible to assign readings each week.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"Chapters are presented in a logical and clear fashion.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"The textbook is pretty organized. However, in some places there are minor formatting issues.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The textbook seems to use proper grammar and spelling.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The textbook does not seem to be culturally insensitive or offensive in any way. ","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"There did not appear to be many instructor resources that come with this book such as PowerPoints, instructor manual, and a test bank.","created_at":"2019-11-23T10:25:01.000-06:00","updated_at":"2019-11-23T10:25:01.000-06:00"},{"id":3340,"first_name":"Jennifer","last_name":"Lehman","position":"Assistant Professor of Financial Planning","institution_name":"George Fox University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The text is comprehensive, in that there are 53 chapters that cover what one would expect a business law text to cover, including intellectual property, real property, and bankruptcy. There is no index or glossary. A table of cases would be helpful too, or a list of them in the table of contents for easy navigation from the online version of the text. There is a nice table of contents.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The text seems to be accurate, error-free and unbiased. ","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"While the text is not brand new, it includes many of the classic cases, especially with regard to the commerce clause being applied to civil rights. So, unless the US Supreme Court breaks from long established precedent, the cases should continue to be valid for years to come. And, why not study the seminal cases? The text includes some \"newer\" cases such as Citizens United that make an important mark on the legal landscape. ","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The text is clearly written, with terms explained. While there are case questions after each case, I would like to see more of an introduction and conclusion around the cases. I worry a bit that undergraduate students not accustomed to reading a lot may get lost in the cases. ","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The framework is consistent. There are learning objectives, subsections, key takeaways, and in some chapters after cases there are summaries, exercises, and self-test questions with answers provided. ","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"There are lots of fairly short chapters, with sections and subsections clearly marked. This is easier to divide than a book with 15 or 16 really long chapters. In addition, it would be easy to just cover particular sections and cases, especially with the table of contents navigation in the online version of the text. ","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"Chapter 8 is introduction to contract law, and then there are separate chapters on the agreement, real assent, consideration, remedies (e.g. requirements to have a valid contract), and then chapter 53, the very last chapter, is about contracts. It's a nice way to decide whether to cover several contract chapters, or boil it down and use one chapter. I'm not sure why the comprehensive contract chapter was put at the very end, but I do like the option of quicker coverage. ","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"Navigation worked very well, table of contents in online version was very useful and user friendly. I like the self-test questions as a comprehension check for students. ","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I did not notice any grammatical errors in the text. ","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"While I might need to skip the Playboy case at a Christian institution, the text appears thoughtful and inclusive overall. Unions, employment discrimination, and civil rights as applied to the commerce clause are all discussed in the text. In addition, the examples use a variety of names from around the world and not just European sounding names like Mike and Elizabeth. ","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"I know it's open source, so do not mean to be greedy - but a test bank, and power point slides, for the instructor would be incredibly helpful. 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These include topics such as 1) Real, Personal, and Intellectual Property; 2) Negotiable Instruments and Banking; 3) Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy; 4) Agency and Liabilities to Third Parties; and 5)  Business Organizations.  The text includes both a table of contents and an index.  It would be nice to see a glossary and the US Constitution in the back.  The material included is fairly basic and doesn't explore the topics with adequate depth.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"I am not finding inaccurate information, however, both sides of various topics are not included such as the free market argument that those arguing for corporate social responsibility would normally face.","relevance_rating":3,"relevance_review":"Most of the book covers foundation material that will timeless.  However, there are a number of links to supporting information located on the web that could become obsolete.  This text also lacks examples of the law from trial cases, which may increase the longevity of the text, however, this trait also leads to the shallower coverage of the topics.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The book is easy to read and provides user-friendly vocabulary for a non-lawyer.","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"The text is internally consistent in terms of terminology and framework.  Again, if provides basic information regarding the legal topics covered.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"This text is easily read and could be divided up cleanly.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"The organization of the material is logical and clear.  There is good use of headings and visual breaks for the reader.  The end of the chapters provide simple multiple choice questions for a learner to test themselves.  There is not a summary provided at the end of the chapter which is common with standard texts.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"I did not find any interface issues related to this text.  ","grammatical_rating":4,"grammatical_review":"I did not find any grammatical errors that would stand out to a learner and distract from the content.","cultural_rating":4,"cultural_review":"There are few examples in this text on which to judge its culturally insensitivity.  The images included in the text illustrate a diverse group of participants in the law.","overall_rating":8,"overall_review":"The images included in this book seem to be inserted only to take up space.  Images in a law text can be very helpful for the non-learner by providing comparisons and flowcharts to simplify concepts.  Consider using more meaningful images to support the text and provide the textual information in a different way.","created_at":"2019-12-06T16:24:03.000-06:00","updated_at":"2019-12-06T16:24:03.000-06:00"},{"id":3403,"first_name":"Steve","last_name":"Custer","position":"Associate Professor","institution_name":"Oakland City University","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"This book covered the major aspects inherent to the legal landscape of business.  