Business law

Langvardt, A., Barnes, A.J., Prenkert, J.D., McCrory, M.A., & Perry, J.E. (2019). Business law: The ethical, global, and e-commerce environment (17th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Education.

In Chapter 5, you will read about the differences between crimes and torts and the role that criminal law plays in our society. This chapter examines what a prosecutor must prove to convict a defendant of a crime and how the Constitution limits the government’s ability to criminalize behavior. You will read about criminal procedure with a special emphasis on the Fourth Amendment and its exceptions. Chapter 5 wraps up with a discussion of white collar and computer crimes.

Chapter 5: Criminal Law and Procedure
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This article discusses the majority and dissenting opinions in Berghuis v. Thompkins. You can also listen to the oral arguments made before the United States Supreme Court.

Berghuis v. Thompkins. (2010). Oyez.

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2009/08-1470

This article describes how a case reaches the United States Supreme Court.

Supreme Court procedures. (n.d.). United States Courts.

https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/supreme-1

This article discusses the Fifth Amendment and double jeopardy.

Blakely, R.G. (n.d.). Double jeopardy. The Heritage Guide to The Constitution.

https://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/amendments/5/essays/148/double-jeopardy

This article defines the RICO Act.

What is RICO?. (n.d.). HG.org.

https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/what-is-rico-30996

http://hg.org/

This article explains the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Computer fraud and abuse act (CFAA). (n.d.). NACDL.

https://www.nacdl.org/Landing/ComputerFraudandAbuseAct

This short video describes the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

This video explains the Fourth Amendment and its exceptions.