The Legal Handbook of Business Transactions: A Guide for Managers and Entrepreneurs

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provides lucid and remarkably concise explanations of the main laws and principles that every business manager or entrepreneur should know. It is, to a large extent, `preventive law' for avoiding trouble, as well as for dealing with it when it does occur. There is complete, though brief, coverage of all the important aspects of business law, a good index, and such fine choice of language that it is easy to read. And that last feature is worth the price of the book. Association of Florida Trial Lawyers Journal This invaluable reference tool covers the potential legal liability of businesses, the costs of failing to comply with legal obligations, and the legal rights afforded businesses under the law. The authors combine a theoretical focus with an applied, practical approach to minimizing legal costs. The guide addresses such topics as raising capital, buying real estate, extending credit, collecting accounts, borrowing money, advertising, selling goods, negotiating contracts, maintaining a safe work place, managing employees, keeping business records, contracting with the federal government, the impact of the new federal tax law, and more. Throughout the volume, the reader is alerted to those highly technical and complex regulatory areas where legal counsel is clearly advisable. Consideration is also given to selecting and working effectively with a lawyer in such circumstances.

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I am sorry that this letter is so long', wrote Lord Chesterfield to his son; I did not have the time to make it short. So, too, an attempt to reduce to compact simplicity a subject as big as the vast body of American law that applies to business and its related matters, requires years of effort by even the most talented writer. But it can be done. It has been done, in astonishingly short (579 pages) and crystal clear style, by a joint work of two very able and industrious law writers--Professor E.C. Lashbrooke, Jr. and Professor M.I. Swygert. Once in a while, the old chestnut of book reviewers really applies. This is a major contribution.' It really is a good addition to the literature of business management. It is the best thing of its kind that I ever have seen; and I've seen a lot of books about law and business.... It provides lucid and remarkably concise explanations of the main laws and principles that every business manager or entrepreneur should know. It is, to a large extent, preventive law' for avoiding trouble, as well as for dealing with it when it does occur. There is complete, though brief, coverage of all the important aspects of business law, a good index, and such fine choice of language that it is easy to read. And that last feature is worth the price of the book. It really suceeds in making complex matters clear enough for even the business person who reads and runs. Blessed be the writers who try to help their readers rather than impress them. That is impressive.-Association of Florida Trial Lawyers Journal
This handbook covers such topics as advertising, business planning, buying real estate, borrowing money, collecting delinquent accounts, contracting with the federal government, extending credits, keeping business records, liabilities for employer, managing employer-employee relations, negotiating contracts, raising capital and selling goods and taxation. A very comprehensive reference tool for lawyers, business men, attorneys, and business/law students, The Legal Handbook of Business Transactions is written by two distinguished scholars whose knowledge in the covered subject matter is so authoritative and undoubted. The law librarians will find it valuable for its accessible format as an encyclopedic guidebook in business law.-Law Books in Review
"This handbook covers such topics as advertising, business planning, buying real estate, borrowing money, collecting delinquent accounts, contracting with the federal government, extending credits, keeping business records, liabilities for employer, managing employer-employee relations, negotiating contracts, raising capital and selling goods and taxation. A very comprehensive reference tool for lawyers, business men, attorneys, and business/law students, The Legal Handbook of Business Transactions is written by two distinguished scholars whose knowledge in the covered subject matter is so authoritative and undoubted. The law librarians will find it valuable for its accessible format as an encyclopedic guidebook in business law."-Law Books in Review
"I am sorry that this letter is so long', wrote Lord Chesterfield to his son; I did not have the time to make it short. So, too, an attempt to reduce to compact simplicity a subject as big as the vast body of American law that applies to business and its related matters, requires years of effort by even the most talented writer. But it can be done. It has been done, in astonishingly short (579 pages) and crystal clear style, by a joint work of two very able and industrious law writers--Professor E.C. Lashbrooke, Jr. and Professor M.I. Swygert. Once in a while, the old chestnut of book reviewers really applies. This is a major contribution.' It really is a good addition to the literature of business management. It is the best thing of its kind that I ever have seen; and I've seen a lot of books about law and business.... It provides lucid and remarkably concise explanations of the main laws and principles that every business manager or entrepreneur should know. It is, to a large extent, preventive law' for avoiding trouble, as well as for dealing with it when it does occur. There is complete, though brief, coverage of all the important aspects of business law, a good index, and such fine choice of language that it is easy to read. And that last feature is worth the price of the book. It really suceeds in making complex matters clear enough for even the business person who reads and runs. Blessed be the writers who try to help their readers rather than impress them. That is impressive."-Association of Florida Trial Lawyers Journal

Author Bio

E. C. LASHBROOKE, JR., is Professor and Chairman of the Department of General Business and Business Law at Michigan State University. MICHAEL I. SWYGERT is Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersberg, Florida.