Its subject matter is well referenced and provided a solid vocabulary of terms.  Particularly, the content offered an informative section on negotiation skills and tactics that I would recommend.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"Upon inspection, this reviewer found the book to be accurate, without errors, and neutral in its presentation.  ","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"This reviewer found the text to be timely and informative.  Specifically, chapter 7 (contract law) provided some excellent real-world examples that should be incorporated into classroom discussions.  ","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The book is well formatted which should enable the entry level business law student to excel in their learning and comprehension of broad based legal definitions.  ","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"The text is largely consistent, although the authors elected to provide more examples and tables to illustrate concepts in the latter chapters of the text than in the former chapters.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The chapters of this text were well assembled and concise.  I would not hesitate to adopt portions alongside other material in the classroom.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The topics were presented in a clear fashion and were easy to understand.  ","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"No interface issues were noted, but when compared with other resources, additional content seemed lacking at times.  ","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"No grammatical errors were found during this review.  ","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"Upon inspection, this reviewer did not notice any insensitive or offensive material in this text.  ","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"There are a plethora of business law texts available in the marketplace.  Whatever resources one chooses to adopt, the Business Law Essentials text could certainly be utilized as an effective supplement in the classroom.  ","created_at":"2019-12-19T12:11:58.000-06:00","updated_at":"2019-12-19T12:11:58.000-06:00"},{"id":3792,"first_name":"Paolo Davide","last_name":"Farah","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"West Virginia University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The reviewer believes that text covers all areas and ideas of the subject appropriately. The title of the book is Business Law I Essentials, so the expectation is that there might be the need to prepare a Business Law II Essential for the areas, which are missing from the analysis. In fact, my interpretation and understanding is that this book selects some of the most important issues in the areas, but it is also focusing on what it can be virtually possible to cover in a single class module. In fact, 14 sections/chapters are equivalent to a 14-week class. I believe that this textbook is useful for a first clear introduction to beginners and then students can complement with the constitution, the case law, case studies, simulations and other relevant real life examples and experiences.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The reviewer considers that the content of the book is accurate. The selection of topics is also relevant. Particularly, the corporate social responsibility is an area not covered by all business law textbooks. Generally, other business law textbooks cover predominantly the market oriented analysis and not sufficiently the limits to globalization and the business sector represented by the necessary balance between business and human rights, business and sustainable development, business and other non-commercial values. I would probably extend some parts to also cover corporate governance","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The reviewer considers that the book covers relevant contemporary issues without risks for the longevity of the book. The case studies are useful to students to learn from practice.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"As previously mentioned, the text is clear and organized in such a way that is easy to access for students that will approach these topics for the first time. The instructor can use the single chapters as the main topic for each of the classes complementing this book with cases and other additional readings. The terminology and the language is accessible to students and non-experts.","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"The text is internally consistent, but I believe the pictures are not a relevant addition to the textbook. It would be advisable that the author revises the textbook to use pictures that are actually relevant for the analysis of each of the sections.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"Each chapter can be used as an individual section for class modules and lectures complemented with additional materials.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The topics in the text were presented clearly.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The text does not present any interface, but it necessitates some external materials to cover some aspects. In addition, the pictures are not representative of the contents of the textbook.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The reviewer did not detect grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"During the review, no culturally insensitive remarks or offensive statements have been detected in any way.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"I will use this book for one of my classes.","created_at":"2020-05-01T21:46:18.000-05:00","updated_at":"2020-05-01T21:46:18.000-05:00"},{"id":4276,"first_name":"Ben","last_name":"Carr","position":"Associate Professor","institution_name":"James Madison University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The text was comprehensive in general, to some extent too much so, and with regards to a few topics that I consider critical topics for a business course, completely lacking. First, as to the “too much”. There were some legal subjects which were unnecessary and seemingly used to take up space. For example, I do not know how or why any student not in law school would need to know about “res ipsa loquitur” (note: it was spelled incorrectly in the text). It is not a practical topic area and only lawyers would need to understand that concept. Another example was the Ethical Decision Making Policies. Despite putting it in the text, there was no discussion about the decision making process beyond just replicating the University of Michigan policy that was quoted. So, in this case, it did not even need to be included, and if so, it merited further discussion. There were a few other subjects dealt with similarly, but those did not necessarily detract from the overall value of the text itself.\r\n\tAs for the “lacking” comment, it is surprising that a text on Business Law (even if it is an introduction) does not include a chapter on business entities. Corporations, LLCs, Partnerships (general and limited) and sole proprietorships are significant topics which deserve discussion and explanation. Also, there was no mention of vicarious liability. Respondeat Superior, principal/agent and partnerships are three legal areas where an employer/third party who is not directly involved in a specific incident can/may be held responsible to an injured party due solely to the relationship between that employer/third party and the person causing the injury.