Solution manual for the legal environment of business 14th edition by Roger E. Meiners and AL H. Ringleb All Chapters 1-22 Covered

Solution manual
the legal environment of business 14th edition
by Roger E. Meiners and AL H. Ringleb
All Chapters 1-22 Covered

,TABLE OF CONTENT
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1.mToday’smBusinessmEnvironment:mLawmandmEthics.
2.mThemCourtmSystems.
3.mTrialsmandmResolvingmDisputes.
4.mThemConstitution:mFocusmonmApplicationmtomBusiness.
5.mCriminalmLawmandmBusiness.
6.mElementsmofmTorts.
7.mBusinessmTortsmandmProductmLiability.
8.mRealmandmPersonalmProperty.
9.mIntellectualmProperty.
10.mContracts.
11.mDomesticmandmInternationalmSales.
12.mBusinessmOrganizations.
13.mNegotiablemInstruments,mCredit,mandmBankruptcy.
14.mAgencymandmthemEmploymentmRelationship.
15.mEmploymentmandmLabormRegulations.
16.mEmploymentmDiscrimination.
17.mThemRegulatorymProcess.
18.mSecuritiesmRegulation.
19.mConsumermProtection.
20.mAntitrustmLaw.
21.mEnvironmentalmLaw.
22.mThemInternationalmLegalmEnvironmentmofmBusiness.

,The Legal Environment of Business, 14th Edition by Roger E. Meiners
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Chapterm1-22
Chapterm1


Table of Contents
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AnswermtomDiscussionmQuestion................................................................................................................... 1
AnswersmtomCasemQuestions ........................................................................................................................ 1
AnswersmtomEthicsmandmSocialmQuestions .................................................................................................... 3



Answer to Discussion Question
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mEnglishmandmwasmnotmeducatedminmthemUnitedmStates?mHowmaboutmformamtouristmwhomdoesmnotmspeakmEnglish?m

Everyonemknowsmcriminalmactsmaremprohibited,mbutmwhatmaboutmsubtlermrulesmthatmdiffermacrossmcountriesmandms
ommaymbemmisunderstoodmbymforeigners?
Answer:mItmismgenerallymtruemthatmignorancemofmthemlawmismnomexcuse.mCitizensmaremdeemedmtomhavemconstructiv
emknowledgemofmthemlaw.mYet,masmwellmknownmasmthismrulemis,mitmismsurprisingmhowmoftenmitmismprofferedmasm
anmexcuse.m(AmWestlawmsearchmcasesmfindsmhundredsmofmexamples).mExamplesminclude:mDelucomv.mDezim(
Conn.mSuper)m(lackmofmknowledgemregardingmthemstate‘smusurymlawsmismnomexcusemformtheminclusionmofmanmil
legalminterestmrateminmamsalesmcontract);mandmPlumleemv.mPaddockm(ignorancemofmthemfactmthatmthemsubjectm
mattermofmthemcontractmwasmillegalmwasmnotmexcuse).mThemcourtsmhavemprovidedmamsmallmexceptionmtomthem
rulemwhenmitmcomesmtompeopleminmlackmofmEnglishmlanguagemskills.mConsidermFlanerymv.mKuska,m(defendantm
didmnotmspeakmEnglishmwasmadvisedmbymamfriendmthatmanmanswermtomamcomplaintmwasmnotmrequired);mRamo
nmv.mDept.mofmTransportation,m(nomEnglishmandmanminabilitymtomunderstandmthemlawmrequiredmformanmexcuse);
mYurechkomv.mCountymofmAllegheny,m(Ignorancemandmwithmthemfactmthatmthemmunicipalitymsufferedmnomhardsh

ipminmlatemlawsuitmfilingmwasmanmexcuse).


Answers to Case Questions
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1. FactsmfrommanmEnglishmjudge’smdecisionminm1884:m“ThemcrewmofmanmEnglishmyacht ............. weremcastmawaymin
amstormmonmthemhighmseasm.m.m.mandmweremcompelledmtomputmintomanmopenmboat. .........Theymhadmnomsupply
ofmwatermandmnomsupplymofmfood.m.m.m.mThatmonmthemeighteenthmdaym.m.m.mthey ........ suggestedmthatmone
shouldmbemsacrificedmtomsavemthemrest.m.m.m.mThatmnextmdaym.m.m.mtheym.m.m.mwentmtomthemboy ....... putmamknife
intomhismthroatmandmkilledmhimm.m.m.mthemthreemmenmfedmuponmthembody .........ofmthemboymformfourmdays;m[then]
themboatmwasmpickedmupmbymampassingmvessel,mandm[they]mweremrescued.m.m.m.mandmcommittedmformtrial.m.m.m.m
ifmthemmenmhadmnotmfedmuponmthembodymofmthemboymtheymwouldmprobablymnotmhavemsurvivedmtombemsompicke
dmupmandmrescued,mbutmwould ..................havemdiedmofmfamine.mThemboy,mbeingminmammuchmweaker
condition,mwasmlikelymtomhavemdiedmbeforemthem ........... Themrealmquestionminmthismcasem[is]mwhethermkilling
undermthemconditionsmsetmforth ......... bemormbemnotmmurder.”mDomyoumconsidermthemactsmtombemimmoral?
[Reginamv.mDudleymandmStephens,m14mQueensmBenchmDivisionm273m(1884)]

, Answer:mThismpointsmoutmthatmthemlegalmsystemmhasmlimits.mItsmacceptabilitymismdictatedmbymlegalmculture--
whichmdeterminesmwhethermlawmwillmbemenforced,mobeyed,mavoided,mormabused.mItmismlimitedmbymtheminforma
lmrulesmofmthemsociety--
itsmcustomsmandmvalues.mOnemlimitmismthemextentmtomwhichmsocietymwillmallowmthemformalmrulesmtombemimpos
edmwhenmamcrimemismcommittedminmoddmcircumstances.mHeremtheremwasmanmintentionalmmurder.mDoesmthem
motivemformthemmurder,mthemeffortmtomsavemseveralmlivesmbymsacrificingmone