SOLUTION MANUA
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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➢ Chapterm 1.m Today’sm Businessm Environm ent:m Lawm andm Ethics
➢ Chapterm 2.m Them Courtm System s
➢ Chapterm 3.m Trialsm andm Resolvingm Disputes
➢ Chapterm 4.m Them Constitution:m Focusm onm Applicationm tom Business
➢ Chapterm 5.m Criminalm Law m andm Business
➢ Chapterm 6.m Elementsm of m Torts
➢ Chapterm 7.m Businessm Tortsm andm Productm Liability
➢ Chapterm 8.m Realm andm Personalm Property
➢ Chapterm 9.m Intellectualm Property
➢ Chapterm 10.m Contracts
➢ Chapterm 11.m Domesticm andm Internationalm Sales
➢ Chapterm 12.m Businessm Organizations
➢ Chapterm 13.m Negotiablem Instrum ents,m Credit,m andm Bankruptcy
➢ Chapterm 14.m Agency m andm them Em ploym entm Relationship
➢ Chapterm 15.m Em ploym entm andm Laborm Regulations
➢ Chapterm 16.m Em ploym entm Discrimination
➢ Chapterm 17.m Them Regulatory m Process
➢ Chapterm 18.m Securitiesm Regulation
➢ Chapterm 19.m Consumerm Protection
➢ Chapterm 20.m Antitrustm Law
➢ Chapterm 21.m Environmentalm Law
, ➢ Chapterm 22.m Them Internationalm Legalm Environmentm of m Business
CHAPTER 1 mm
Table of Contents
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Answerm tom Discussionm Question................................................................................................................................... 1
Answersm tom Casem Questions............................................................................................................................................ 1
Answersm tom Ethicsm andm Socialm Questions.............................................................................................................. 3
Answer to Discussion Question
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Should m them commonm lawm maximm “Ignorancem of m them lawm ism nom excuse” m apply m tom anm immigrantm whom spe
aksmlittlem English m and m wasm notm educated m inm them United m States? m Howm aboutm form am touristm whom doesm not
m speak m English? m Everyonem knowsm criminal m actsm arem prohibited,m butm whatm aboutm subtlerm rulesm thatm differ
m acrossmcountriesm and m so m may m bem misunderstood m by m foreigners?
Answer:m Itm is m generally m truem thatm ignorancem ofm them lawm is m nom excus e. m Citizens m arem deeme
dm tomhavem constructivem knowledgem ofm them law.m Yet,m as m well m knownm as m this m rulem is,m it
m is m surprisingm howm oftenm itm is m profferedm as m anm excuse. m (Am Wes tlawm searchm cas es m find
s m hundreds mofm examples). m Examples m include:m Delucom v.m Dezi m (Conn. m Super)m (lackm ofm kno
wledgem regardingmthem state‘s m usury m laws m is m nom excus em form them inclusionm ofm anm illegal m i
nterestm ratem inm am sales mcontract);m andm Plumleem v.m Paddockm (ignorancem ofm theiifactm thatm the
m subjectm matterm ofm themcontractm was m illegal m was m notm excuse). m Them courts m hav em provided
m am small m exceptionm tom themrulem whenm itm comes m tom peoplem inm lack m ofm Englishm language
m skills. m Considerm Flanery m v.m Kuska,m(defendantm didm notm speak m Englishm was m advisedm by m a
m friendm thatm anm answerm tom am complai ntm was m notm required);m Ramonm v.m Dept. m of m Transport
ation,m (nom Englishm andm anm inability m tomunderstandm them lawm requi redm form anm excuse);m Yur
echkom v.m County m ofm Allegheny,m (Ignorancem andmwithm them factm thatm them municipality m suffered
m nom hardshipm inm latem lawsuitm filingm was m anmexcuse).