\r\n\tThe section on ethics was also failed to address professional ethics vs. personal ethics. How those two interact on a daily basis, especially with regards to corporate decisions is an important topic to discuss. For example, Hobby Lobby refused to comply with an Affordable Care Act requirement that medical insurance provided by employers include contraceptives. An employee filed suit, and the U.S. Supreme Court had to ultimately decide the issue. That was a personal value/ethic that the owners of Hobby Lobby (it was privately owned) utilized instead of a “professional” value/ethic.\r\n\tThe criminal law section did not address battery and how it was technically different from assault. This is not a critical issue in business law, but if the author(s) were going to address assault, then battery should have also been addressed.\r\n\tThe ADR section should have, in my opinion, considered the benefits of an employee agreeing to a pre-employment waiver of the right to trial. Many employers are now either requiring, or at least making it optional, for an employee to waive that right. The consequences of doing so are important and deserve some coverage.\r\n\tThe sections on both sexual harassment and negligence were far too superficial and short. These are two areas of significant corporate liability exposure and lawsuit filings. Neither received the type of attention which they deserved. \r\n        Lastly, I am a big fan of hypotheticals. In this reviewer's opinion, there were not enough of those, especially not enough real-world cases used as tools to explain a concept.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"The content was generally accurate with some nit-picking on my part. For example, the author(s) stated that most states do not allow minors to void a contract after turning 18 years of age. It is my understanding that most states actually allow for a “reasonable” time after turning 18 for a minor to void a contract unless that minor has somehow ratified or affirmed the contract after turning 18. Also, comparative vs. contributory negligence was not handled as deftly as it could have been. First, there are two types of comparative negligence, which was not discussed, and second, it is solely dependent upon which state in which the incident occurs as to whether comparative negligence (either type) or contributory negligence will be utilized in a legal analysis.\r\n\tAnother nit-picking on my part deals with a few minor mischaracterizations and/or inadequate information. An example of that is when the author(s) discuss the McDonald’s case involving the hot coffee. A significant issue in the case was punitive damages, because McDonald’s knew that their coffee was too hot and had made the “business” decision to not change the temperature. To simply use the case as a “negligence” example misses the primary point of that case.\r\n\tYet another nit-picking was that when the author(s) discussed Title VII, they did not point out that there are employee limits to the application of that Title. For example, Title VII’s prohibition against discriminating against a person with a disability does not apply to an entity with fewer than 15 employees, while the prohibition against discriminating against age does not apply to an entity with fewer than 20 employees. This is important, because state laws can lower those thresholds and readers need to be ultra aware of checking both the federal and state law protections. There were other nuances that the author(s) did not mention which would be valuable as instruction, such as with sexual harassment.\r\n\tIn sum, the text was relatively comprehensive, and would be most useful to an instructor with legal experience who could utilize it in a very, very basic, almost vocabulary level, manner. It says that it is “Essentials”, but there are some essentials, which I have addressed, that I feel should have been included. Assuming that it is intended solely as a very basic introduction, that is where its value can be found. Otherwise, an instructor trying to utilize the text without a sound legal understanding to begin with will find that it will raise many questions that students may ask which he/she will not be prepared to answer or explain and/or even convey information which may be incorrectly applied.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"Due to its very basic manner of addressing virtually all the topics, the content is up-to-date in its content. Without further exploration of the topics in the text, i.e. Essentials II, the text is only marginally useful as a text for practical legal considerations on its own.\r\nThe text is written and/or arranged in such a way that necessary updates will be relatively easy and straightforward to implement.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The text was written in a way that most would understand. There were a few times when I had to re-read a sentence or paragraph and use my own understanding to have the passage make sense. Again, it is important that whoever uses the text already have a legal background.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text was consistent in terms of terminology and framework.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"Due to the nature of law itself, the text is marginally susceptible to being divided up into different sections at different points. To stress, that is not the author(s) issue, that is the nature of the beast. There has to be some scaffolding in law with certain concepts being taught/learned in order. In terms of its comparison to other legal texts in this topical area, I would strongly guess that it is pretty consistent and does as well as it can except for one suggestion that I will give in the following review area.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"Section 5.2 seemed to me to be out of place. It would be far better suited if placed either in chapter 1 or as its own chapter between chapters 1 and 2. Otherwise, the topics in the text are presented in a logical, clear fashion.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"I had no problems with the interface or with navigating through the text. Everything was clear and I did not discern any distractions or confusions to the reader.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I am not an English major, but I did not notice any grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The text is not culturally insensitive or offensive in any way. \r\nI would, however, suggest that the cultural events since the text was published would justify a supplement. More discussion of Title VII and the sex, race and color classes would be appropriate.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"I think the goals of this text were laudable, but fell just a little short of my expectations. At times, it seemed as though someone other than an attorney or someone familiar with law was writing it, and was just cutting and pasting without a practical understanding of what was being written. That may be due more to a goal to just give some \"essentials\" to supplement the in classroom teaching of an instructor with some legal knowledge or experience.","created_at":"2020-07-30T18:36:15.000-05:00","updated_at":"2020-07-30T18:36:15.000-05:00"},{"id":34987,"first_name":"Velda","last_name":"Arnaud","position":"Department Chair, Instructor, and Advisor","institution_name":"Blue Mountain Community College","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"All of the topics we need for our business law course are covered in this OER.