Description

This book aims to provide advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a comprehensive review and analysis of the legal, ethical and regulatory environments, both national and international, that relate to businesses and the Internet. Topics covered in the book include American constitutional law, as well European, primarily French, law on the subjects of contracts, courts, criminal law, freedom of expression, intellectual property, privacy and torts. The coverage of French law as a comparison to American law is because of its influence throughout the world. Although the Napoleonic Code was not the first code to be introduced, it has, according to reputed sources, been far more influential in the development of codes throughout the world, than any other. The laws and regulations addressed apply to all employees working at all levels of a business, and it covers contracts, sales, government relations, regulatory/legal compliance, and engineering, among others.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Jurisdiction
• Freedom of Expression
• Privacy
• Torts and Product Liability
• Criminal Law
• Contract Creation
• Contract Interpretation and Performance
• Sales and Leases
• Copyright
• Trademarks and Service Marks
• Patents
• Trade Secrets

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in accounting, business, computer and information decision sciences, management, and legal studies.
Key Features:

• To prepare American and European students for the national and international legal, ethical and regulatory environment that controls the Internet. In the United States alone, e-commerce sales are expected to surpass 740 billion by 2023, spurred in no small part by the pandemic. If present trends continue, an estimated 95% of all purchases by 2040 will be by way of e-commerce. To address that reality, the book provides comprehensive coverage of American legal cases, as well as American and European, primarily French, law and regulations on the subjects that are significant for businesses that seek to do business nationally, as well as internationally, by way of the Internet
• Up-to-date coverage of American and European, primarily French laws and regulations that apply to businesses and the Internet. Primary research done for this book demonstrated that most similar titles in the market are either dated or do not do a comprehensive coverage of American and European laws
• Since America and Europe appear to be the leaders when it comes to regulating business on the Internet, the subject requires a textbook that prepares students, and future business owners and employees, to address compliance with the evolving laws and regulations
• The only textbook, that I am aware of, that provides, chapter-by-chapter, a comparison of American and European, specifically French law on the chapter topics