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SOLUTION MANUAL
The Legal Environment of Business, 14th Edition
by Roger E. Meiners, Verified Chapters 1 - 22, Complete
The Legal Environment of Business, 14th Edition
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The Legal Environment of Business, 14th Edition
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
➢ Chapter 1. Today’s Business Environment: Law and Ethics
➢ Chapter 2. The Court Systems
➢ Chapter 3. Trials and Resolving Disputes
➢ Chapter 4. The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business
➢ Chapter 5. Criminal Law and Business
➢ Chapter 6. Elements of Torts
➢ Chapter 7. Business Torts and Product Liability
➢ Chapter 8. Real and Personal Property
➢ Chapter 9. Intellectual Property
➢ Chapter 10. Contracts
➢ Chapter 11. Domestic and International Sales
➢ Chapter 12. Business Organizations
➢ Chapter 13. Negotiable Instruments, Credit, and Bankruptcy
➢ Chapter 14. Agency and the Employment Relationship
➢ Chapter 15. Employment and Labor Regulations
➢ Chapter 16. Employment Discrimination
➢ Chapter 17. The Regulatory Process
➢ Chapter 18. Securities Regulation
➢ Chapter 19. Consumer Protection
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➢ Chapter 20. Antitrust Law d d d
➢ Chapter 21. Environmental Law d d d
➢ Chapter 22. The International Legal Environment of Business
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CHAPTER 1 d
Table of Contents d d
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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Answer to Discussion Question d d d
Should the common law maxim “Ignorance of the law is no excuse” apply to an immigrant who speaks
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little English and was not educated in the United States? How about for a tourist who does not speak
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dEnglish? Everyone knows criminal acts are prohibited, but what about subtler rules that differ across
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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 it
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Deluco dv. dDezi d(Conn. Super) (lack of knowledge regarding the state‘s usury laws is no excuse for
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the inclusion of an illegal interest rate in a sales contract); and Plumlee dv. dPaddock d(ignorance of
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thefact that the subject matter of the contract was illegal was not excuse). The courts have
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provided a small exception to the rule when it comes to people in lack of English language skills.
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Consider Flanery dv. dKuska, d(defendant did not speak English was advised by a friend that an
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answer to a complaint was not required); Ramon dv. dDept. dof dTransportation, d(no English and an
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inability to understand the law required for an excuse); Yurechko dv. dCounty dof dAllegheny,
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d(Ignorance and with the fact that the municipality suffered no hardship in late lawsuit filing was
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Answers to Case Questions d d d
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 supply
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of water and no supply of food. . . . That on the eighteenth day . . . they.... suggested that one
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should be sacrificed to save the rest. . . . That next day . . . they . . . went to the boy ..... put a knife
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The Legal Environment of Business, 14th Edition
SOLUTION MANUAL
The Legal Environment of Business, 14th Edition
by Roger E. Meiners, Verified Chapters 1 - 22, Complete
The Legal Environment of Business, 14th Edition
, =
The Legal Environment of Business, 14th Edition
, =
TABLE OF CONTENTS
➢ Chapter 1. Today’s Business Environment: Law and Ethics
➢ Chapter 2. The Court Systems
➢ Chapter 3. Trials and Resolving Disputes
➢ Chapter 4. The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business
➢ Chapter 5. Criminal Law and Business
➢ Chapter 6. Elements of Torts
➢ Chapter 7. Business Torts and Product Liability
➢ Chapter 8. Real and Personal Property
➢ Chapter 9. Intellectual Property
➢ Chapter 10. Contracts
➢ Chapter 11. Domestic and International Sales
➢ Chapter 12. Business Organizations
➢ Chapter 13. Negotiable Instruments, Credit, and Bankruptcy
➢ Chapter 14. Agency and the Employment Relationship
➢ Chapter 15. Employment and Labor Regulations
➢ Chapter 16. Employment Discrimination
➢ Chapter 17. The Regulatory Process
➢ Chapter 18. Securities Regulation
➢ Chapter 19. Consumer Protection
The Legal Environment of Business, 14th Edition
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➢ Chapter 20. Antitrust Law d d d
➢ Chapter 21. Environmental Law d d d
➢ Chapter 22. The International Legal Environment of Business
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CHAPTER 1 d
Table of Contents d d
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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Answer to Discussion Question d d d
Should the common law maxim “Ignorance of the law is no excuse” apply to an immigrant who speaks
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little English and was not educated in the United States? How about for a tourist who does not speak
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dEnglish? Everyone knows criminal acts are prohibited, but what about subtler rules that differ across
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dcountries 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 it
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is proffered as an excuse. (A Westlaw search cases finds hundreds of examples). Examples include:
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Deluco dv. dDezi d(Conn. Super) (lack of knowledge regarding the state‘s usury laws is no excuse for
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the inclusion of an illegal interest rate in a sales contract); and Plumlee dv. dPaddock d(ignorance of
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thefact that the subject matter of the contract was illegal was not excuse). The courts have
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provided a small exception to the rule when it comes to people in lack of English language skills.
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Consider Flanery dv. dKuska, d(defendant did not speak English was advised by a friend that an
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answer to a complaint was not required); Ramon dv. dDept. dof dTransportation, d(no English and an
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inability to understand the law required for an excuse); Yurechko dv. dCounty dof dAllegheny,
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d(Ignorance and with the fact that the municipality suffered no hardship in late lawsuit filing was
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an excuse).
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Answers to Case Questions d d d
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 supply
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of water and no supply of food. . . . That on the eighteenth day . . . they.... suggested that one
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should be sacrificed to save the rest. . . . That next day . . . they . . . went to the boy ..... put a knife
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