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"Some topics need to be updated because this information is 5 years old.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"As previously stated, laws change, and this book is 5 years old.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The reading level may be difficult for non-native English language students.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Each chapter is nicely organized.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"This is one of the best features.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The content flows very well and ends with international law and securities.","interface_rating":3,"interface_review":"All of the information is on the website, and I would prefer to keep students in the learning management system.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"So far, I have not found grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"This is a business course, and they use many different examples. 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Bryan School of Business and Economics","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"The book is Volume I of a multi-volume work on contract principles; Vol I contains topics on contract formation (including mutuality of promises, offer and acceptance, consideration, etc) with extensive cases and inclusion of citations and discussions of the Restatements. No index or glossary were provided with the edition submitted.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"Content appears to be accurate and unbiased (although occasional editorial observations are not unwelcome or unhealthy).","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"Relevant and current, adaptable to updates and revisions.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The concepts are complex and the cases chosen are, although necessary, by their length are not a model of clarity (Judge Easterbrook's accessible style notwithstanding). It would be helpful with intertwined issues to break them out for independent discourse and with the chosen cases a bit more distilled or edited.","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"The work appears to be internally consistent, although a bit case-heavy in Ch III. Additionally, a note of caution may well be in order in delineating the common law fill-in doctrines of intent and terms as \"default rules;\" while appropriately relatable for the generation reading it, they will presumably at some point also come to know that the word \"default\" is itself a term of art in contract law (not to mention in that other first-year universe of civil procedure) so perhaps an alternative analogous choice would be in order.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"As referenced above, it is difficult to divide assignments when in one single chapter the reader and educator alike have the challenge of both a 26-page and 21-page case for consideration and study.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"Well-organized on the whole.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"No images or charts were included in the edition submitted (perhaps would be helpful)","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"Grammatically correct","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"Classic \"oldie-but-goodie\" cases juxtapose nicely with contemporary social and legal issues,and modern challenges in technology including shrink wrap and other topics will allow maintenance of cultural relevance.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"Thank you for the opportunity to review this work.\nEloise McCain Hassell\nSenior Lecturer \nUNCG Bryan School of Business\nmmhassel@uncg.edu\n(336)-334-5691","created_at":"2016-12-05T18:00:00.000-06:00","updated_at":"2016-12-05T18:00:00.000-06:00"},{"id":34889,"first_name":"Matthew","last_name":"Bruckner","position":"Associate Professor","institution_name":"Howard University","comprehensiveness_rating":3,"comprehensiveness_review":"This text is one of three volumes in this series. This first volume covers 1) promises and when state power should be used to enforce promises, 2) consideration and it’s alternatives (including promissory estoppel and the material benefit rule), and 3) contract formation under the common law and, to some extent, under the UCC as well. The book I currently use (Knapp, Crystal, and Prince (KCP) provides greater depth of coverage for UCC contract formation. KCP also provides far more material for each bit of content. For example, there are only two cases that primarily focus on whether there’s an offer (Dyno Construction Co. v. McWane, Inc. and Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store, Inc.) but there are five in KCP.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"Content is accurate, error-free and not overtly biased.","relevance_rating":3,"relevance_review":"The book was published in 2012. This is generally not a problem, as contract doctrine does not evolve quickly. However, there were major changes in 2022. In particular, to the scope of the UCC for hybrid transactions. In addition, there will soon be a new restatement of consumer contracts that might be nice for a book to touch upon. According to the ALI website, “Drafting of this project is completed. The official text is expected to be published in 2024.” Anyone considering a new book adoption should, in my opinion, think about how these changes will affect their course coverage and make plans accordingly.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The text is written in lucid prose. Like all law textbooks, there is quite a bit of jargon/technical terminology. It would be nice if that jargon was hyperlinked to provide a definition of terms you might expect students not to understand. But that is not provided.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Nothing unusual","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"All of the reading assignments are self-contained. When statutory or restatement sections are assigned, they appear in the text. Helpfully, this avoids the need to buy a statutory supplement. \n\nThe text is easily divisible into smaller blocks. There is ample use of headings and white space. The paragraphs of the cases are helpfully numbered for ease of reference.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"There are two primary ways to begin a contracts casebook: with theories of obligation (contract, promissory estoppel, and quasi contract) or with damages. This chooses the more sensible (IMO) approach, which is to start with theories of obligation. In that regard, it parallels one of the most popular contract casebooks (Knapp, Crystal, and Prince). \n\nIn my view, the book may be a challenge for first-year students. For example, brief discussions of agency law and restitution are included in the first 15 pages. While they’re brief and it’s impossible to only assign one thing that a time, it’s not clear to me that they’re helpful to the first year law student. \n\nGenerally, the topics in the text are presented in a logical, clear fashion. There is a short introductory note, a copy of the relevant sections of the restatement or the UCC, a principal case, sometimes a note case, then some discussion questions about the material. Generally, there is less interstitial material than in KCP.