SOLUTION & ANSWER GUIDE m m m
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The Essentials Text & Summarized Cases, Ceng
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age, 13th edition, Roger LeRoy Miller, Chapters
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1 - 25, Complete
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,CHAPTER 1: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
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—Appendix to Chapter 1: Finding and Analyzing the Law
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CHAPTER 2: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
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CHAPTER 3: Ethics in Business
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—Appendix to Chapter 3: Code of Ethics Example
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CHAPTER 4: Tort Law
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CHAPTER 5: Intellectual Property Rights
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CHAPTER 6: Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
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CHAPTER 7: Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
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CHAPTER 8: Agreement and Consideration in Contracts
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CHAPTER 9: Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability
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CHAPTER 10: Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
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CHAPTER 11: Sales and Lease Contracts
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CHAPTER 12: Performance and Breach in Sales and Lease Contracts
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CHAPTER 13: Negotiable Instruments
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CHAPTER 14: Banking
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CHAPTER 15: Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
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CHAPTER 16: Agency Relationships in Business
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CHAPTER 17: Employment Law
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CHAPTER 18: The Entrepreneur’s Options
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,CHAPTER 19: Corporations
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CHAPTER 20: Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Gov
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ernance
CHAPTER 21: Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
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CHAPTER 22: Consumer Law
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CHAPTER 23: Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance
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CHAPTER 24: Real Property and Environmental Law
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CHAPTER 25: International and Space Law
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, Solution and Answer Guide m m m
Miller,mBusinessmLawmToday,mThemEssentialsmTextm&mSummarizedmCasesm13e,m9780357635
346;mChapterm01:mLegalmandmConstitutionalmFoundationsmofmBusiness
Table of Contents
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CriticalmThinkingmQuestionsminmFeatures ...................................................................................................... 1
AdaptingmthemLawmtomthemOnlinemEnvironment ....................................................................................... 1
CriticalmThinkingmQuestionsminmCases ........................................................................................................... 2
Casem1.1 .................................................................................................................................................... 2
Casem1.2 .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Casem1.3 .................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChaptermReview ............................................................................................................................................ 4
PracticemandmReview ................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticemandmReview:mDebatemThis........................................................................................................... 5
IssuemSpotters ........................................................................................................................................... 5
BusinessmScenariosmandmCasemProblems .................................................................................................. 5
CriticalmThinkingmandmWritingmAssignments ........................................................................................... 10
CriticalmThinkingmQuestionsminmAppendixmExhibitm1A–3 ............................................................................. 11
Exhibitm1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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AdaptingmthemLawmtomthemOnlinemEnvironment
1. OnemobservermhasmsaidmthatmthemAmericanmlegalmsystemmshouldmevaluatemsocialmmediamcompaniesmba
sedmonmhowm―theymaffectmusmasmcitizens,mnotmonlym[onmhow]mtheymaffectmusmasmconsumers.‖mWhatmismy
ourmopinionmofmthismstatement?
Solution
Thempersonmwhommademthismstatementmclearlymseesmam―citizen‖masmhavingmdifferentmmotivationsmandmcon
cernsmthanmam―consumer.‖mPresumably,mamcitizenmism mostlymconcernedmwithmthemgoodmofmsocietymasmamw
hole,mandmthereforemwouldmbemopenmtomthemideamofmgovernmentmregulationmthatmrestrictedmthemnegative
minfluencemofmsocialmmedia,mregardlessmofmthemFirstmAmendment.mAmconsumer,mbymcontrast,mwouldmbem
primarilymconcernedmwithmhavingmammarketplacemthatmoffersmthemwidestmpossiblemvarietiesmofmfreedomm
(ofmchoice,mofmspeech,metc.)mandmwouldmformthatmreasonmbemopposedmtomgovernmentmregulationmofmsoci
almmedia.mTheremis,mhowever,manmargumentmtombemmademthatmthemcitizensmthatmmakemupmamsocietymben
efitmwhenmthemmarketplacemofmideas—whethermtheymaremsubjectively
―positive‖morm―negative‖—ismallowedmtomflourishminmthemabsencemofmgovernmentmregulation.
2. TimmCook,mApple‘smchiefmoperatingmofficer,mhasmsuggestedmthatmthemUnitedmStatesmCongressmshouldmpas
smamlawmlimitingmthemabilitymofmApplemandmothermtechmcountriesmtomkeepmconsumermdatamprivate.mWhy
mwouldmambusinessmexecutivemmakemsuchmamrequest?
