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Chapter 1. Today’s Business Environment: Law and Ethics
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Chapter 2. The Court
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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
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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
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Chapter 13. Negotiable Instruments, Credit, and Bankruptcy
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Chapter 14. Agency and the Employment
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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
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Chapter 18. Securities
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Chapter 19. Consumer
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Chapter 20. Antitrust b h b h b h Law
Chapter 21. Environmental Law b h b h b h
Chapter 22. The International Legal Environment of Business b h b h b h b h b h b h b h
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Table of Contents bh b h
Answer b h to b h Discussion b h Question ...................................................................................................................... 1
Answers b h to b h Case b h Questions .............................................................................................................................. 1
Answers b h to b h Ethics b h and b h Social b h Questions ............................................................................................... 3
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inclusion of an illegal interest rate in a sales contract); and Plumleey v.
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Chapter 1. Today’s Business Environment: Law and Ethics
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Chapter 2. The Court
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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
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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
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Chapter 14. Agency and the Employment
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Chapter 16. Employment Discrimination
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Chapter 17. The
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Chapter 18. Securities
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Chapter 19. Consumer
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Chapter 20. Antitrust b h b h b h Law
Chapter 21. Environmental Law b h b h b h
Chapter 22. The International Legal Environment of Business b h b h b h b h b h b h b h
CHAPTER 1 bh
Table of Contents bh b h
Answer b h to b h Discussion b h Question ...................................................................................................................... 1
Answers b h to b h Case b h Questions .............................................................................................................................. 1
Answers b h to b h Ethics b h and b h Social b h Questions ............................................................................................... 3
Answer to Discussion Question bh bh bh
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who speakslittley English andy was not educatedy iny they Unitedy States?y How about for ay
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foreigners?
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Answer: It is generally true that ignorance of the law is no excuse. Citizens
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known as this rule is, it is
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ofy knowledge regarding the state‘s usury laws is no excuse for the
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inclusion of an illegal interest rate in a sales contract); and Plumleey v.
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was not excuse). The courts have provided a small exception
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Consider Flaneryy v.
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an answer to a complaint was not required); Ramony v. Dept. ofy
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Transportation, (no English and an inability to understand the law required for
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Answers to Case Questions bh bh bh
1. Factsy from any Englishy judge’sy decision iny 1884:y “They crewy ofy an English yacht
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