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"The text is free of significant interface issues, including navigation problems, distortion of images/charts, and any other display features that may distract or confuse the reader. The hyperlinks in the document make it easy to jump to the right place in the text.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The text contains no apparent grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":2,"cultural_review":"The text is not culturally insensitive or obviously offensive. It does not, though, appear to go to extra effort to ensure that the examples or cases are inclusive of a variety of races, ethnicities, and backgrounds.\n\nThe subject matter of the cases involves, among others: race horses; a farm; a harrier jet; employment contracts; the sale of wheat; a commercial real property lease; promises to abstain from vice; a lottery; promise to provide housing; bankruptcy; and currency exchange. To the extent that I’m aware of the people involved, most tend to be white and male.","overall_rating":8,"overall_review":"Ease of Use\nFor folks who are considering this after using KCP, you may be pleased to see several cases that repeat. Some cases, like Lucy v. Zehmer were merely note cases in KCP but are full cases here. Others, like Leonard v. PepsiCo, are given cursory treatment in both books. Other shared cases include  Hamer v. Sidway, Kirskey v. Kirksey, and Batsakis v. Demotsis. There are also many chestnuts in the book that you may recognize, such as ProCD, Hill v. Gateway, and Lefkowitz. Many other cases were entirely new to me. \n\nPersonally, I won't be adopting this book.","created_at":"2024-02-12T09:57:47.000-06:00","updated_at":"2024-02-12T09:57:47.000-06:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/contract-doctrine-theory-practice-volume-1","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:01:25.000-06:00"},{"id":172,"title":"Contract Doctrine, Theory \u0026 Practice","edition_statement":null,"volume":"Volume 3","copyright_year":2012,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":[],"description":"This is Volume 3 in a three volume series written for Contracts Law. 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The text is organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. The authors take special care to engage students by relating law to everyday events with which they are already familiar with their clear, concise and readable style. Business Law and the Legal Environment provides students with context and essential concepts across a broad range of legal issues with which managers and business executives must grapple. 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He recently served as the first Arsht Visiting Ethics Scholar at the University of Miami. After attending Kenyon College (philosophy) and Duke University Law School, Professor Mayer served as a \"JAG officer\" with the United States Air Force during the Vietnam conflict, and went to private practice in North Carolina. He went to Washington D.C. in 1984 to attend Georgetown University Law Center, where he earned his LL.M. in International and Comparative law in 1985. He began an academic career in 1985 at Western Carolina University, and was a full professor at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan for many years before coming to the University of Denver. He has taught as a visitor at California State Polytechnic University, the University of Michigan, the Manchester Business School Worldwide, and Antwerp Management School. Professor Mayer has won numerous awards from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, including the Hoeber Award for best article in the American Business Law Journal, twice won the Maurer Award for best article on business ethics, and three times won the Ralph Bunch Award for best article on international business law. His work has been published in many journals and law reviews, but most often in American Business Law Journal, the Journal of Business Ethics, and the Business Ethics Quarterly."}],"subjects":[{"id":2,"name":"Business","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"HF5001","visible_textbooks_count":144,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/business"},{"id":67,"name":"Administrative Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K3400","visible_textbooks_count":14,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/administrative-law"},{"id":62,"name":"Civil Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K623","visible_textbooks_count":26,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/law-civil-law"},{"id":68,"name":"Constitutional Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K3154","visible_textbooks_count":19,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/constitutional-law"},{"id":64,"name":"Contract Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K7265","visible_textbooks_count":25,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/environmental-law"},{"id":63,"name":"Criminal Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"KB3790","visible_textbooks_count":20,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/criminal-law"},{"id":11,"name":"Law","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"KF385.A4","visible_textbooks_count":99,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/law"}],"publishers":[{"id":67,"url":"http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/Foundations%20of%20Business%20Law%20and%20the%20Legal%20Environment.pdf","year":null,"created_at":"2018-09-07T12:22:36.000-05:00","updated_at":"2018-09-07T12:22:36.000-05:00","name":"Saylor Foundation"}],"formats":[{"id":254,"type":"PDF","url":"http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/Foundations%20of%20Business%20Law%20and%20the%20Legal%20Environment.pdf","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":255,"type":"Online","url":"https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_foundations-of-business-law-and-the-legal-environment/","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":"4.5","textbook_reviews_count":2,"reviews":[{"id":356,"first_name":"Jason","last_name":"Roberts","position":"Instructor","institution_name":"Portland Community College","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"Appropriately comprehensive for a lower undergraduate course in the subject. One noticeable omission is any serious discussion of intellectual property issues (patent, trademark and copyright) each of which likely merit a section of their own in a text like this. ","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"As a broad based overview of the subject, the book is accurate throughout. It largely avoids delving into nuanced concepts, or applications of law specific to limited jurisdictions, areas likely to be volatile. An instructor should expect to supplement materials with information that is relevant for jurisdictions they are teaching in, or significant recent developments.