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by Roger E. Meiners, Verified Chapters 1 - 22, Complete
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 Chapter 1. Today’s Business Environment: Law and Ethics
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 Chapter 2. The Court Systems
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 Chapter 3. Trials and Resolving Disputes
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 Chapter 4. The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business
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 Chapter 5. Criminal Law and Business
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 Chapter 6. Elements of Torts
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 Chapter 7. Business Torts and Product Liability
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 Chapter 8. Real and Personal Property
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 Chapter 9. Intellectual Property
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 Chapter 10. Contracts
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 Chapter 11. Domestic and International Sales
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 Chapter 12. Business Organizations
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 Chapter 13. Negotiable Instruments, Credit, and Bankruptcy
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 Chapter 14. Agency and the Employment Relationship
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 Chapter 15. Employment and Labor Regulations
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 Chapter 16. Employment Discrimination
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 Chapter 17. The Regulatory Process
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 Chapter 18. Securities Regulation
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 Chapter 19. Consumer Protection
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 Chapter 20. Antitrust Law ty ty ty




 Chapter 21. Environmental Law ty ty ty




 Chapter 22. The International Legal Environment of Business
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Answer to Discussion Question .......................................................................................................................... 1
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Answers to Case Questions .................................................................................................................................. 1
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Answers to Ethics and Social Questions ......................................................................................................... 3
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Should the common law maxim “Ignorance of the law is no excuse” apply to an immigrant who
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speakslittle English and was not educated in the United States? How about for a tourist who does
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not speak English? Everyone knows criminal acts are prohibited, but what about subtler rules that
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differ across countries and so may be misunderstood by foreigners?
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Answer: It is generally true that ignorance of the law is no excuse. Citizens are deemed to have
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constructive knowledge of the law. Yet, as well known as this rule is, it is surprising how often
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it is proffered as an excuse. (A Westlaw search cases finds hundreds of examples). Examples
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include: Deluco tyv. tyDezi ty(Conn. Super) (lack of knowledge regarding the state‘s usury laws is no
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excuse for the inclusion of an illegal interest rate in a sales contract); and Plumlee tyv. tyPaddock
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ty(ignorance of the fact that the subject matter of the contract was illegal was not excuse). The
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courts have provided a small exception to the rule when it comes to people in lack of English
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language skills. Consider Flanery tyv. tyKuska, ty(defendant did not speak English was advised by a
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friend that an answer to a complaint was not required); Ramon tyv. tyDept. tyof tyTransportation, t y(no
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English and an inability to understand the law required for an excuse); Yurechko tyv. tyCounty tyof
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lawsuit filing was an excuse).
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1. Facts from an English judge’s decision in 1884: “The crew of an English yacht .... were cast away in
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a storm on the high seas . . . and were compelled to put into an open boat. They had no
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supply
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