SOLUTION & ANSWER GUIDE
Business Law Today - The Essentials Text &
Summarized Cases, Cengage, 13th edition,
Roger LeRoy Miller, Chapters 1 - 25, Complete
,CHAPTER 1: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
—Appendix to Chapter 1: Finding and Analyzing the Law
CHAPTER 2: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
CHAPTER 3: Ethics in Business
—Appendix to Chapter 3: Code of Ethics Example
CHAPTER 4: Tort Law
CHAPTER 5: Intellectual Property Rights
CHAPTER 6: Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
CHAPTER 7: Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
CHAPTER 8: Agreement and Consideration in Contracts
CHAPTER 9: Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability
CHAPTER 10: Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
CHAPTER 11: Sales and Lease Contracts
CHAPTER 12: Performance and Breach in Sales and Lease Contracts
CHAPTER 13: Negotiable Instruments
CHAPTER 14: Banking
CHAPTER 15: Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
CHAPTER 16: Agency Relationships in Business
CHAPTER 17: Employment Law
CHAPTER 18: The Entrepreneur’s Options
,CHAPTER 19: Corporations
CHAPTER 20: Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate
Governance
CHAPTER 21: Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
CHAPTER 22: Consumer Law
CHAPTER 23: Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance
CHAPTER 24: Real Property and Environmental Law
CHAPTER 25: International and Space Law
, Solution and Answer Guide
Miller, Business Law Today, The Essentials Text & Summarized Cases 13e,
9780357635346;Chapter 01: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
Table of Contents
Critical Thinking Questions in Features......................................................................................................... 1
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment .......................................................................................... 1
Critical Thinking Questions in Cases.............................................................................................................. 2
Case 1.1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Case 1.2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Case 1.3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter Review ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Practice and Review .................................................................................................................................. 4
Practice and Review: Debate This ............................................................................................................. 5
Issue Spotters ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Business Scenarios and Case Problems..................................................................................................... 5
Critical Thinking and Writing Assignments ............................................................................................. 10
Critical Thinking Questions in Appendix Exhibit 1A–3 ................................................................................ 11
Exhibit 1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment
1. One observer has said that the American legal system should evaluate social media companies based on
how ―they affect us as citizens, not only [on how] they affect us as consumers.‖ What is your opinion of
this statement?
Solution
The person who made this statement clearly sees a ―citizen‖ as having different motivations and concerns
than a ―consumer.‖ Presumably, a citizen is mostly concerned with the good of society as a whole, and
therefore would be open to the idea of government regulation that restricted thenegative influence sof
ssocial smedia, sregardless sof sthe sFirst sAmendment. sA sconsumer, sby scontrast, swould sbe sprimarily
sconcerned swith shaving sa smarketplace sthat soffers sthe swidest spossible svarieties sof sfreedom s(of
schoice, sof sspeech, setc.) sand swould sfor sthat sreason sbe sopposed sto sgovernment sregulation sof
ssocial smedia. sThere sis, showever, san sargument sto sbe smade sthat sthe scitizens sthat smake sup sa
ssociety sbenefit swhen sthe smarketplace sof sideas—whether sthey sare ssubjectively
―positive‖ sor s―negative‖—is s allowed sto sflourish sin sthe sabsence sof sgovernment sregulation.
2. Tim sCook, sApple‘s schief soperating sofficer, shas ssuggested sthat sthe sUnited sStates sCongress sshould
spass sa slaw slimiting sthe sability sof sApple sand sother stech scountries sto skeep sconsumer sdata
sprivate. sWhy swould sa sbusiness sexecutive smake ssuch sa srequest?
Business Law Today - The Essentials Text &
Summarized Cases, Cengage, 13th edition,
Roger LeRoy Miller, Chapters 1 - 25, Complete
,CHAPTER 1: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
—Appendix to Chapter 1: Finding and Analyzing the Law
CHAPTER 2: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
CHAPTER 3: Ethics in Business
—Appendix to Chapter 3: Code of Ethics Example
CHAPTER 4: Tort Law
CHAPTER 5: Intellectual Property Rights
CHAPTER 6: Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
CHAPTER 7: Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
CHAPTER 8: Agreement and Consideration in Contracts
CHAPTER 9: Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability
CHAPTER 10: Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
CHAPTER 11: Sales and Lease Contracts
CHAPTER 12: Performance and Breach in Sales and Lease Contracts
CHAPTER 13: Negotiable Instruments
CHAPTER 14: Banking
CHAPTER 15: Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
CHAPTER 16: Agency Relationships in Business
CHAPTER 17: Employment Law
CHAPTER 18: The Entrepreneur’s Options
,CHAPTER 19: Corporations
CHAPTER 20: Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate
Governance
CHAPTER 21: Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
CHAPTER 22: Consumer Law
CHAPTER 23: Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance
CHAPTER 24: Real Property and Environmental Law
CHAPTER 25: International and Space Law
, Solution and Answer Guide
Miller, Business Law Today, The Essentials Text & Summarized Cases 13e,
9780357635346;Chapter 01: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
Table of Contents
Critical Thinking Questions in Features......................................................................................................... 1
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment .......................................................................................... 1
Critical Thinking Questions in Cases.............................................................................................................. 2
Case 1.1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Case 1.2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Case 1.3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter Review ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Practice and Review .................................................................................................................................. 4
Practice and Review: Debate This ............................................................................................................. 5
Issue Spotters ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Business Scenarios and Case Problems..................................................................................................... 5
Critical Thinking and Writing Assignments ............................................................................................. 10
Critical Thinking Questions in Appendix Exhibit 1A–3 ................................................................................ 11
Exhibit 1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
Adapting the Law to the Online Environment
1. One observer has said that the American legal system should evaluate social media companies based on
how ―they affect us as citizens, not only [on how] they affect us as consumers.‖ What is your opinion of
this statement?
Solution
The person who made this statement clearly sees a ―citizen‖ as having different motivations and concerns
than a ―consumer.‖ Presumably, a citizen is mostly concerned with the good of society as a whole, and
therefore would be open to the idea of government regulation that restricted thenegative influence sof
ssocial smedia, sregardless sof sthe sFirst sAmendment. sA sconsumer, sby scontrast, swould sbe sprimarily
sconcerned swith shaving sa smarketplace sthat soffers sthe swidest spossible svarieties sof sfreedom s(of
schoice, sof sspeech, setc.) sand swould sfor sthat sreason sbe sopposed sto sgovernment sregulation sof
ssocial smedia. sThere sis, showever, san sargument sto sbe smade sthat sthe scitizens sthat smake sup sa
ssociety sbenefit swhen sthe smarketplace sof sideas—whether sthey sare ssubjectively
―positive‖ sor s―negative‖—is s allowed sto sflourish sin sthe sabsence sof sgovernment sregulation.
2. Tim sCook, sApple‘s schief soperating sofficer, shas ssuggested sthat sthe sUnited sStates sCongress sshould
spass sa slaw slimiting sthe sability sof sApple sand sother stech scountries sto skeep sconsumer sdata
sprivate. sWhy swould sa sbusiness sexecutive smake ssuch sa srequest?