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"Content deals largely with broad principles of business law, and avoids treatments of specific cases or rulings. As such it is likely to remain relevant. Since the book is organized into discrete topic units, content areas requiring updates can be easily updated.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"Prose is straightforward, suitably readable for a lower undergraduate course. New terminology is defined, and examples are frequently provided.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Each chapter and section is consistent in terms of structure. ","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"Book is made up of 32 chapters, each on a discrete topic. Within each chapter are sections that are prefaced by a \"Learning Takeaways: summary, and conclude with \"Key Takeaways\" and exercises. As such this book could easily be used in a course that was a broad overview at an undergraduate level of business law, or as a text that was a smaller in-depth look at particular topics. Individual sections would be excellent supplementary materials for other courses, where relevant, as well. Chapter 30: Employment Law in an HR course, or chapters 20 to 23 on business entity choices in a general business course for example.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"The only odd choice made by the other was to place the chapters dealing business entity types in the middle of the text.  Given that so many other topics stem from this, it would seem to be more logical and intuitive to place this as one of the earliest matters discussed.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"Note that the pdf version does not have a table of contents included.  This is a minor navigational annoyance. Otherwise the interface is solid.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"No noticeable grammar errors, or other linguistic issues.","cultural_rating":3,"cultural_review":"Book is neither culturally offensive or insensitive. That being said, hypothetical examples do not use a wide range of individuals with different backgrounds. 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I really appreciate the cases and exercises that come at the end of the chapters, which I often use as well. ok.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"I found the content to be accurate.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The content is relevant and not needing any supplementing.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"Students have commented that the book is easy to follow.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text is consistent throughout the book.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"I like the  interface and the way the book is laid out. I can links to particular chapters without sharing the entire book.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The material is very well organized within the chapters.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The click throughs within the books and chapters are very helpful.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I haven't seen any typos or grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The text is culturally sensitive.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"This book can be used in different ways - either in its entirety in a Business Law class (where the instructor would still have to pick and choose the material to cover) or, as I have done, use individual chapters in a OER class where materials from various sources are used throughout the semester.","created_at":"2020-06-29T08:31:31.000-05:00","updated_at":"2020-06-29T08:31:31.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/foundations-of-business-law-and-legal-environment","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:01:51.000-06:00"},{"id":877,"title":"Fundamentals of Business Law","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2020,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"Undergraduate business law textbook written by Melissa Randall and Community College of Denver Students in collaboration with lawyers and business professionals for use in required 200 level business law courses in the United States. 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Because Chapter 1 indicated that the book was intended to help navigate business dealings, the emphasis on what law students would usually study to become lawyers, may confuse people who want to know legal nuts and bolts for operating a business. It would come in handy as a reference if a business got into trouble!","created_at":"2021-02-24T19:09:38.000-06:00","updated_at":"2021-02-24T19:09:38.000-06:00"},{"id":33933,"first_name":"Marcus","last_name":"Ellison","position":"Adjunct Faculty","institution_name":"Trine University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The textbook covers a wide variety of general legal areas. It is appropriate for a college-level business law course though it has many chapters that are not business-focused but instead could fit in a generally broad undergraduate legal survey class.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The text is accurate and does a good job of clearly addressing each of the identified objectives listed at the beginning of each chapter. If you are skimming the text those objectives do a good job of telling you what that chapter will be about and what it will cover.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"This textbook generally covers broad-based legal principles and historical legal traditions that are timeless and each chapter for the most part covers a different area of the law and can stand alone. There is a section of a few chapters in a row that cover contracts and another few in a row that covers business formation and operations, but most chapters can stand alone. This makes it easy for someone teaching who wants to use this text to only have students read chapters that are relevant to what the class will cover. Some topics that are covered are subject to more frequent and regular changes in the law so care will have to be considered for those areas.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The text is written for an undergraduate student level, it is not overly full of legalese or something you would see used in a law school course. The text is most likely for business students or those seeking a course that will provide a basic legal overview. I would not expect it to be used in a paralegal-oriented course, however.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The book is consistent in how it lays things out and in style, tone, and demeanor. The content is primarily text-based but there are some charts and basic graphs that do provide some varied content to help break up the text pages.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"Each chapter of the book covers a unique area that can be studied separately from the other chapters. Most chapters highlight a unique area of the law and cover the basic principles and terminology related to that area. Most chapters’ content will not tie into or build upon things covered in previous or subsequent chapters.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"The book is logically organized and covers most of the topics you would expect to see covered in an undergraduate legal survey or introductory business law course. There is not as much content about applying the legal principles covered in practical settings so if using this text that kind of information will be needed as a supplement.