Answers to Case Questions m m m
1. Factsm fromm anm English m judge’sm decisionm inm 1884:m “Them crewm ofm anm English m yacht......m werem castm awa
y m inmam stormm onm them high m seasm .m .m .m and m werem compelled m tom putm intom anm openm boat.....mThey m ha
d m nom supply mofm waterm and m nom supply m ofm food.m .m .m .m Thatm onm them eighteenth m day m .m .m .m they.msugge
sted m thatm one
should m bem sacrificed m tom savem them rest.m .m .m .m Thatm nextm day m .m .m .m they m .m .m .m wentm tom them boy
putm am knif
emintom hism throatm and m killed m himm .m .m .m them threem menm fed m uponm them body m.mofm them boy m form fourm days;
m [then]
them boatm wasm picked m up m by m am passing m vessel,m and m [they]m were m rescued.m .m .m .m and m committed m form trial.m .
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ifm them menm had m notm fed m uponm them body m ofm them boy m they m would m probably m notm havem survived m tom be
mso iipicked m up m and m rescued,m butm would m...havem died m of m famine.m Them boy,m being m inm a m much m weakermc
ondition,m wasm likely m tom havem died m beforem them.........Them real m questionm inm thism casem [is]m whetherm killi
ng munderm them conditionsm setm forth m.......mbem orm bem notm murder.” m Dom youm considerm them actsm tom bem im
moral? m[Reginam v.m Dudley m andm Stephens,m 14 m Queensm Bench m Divisionm 273 m (1884)]
, Answer:m This m poi nts m outm thatm them legal m systemm has m limits. m Its m acceptabili ty m is m dictatedm by m lega
l mculture--
whichdetermi nes m whetherm lawm will m bem enforced, m obey ed, m avoi ded, m orm abus ed. m Itm is mlimited
m by m them informal m rul es m ofm them soci ety --
its m customs m andm val ues. m Onem limitm is m them extentm tom whichm soci ety m will m allowm them formal m
rules m tom bem impos edm whenm am cri mem is m commi ttedm inmoddm circums tances. m Herem therem was
m anm intentional m murder. m Does m them motiv em form them murder, mthem effortm tom s av em sev eral m live
s m by m sacrificingm one
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
ii ii
➢ Chapterm 1.m Today’sm Businessm Environm ent:m Lawm andm Ethics
➢ Chapterm 2.m Them Courtm System s
➢ Chapterm 3.m Trialsm andm Resolvingm Disputes
➢ Chapterm 4.m Them Constitution:m Focusm onm Applicationm tom Business
➢ Chapterm 5.m Criminalm Law m andm Business
➢ Chapterm 6.m Elementsm of m Torts
➢ Chapterm 7.m Businessm Tortsm andm Productm Liability
➢ Chapterm 8.m Realm andm Personalm Property
➢ Chapterm 9.m Intellectualm Property
➢ Chapterm 10.m Contracts
➢ Chapterm 11.m Domesticm andm Internationalm Sales
➢ Chapterm 12.m Businessm Organizations
➢ Chapterm 13.m Negotiablem Instrum ents,m Credit,m andm Bankruptcy
➢ Chapterm 14.m Agency m andm them Em ploym entm Relationship
➢ Chapterm 15.m Em ploym entm andm Laborm Regulations
➢ Chapterm 16.m Em ploym entm Discrimination
➢ Chapterm 17.m Them Regulatory m Process
➢ Chapterm 18.m Securitiesm Regulation
➢ Chapterm 19.m Consumerm Protection
➢ Chapterm 20.m Antitrustm Law
➢ Chapterm 21.m Environmentalm Law
, ➢ Chapterm 22.m Them Internationalm Legalm Environmentm of m Business
CHAPTER 1 mm
Table of Contents
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Answerm tom Discussionm Question................................................................................................................................... 1
Answersm tom Casem Questions............................................................................................................................................ 1
Answersm tom Ethicsm andm Socialm Questions.............................................................................................................. 3
Answer to Discussion Question
m m m
Should m them commonm lawm maximm “Ignorancem of m them lawm ism nom excuse” m apply m tom anm immigrantm whom spe
aksmlittlem English m and m wasm notm educated m inm them United m States? m Howm aboutm form am touristm whom doesm not
m speak m English? m Everyonem knowsm criminal m actsm arem prohibited,m butm whatm aboutm subtlerm rulesm thatm differ
m acrossmcountriesm and m so m may m bem misunderstood m by m foreigners?
