SOLUTION MANUAL |
The Legal Environment of Business, 14th Edition
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by Roger E. Meiners, Verified Chapters 1 - 22, Complete
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The |Legal |Environment |of |Business,|14th |Edition
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The |Legal |Environment |of |Business,|14th |Edition
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter |1. |Today’s |Business |Environment: |Law |and |Ethics
Chapter |2. |The |Court |Systems
Chapter |3. |Trials |and |Resolving |Disputes
Chapter |4. |The |Constitution: |Focus |on |Application |to |Business
Chapter |5. |Criminal |Law |and |Business
Chapter |6. |Elements |of |Torts
Chapter |7. |Business |Torts |and |Product |Liability
Chapter |8. |Real |and |Personal |Property
Chapter |9. |Intellectual |Property
Chapter |10. |Contracts
Chapter |11. |Domestic |and |International |Sales
Chapter |12. |Business |Organizations
Chapter |13. |Negotiable |Instruments, |Credit, |and |Bankruptcy
Chapter |14. |Agency |and |the |Employment |Relationship
Chapter |15. |Employment |and |Labor |Regulations
Chapter |16. |Employment |Discrimination
Chapter |17. |The |Regulatory |Process
Chapter |18. |Securities |Regulation
Chapter |19. |Consumer |Protection
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Chapter |20. |Antitrust |Law
Chapter |21. |Environmental |Law
Chapter |22. |The |International |Legal |Environment |of |Business
CHAPTER 1 |
Table of Contents
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Answer |to |Discussion |Question ................................................................................................................................. 1
Answers |to |Case |Questions ......................................................................................................................................... 1
Answers |to |Ethics |and |Social |Questions.................................................................................................................. 3
Answer to Discussion Question
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Should |the |common |law |maxim |“Ignorance |of |the |law |is |no |excuse” |apply |to |an |immigrant |who |speaks|little
|English |and |was |not |educated |in |the |United |States? |How |about |for |a |tourist |who |does |not |speak |English?
|Everyone |knows |criminal |acts |are |prohibited, |but |what |about |subtler |rules |that |differ |across |countries |and
|so |may |be |misunderstood |by |foreigners?
Answer: |It |is |generally |true |that |ignorance |of |the | law |is |no |excuse. |Citizens |are |deemed |to |have
|constructive |knowledge |of |the |law. |Yet, |as |well |known | as |this |rule |is, |it |is |surprising |how |often |it |is
|proffered |as |an |excuse. |(A |Westlaw |search |cases |finds |hundreds |of |examples). |Examples |include:
|Deluco |v. |Dezi |(Conn. |Super) |(lack |of |knowledge |regarding |the |state‘s |usury |laws |is |no |excuse |for |the
|inclusion |of |an |illegal |interest |rate |in |a |sales |contract); |and |Plumlee |v. |Paddock |(ignorance |of |the|fact
|that |the |subject |matter |of |the |contract |was |illegal |was |not |excuse). |The |courts |have |provided |a |small
|exception |to |the |rule |when |it |comes |to |people |in |lack |of |English |language |skills. |Consider |Flanery |v.
|Kuska, |(defendant |did |not |speak |English |was |advised |by |a |friend |that |an |answer |to |a |complaint |was
|not |required); |Ramon |v. |Dept. |of |Transportation, |(no |English |and |an |inability |to |understand |the |law
|required |for |an |excuse); | Yurechko |v. |County |of |Allegheny, |(Ignorance |and | with |the |fact |that | the
|municipality |suffered |no |hardship |in |late |lawsuit |filing |was |an |excuse).
Answers to Case Questions | | |
1. Facts |from |an |English |judge’s |decision |in |1884: |“The |crew |of |an |English |yacht .............. were |cast |away |in
a |storm |on |the |high |seas |. |. |. |and |were |compelled |to |put |into |an |open |boat. .......... They |had |no |supply
of |water |and |no |supply |of |food. |. |. |. |That |on |the |eighteenth |day |. |. |. |they ........... suggested |that |one
should |be |sacrificed |to |save |the |rest. |. |. |. |That |next |day |. |. |. |they |. |. |. |went |to |the |boy .............. put |a |knife
into |his |throat |and |killed |him |. |. |. |the |three |men |fed |upon |the |body ........ of |the |boy |for |four |days; |[then]
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