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The text overall was clear and easy to read. There were a few charts and tables to help supplement the content where appropriate. There were also occasional “counselor’s corner” call-out boxes that helped explain to the reader why this area of content was particularly important.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The text is free from grammatical and spelling errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The textbook is not insensitive or offensive in any way and it has a chapter that focuses on an anti-discrimination law that is well-written, timely, and appropriate for the age and time.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"This is a good textbook for undergraduate students seeking a basic understanding of the law. Most business law courses or legal survey courses of this type are semester-long, though there is enough content in this text to be used for a full school year if there is a business law 2 class that would follow the first one. A high school dual credit business law class that goes year long could also use this text.","created_at":"2022-06-24T14:38:23.000-05:00","updated_at":"2022-06-24T14:38:23.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/fundamentals-of-business-law-randall","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:19:22.000-06:00"},{"id":131,"title":"Government Regulation and the Legal Environment of Business","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2012,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"Mayer, Warner, Siedel and Lieberman's Government Regulation and the Legal Environment of Business is an up-to-date textbook that covers legal issues that students must understand in today's highly regulated business environment. The text is organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. The authors take special care to engage students by relating law to everyday events with their clear, concise and readable style. After introductory chapters covering the legal environment of business, Government Regulation and the Legal Environment of Business provides students with context and essential legal concepts relating to contracts, consumer credit transactions, bankruptcy, intellectual property, securities regulation, regulation of real estate, antitrust, unfair trade practices, employment law and labor relations. The text provides the vocabulary and legal savvy they will need to talk in an educated way to customers, suppliers, employees, creditors, shareholders, government regulators and other stakeholders — and to their own lawyers.","contributors":[{"id":2376,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Don","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Mayer","location":"University of Denver","background_text":"Don Mayer now teaches law, ethics, public policy, and sustainability at the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, where he is Professor in Residence. His research focuses on the role of business in creating a more just, sustainable, peaceful and productive world. With James O'Toole, Professor Mayer has co-edited and contributed content to Good Business: Exercising Effective \u0026 Ethical Leadership (Routledge: Taylor and Francis, 2010). He is also co-author of International Business Law: Cases and Materials, in its 5th edition with Pearson Publishing Co. He recently served as the first Arsht Visiting Ethics Scholar at the University of Miami. After attending Kenyon College (philosophy) and Duke University Law School, Professor Mayer served as a \"JAG officer\" with the United States Air Force during the Vietnam conflict, and went to private practice in North Carolina. He went to Washington D.C. in 1984 to attend Georgetown University Law Center, where he earned his LL.M. in International and Comparative law in 1985. He began an academic career in 1985 at Western Carolina University, and was a full professor at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan for many years before coming to the University of Denver. He has taught as a visitor at California State Polytechnic University, the University of Michigan, the Manchester Business School Worldwide, and Antwerp Management School. 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Following graduation from law school, he worked as an attorney in a professional corporation. He has also served on several boards of directors and as Associate Dean of the University of Michigan Business School. The author of numerous books and articles, Professor Siedel has received several research awards, including the Faculty Recognition Award from the University of Michigan and the following awards from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business: the Hoeber Award, the Ralph Bunche Award and the Maurer Award. The Center for International Business Education and Research selected a case written by Professor Siedel for its annual International Case Writing Award. His research has been cited by appellate courts in the United States and abroad, including the High Court of Australia. Professor Siedel has served as Visiting Professor of Business Law at Stanford University, Visiting Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University, and Parsons Fellow at the University of Sydney. He has been elected a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University's Wolfson College and a Life Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation. As a Fulbright Scholar, Professor Siedel held a Distinguished Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences."},{"id":2379,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Jethro","middle_name":"K.","last_name":"Lieberman","location":"New York Law School","background_text":"Jethro K. Lieberman is professor of law and VP for Academic Publishing at New York Law School, where he has taught for more than a quarter century. He took his B.A. in politics and economics from Yale University, his J.D. from Harvard Law School, and his Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. He began his teaching career at Fordham University Law School and before that was VP at what is now the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution. For nearly ten years he was Legal Affairs Editor of Business Week Magazine. 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In particular, the coverage of credit transactions and debtor-creditor relationships is better than what I have experienced with similar texts. I also appreciate the early chapter on ethics and social responsibility, as that is an important element of the business legal environment that a pure business law text may miss. However, I was disappointed that there was no chapter specifically dedicated to business organizations and taxation, as those are critical areas of understanding for all business students. Likewise, there is no index or glossary for reference.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"It has solid coverage of the fundamentals of business law. I did not notice any glaring errors, although some of the content may be a little dated.