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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 Chapter w w 1. w w Today’s w w Business w w Environment: w w Law w w and w w Ethics

 Chapter w w 2. w w The w w Court w w Systems

 Chapter w w 3. w w Trials w w and w w Resolving w w Disputes

 Chapter w w 4. w w The w w Constitution: w w Focus w w on w w Application w w to w w Business

 Chapter w w 5. w w Criminal w w Law w w and w w Business

 Chapter w w 6. w w Elements w w of w w Torts

 Chapter w w 7. w w Business w w Torts w w and w w Product w w Liability

 Chapter w w 8. w w Real w w and w w Personal w w Property

 Chapter w w 9. w w Intellectual w w Property

 Chapter w w 10. w w Contracts

 Chapter w w 11. w w Domestic w w and w w International w w Sales

 Chapter w w 12. w w Business w w Organizations

 Chapter w w 13. w w Negotiable w w Instruments, w w Credit, w w and w w Bankruptcy

 Chapter w w 14. w w Agency w w and w w the w w Employment w w Relationship

 Chapter w w 15. w w Employment w w and w w Labor w w Regulations

 Chapter w w 16. w w Employment w w Discrimination

 Chapter w w 17. w w The w w Regulatory w w Process

 Chapter w w 18. w w Securities w w Regulation

 Chapter w w 19. w w Consumer w w Protection
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 Chapter w w 20. w w Antitrust w w Law

 Chapter w w 21. w w Environmental w w Law

 Chapter w w 22. w w The w w International w w Legal w w Environment w w of w w Business




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Answer w w to w w Discussion w w Question.................................................................................................................... 1
Answers w w to w w Case w w Questions............................................................................................................................ 1
Answers w w to w w Ethics w w and w w Social w w Questions .......................................................................................... 3




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Shouldy they common lawy maximy “Ignorancey ofy the lawy isy noy excuse”y applyy to any
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immigranty who speaks littley English andy was not educatedy iny they Unitedy States?y How
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about for ay tourist who does not speak English?y Everyone knows criminaly acts
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arey prohibited, but what about subtlery rulesy thaty differ acrossy countries andy so
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mayy bey misunderstoody byy foreigners?
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surprising how often it is proffered as w w an excuse. (A Westlaw search
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cases
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Super) (lack ofy knowledge regarding the
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for
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Plumleey v. Paddock (ignorance of the fact that the subject matter ofy the
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contract
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English
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that
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Transportation, (no English and an inability to understand the law required
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for an excuse); Yurechko v. Countyy ofy Allegheny, (Ignorance
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