Business Law Today - m m m
The Essentials Text & Summarized Cases, Ceng
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age, 13th edition, Roger LeRoy Miller, Chapters
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1 - 25, Complete
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,CHAPTER 1: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
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—Appendix to Chapter 1: Finding and Analyzing the Law
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CHAPTER 2: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
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CHAPTER 3: Ethics in Business
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—Appendix to Chapter 3: Code of Ethics Example
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CHAPTER 4: Tort Law
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CHAPTER 5: Intellectual Property Rights
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CHAPTER 6: Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
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CHAPTER 7: Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
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CHAPTER 8: Agreement and Consideration in Contracts
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CHAPTER 9: Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability
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CHAPTER 10: Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
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CHAPTER 11: Sales and Lease Contracts
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CHAPTER 12: Performance and Breach in Sales and Lease Contracts
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CHAPTER 13: Negotiable Instruments
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CHAPTER 14: Banking
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CHAPTER 15: Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
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CHAPTER 16: Agency Relationships in Business
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CHAPTER 17: Employment Law
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CHAPTER 18: The Entrepreneur’s Options
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,CHAPTER 19: Corporations
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CHAPTER 20: Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Gov
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ernance
CHAPTER 21: Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
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CHAPTER 22: Consumer Law
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CHAPTER 23: Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance
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CHAPTER 24: Real Property and Environmental Law
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CHAPTER 25: International and Space Law
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, Solution and Answer Guide m m m
Miller,mBusinessmLawmToday,mThemEssentialsmTextm&mSummarizedmCasesm13e,m9780357635
346;mChapterm01:mLegalmandmConstitutionalmFoundationsmofmBusiness
Table of Contents
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CriticalmThinkingmQuestionsminmFeatures ...................................................................................................... 1
AdaptingmthemLawmtomthemOnlinemEnvironment ....................................................................................... 1
CriticalmThinkingmQuestionsminmCases ........................................................................................................... 2
Casem1.1 .................................................................................................................................................... 2
Casem1.2 .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Casem1.3 .................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChaptermReview ............................................................................................................................................ 4
PracticemandmReview ................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticemandmReview:mDebatemThis........................................................................................................... 5
IssuemSpotters ........................................................................................................................................... 5
BusinessmScenariosmandmCasemProblems .................................................................................................. 5
CriticalmThinkingmandmWritingmAssignments ........................................................................................... 10
CriticalmThinkingmQuestionsminmAppendixmExhibitm1A–3 ............................................................................. 11
Exhibitm1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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AdaptingmthemLawmtomthemOnlinemEnvironment
1. OnemobservermhasmsaidmthatmthemAmericanmlegalmsystemmshouldmevaluatemsocialmmediamcompaniesmba
sedmonmhowm―theymaffectmusmasmcitizens,mnotmonlym[onmhow]mtheymaffectmusmasmconsumers.‖mWhatmismy
ourmopinionmofmthismstatement?
Solution
Thempersonmwhommademthismstatementmclearlymseesmam―citizen‖masmhavingmdifferentmmotivationsmandmcon
cernsmthanmam―consumer.‖mPresumably,mamcitizenmism mostlymconcernedmwithmthemgoodmofmsocietymasmamw
hole,mandmthereforemwouldmbemopenmtomthemideamofmgovernmentmregulationmthatmrestrictedmthemnegative
minfluencemofmsocialmmedia,mregardlessmofmthemFirstmAmendment.mAmconsumer,mbymcontrast,mwouldmbem
primarilymconcernedmwithmhavingmammarketplacemthatmoffersmthemwidestmpossiblemvarietiesmofmfreedomm
(ofmchoice,mofmspeech,metc.)mandmwouldmformthatmreasonmbemopposedmtomgovernmentmregulationmofmsoci
almmedia.mTheremis,mhowever,manmargumentmtombemmademthatmthemcitizensmthatmmakemupmamsocietymben
efitmwhenmthemmarketplacemofmideas—whethermtheymaremsubjectively
―positive‖morm―negative‖—ismallowedmtomflourishminmthemabsencemofmgovernmentmregulation.
2. TimmCook,mApple‘smchiefmoperatingmofficer,mhasmsuggestedmthatmthemUnitedmStatesmCongressmshouldmpas
smamlawmlimitingmthemabilitymofmApplemandmothermtechmcountriesmtomkeepmconsumermdatamprivate.mWhy
mwouldmambusinessmexecutivemmakemsuchmamrequest?