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"The text does focus on specific regulatory areas more so than other texts I have read/used. This is good and bad. At least at the undergraduate level, breadth is more important than depth, so this coverage exposes students to more concepts that could be relevant in their later educational experiences and careers. However, it does run the risk of becoming obsolete with a change in political winds. That being said, the only major relevance issue I saw was some of the discussion on employment discrimination--specifically, with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity-based discrimination. The text does not reflect the most recent Supreme Court decision on this point.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The text is fine for the most part. There is some jargon in the ethics and corporate social responsibility chapter, with the discussion being a little more theoretical than application-based than I would prefer.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"I saw no issues here.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"I thought this was fine. I am already making plans to mix components of this text with another. However, this book does include some internal references within the text that I will need to revise if I mix the two.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"This is organized in a pretty conventional manner.","interface_rating":3,"interface_review":"The online text is fine. The PDF has some paragraph formatting/spacing problems. The paragraphs are not indented, and there is not an extra space between paragraphs. There are times where the information appears as a wall of text, even though multiple paragraphs were intended.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I saw no major issues.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"I saw no major issues.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"This appears to be a good, solid, basic legal environment of business text. 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The text provides the vocabulary and legal acumennecessary for businesspeople to talk in an educated way to their customers, employees, suppliers,government officials—and to their own lawyers. Traditional publishers often create confusion among customers in the text selection process by offering ahuge array of publications. Once a text is selected, customers might still have to customize the text to meettheir needs. For example, publishers usually offer books that include either case summaries or excerptedcases, but some instructors prefer to combine case summaries with a few excerpted cases so that studentscan experience reading original material. Likewise, the manner in which most conventional textsincorporate video is cumbersome because the videos are contained in a separate library, which makesaccess more complicating for instructors and students.","contributors":[{"id":3079,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Don","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Mayer","location":"University of Denver","background_text":"Don Mayer now teaches law, ethics, public policy, and sustainability at the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, where he is Professor in Residence. His research focuses on the role of business in creating a more just, sustainable, peaceful and productive world. With James O'Toole, Professor Mayer has co-edited and contributed content to Good Business: Exercising Effective \u0026 Ethical Leadership (Routledge: Taylor and Francis, 2010). He is also co-author of International Business Law: Cases and Materials, in its 5th edition with Pearson Publishing Co. 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Since my Business Law I class primarily focuses on contracts and Business Law II has a large focus on sales and product liability, I have been looking for a textbook that focuses on those areas. I like the in-depth coverage of each area. Rather than being 50 chapters, there are 22 and these chapters focus on most of the areas I cover in my classes. I like the use of \"Key Takeaways\" to help the reader focus on the most important points.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The content is accurate. I didn't find any errors or apparent bias. The examples that are given are very easy to understand.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"Overall, contract law doesn't change a lot over time.  The cases in the book are not very recent, but that doesn't make the text obsolete. I have found that the cases in most Business law textbooks are not that recent, but they are usually the cases that are the best to use as an example of a concept. The way the cases are used in the text, in most instances, it would be easy to insert new case examples.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The textbook is written in very clear language that I feel is easy to understand. There isn't too much \"legalese\". The tables and diagrams are very straightforward, unlike many other textbooks where I feel the diagrams are confusing to me, even as an attorney. Legal terms are presented in easily understood contexts that in most cases can be applied to every day life.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"There's a lot of consistency from chapter to chapter; also the chapters on contracts build on each other. The terminology is consistent throughout the chapters and the framework is the same from chapter to chapter. Chapters start with the learning objectives, the information on the concept is presented, cases are used to show the application of the law, then the information is \"chunked\" into key takeaways,  The chapters end with exercises and self-checks.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The use of \"key takeaways\" makes it easy to divide a chapter into smaller reading sections. There are multiple subheadings within each sub-topic. Unlike many textbooks that have problem cases/exercises at the end of the chapter, there are small exercises over the sub-topics. I like this because if a student is struggling with something, it would be easy to have them read just the sub-topic and complete the exercise at the end, rather than having them read the whole chapter.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The topics in the text build upon each other and there's a good flow from chapter to chapter.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"I didn't find any interface issues. It was easy to navigate and all of the images and charts were very clear.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I didn't note any grammatical or spelling errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"I couldn't find any examples of cultural insensitivity. There aren't any discussions of ethics, or of bias that can occur in transactions due to an individual's race, ethnicity and background.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"Overall, I really like this textbook, but I would use it as a complimentary text, not as the main text. There's no mention of ethics which I feel should be incorporated into every Business Law course.","created_at":"2021-04-17T22:37:11.000-05:00","updated_at":"2021-04-17T22:37:11.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introduction-to-contracts-sales-and-product-liability","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:01:56.000-06:00"}],"links":{"self":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/environmental-law.json?page=1","total_pages":3,"total_count":28,"next":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/environmental-law.json?page=2"}}