Answer:m Itm is m generally m truem thatm ignorancem ofm them lawm is m nom excus e. m Citizens m arem deeme
dm tomhavem constructivem knowledgem ofm them law.m Yet,m as m well m knownm as m this m rulem is,m it
m is m surprisingm howm oftenm itm is m profferedm as m anm excuse. m (Am Wes tlawm searchm cas es m find
s m hundreds mofm examples). m Examples m include:m Delucom v.m Dezi m (Conn. m Super)m (lackm ofm kno
wledgem regardingmthem state‘s m usury m laws m is m nom excus em form them inclusionm ofm anm illegal m i
nterestm ratem inm am sales mcontract);m andm Plumleem v.m Paddockm (ignorancem ofm theiifactm thatm the
m subjectm matterm ofm themcontractm was m illegal m was m notm excuse). m Them courts m hav em provided
m am small m exceptionm tom themrulem whenm itm comes m tom peoplem inm lack m ofm Englishm language
m skills. m Considerm Flanery m v.m Kuska,m(defendantm didm notm speak m Englishm was m advisedm by m a
m friendm thatm anm answerm tom am complai ntm was m notm required);m Ramonm v.m Dept. m of m Transport
ation,m (nom Englishm andm anm inability m tomunderstandm them lawm requi redm form anm excuse);m Yur
echkom v.m County m ofm Allegheny,m (Ignorancem andmwithm them factm thatm them municipality m suffered
m nom hardshipm inm latem lawsuitm filingm was m anmexcuse).
Answers to Case Questions m m m
1. Factsm fromm anm English m judge’sm decisionm inm 1884:m “Them crewm ofm anm English m yacht......m werem castm awa
y m inmam stormm onm them high m seasm .m .m .m and m werem compelled m tom putm intom anm openm boat.....mThey m ha
d m nom supply mofm waterm and m nom supply m ofm food.m .m .m .m Thatm onm them eighteenth m day m .m .m .m they.msugge
sted m thatm one
should m bem sacrificed m tom savem them rest.m .m .m .m Thatm nextm day m .m .m .m they m .m .m .m wentm tom them boy
putm am knif
emintom hism throatm and m killed m himm .m .m .m them threem menm fed m uponm them body m.mofm them boy m form fourm days;
m [then]
them boatm wasm picked m up m by m am passing m vessel,m and m [they]m were m rescued.m .m .m .m and m committed m form trial.m .
m.
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ifm them menm had m notm fed m uponm them body m ofm them boy m they m would m probably m notm havem survived m tom be
mso iipicked m up m and m rescued,m butm would m...havem died m of m famine.m Them boy,m being m inm a m much m weakermc
ondition,m wasm likely m tom havem died m beforem them.........Them real m questionm inm thism casem [is]m whetherm killi
ng munderm them conditionsm setm forth m.......mbem orm bem notm murder.” m Dom youm considerm them actsm tom bem im
moral? m[Reginam v.m Dudley m andm Stephens,m 14 m Queensm Bench m Divisionm 273 m (1884)]
, Answer:m This m poi nts m outm thatm them legal m systemm has m limits. m Its m acceptabili ty m is m dictatedm by m lega
l mculture--
whichdetermi nes m whetherm lawm will m bem enforced, m obey ed, m avoi ded, m orm abus ed. m Itm is mlimited
m by m them informal m rul es m ofm them soci ety --
its m customs m andm val ues. m Onem limitm is m them extentm tom whichm soci ety m will m allowm them formal m
rules m tom bem impos edm whenm am cri mem is m commi ttedm inmoddm circums tances. m Herem therem was
m anm intentional m murder. m Does m them motiv em form them murder, mthem effortm tom s av em sev eral m live
s m by m sacrificingm one
