Solution manual for The legal and regulatory environment of business 19th edition by Marisa A. Pagnattaro Daniel R. Cahoy All Chapters 1-22 Covered

Solution manual
The legal and regulatory environment of business
19th edition by Marisa A. Pagnattaro Daniel R. Cahoy
All Chapters 1-22 Covered

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DanielnCahoy,nJulienManningnMagid,nPeternShedd
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Chapter 1 La n n


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LearningnObjectives

Thenpurposenofnthisnchapternisntonintroducenthenstudentsntonthensubjectnofnlawnandntonsomenclas
sificationsnofnitsnsubjectnmatter.nInnaddition,nitnisndesignedntoninstillninnthemnrespectnfornthenrolen
ofnthen―rulenofnlaw‖ninnthensocietynandnthatnthenjudicialnsystemnisnthenmostnimportantnstabilizing
nforceninnsociety.nItnshouldncreatenannawarenessnthatnlawnisnanfoundationnfornthenprivatenmarketn

andn―property‖nasnanlegalnconceptnunderpinsnthatnmarketnandncontributesntonthenmaximumnwea
lthnofnnationsnthroughnproductivity.nThisnchapternalsondescribesnstarendecisis,nbasicnsourcesnofnt
henAmericannlaw,nandnsanctionsnthatncannbenimposednwhennthenlawnisnnotnfollowed.

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, TeachingnOutline

I. Introduction

A. WhynLawnandnRegulationsnArenFundamentalnFoundationsnfornBusinessn(LOn1-1)

Emphasize:
• Thatnbynstudyingnthenlegalnandnregulatorynenvironmentnofnbusiness,nstudentsnwillngainna
nnunderstandingnofnbasicnlegalnvocabularynandngainnthenabilityntonidentifynproblematicnsi
tuationsnthatncouldnresultninnliability.
• Thatnbecausenofnthenpositivenrolenlawyersncannplay,ntheynarenincreasinglynbeingnaskednt
onjoinncorporatenboards.
• Sidebarn1.1ntitledn‗SustainabilitynandnIntegrity:nCautionarynTalesnofnLegalnLiability.‘

II. Law,nthenRulenofnLaw,nandnProperty

A. Law

Emphasize:
• Thensimplendefinitionnofnlaw.nItncannbenelaboratednbynobservingnthatnlawnisnanrule-
based,nstate-enforcednformalnorderingnsystemnwithnmoralnelements.
• Thatnadequatenlawnandnlegalninstitutesnpromotenthencertaintynandntrustnnecessarynforn
complex,nlong-
termnbusinessnarrangements.nInnanneconomicnsense,ntheynlowernthencostsnofntransacti
ngnbusiness.

AdditionalnMattersnfornDiscussion:
• Discussnthatnlawnformalizesnvaluesnandntraditionsnandnthatnlawnisnmorenneededninnanlarg
e,nheterogeneousnmodernnnationnthanninnansmaller,nhomogeneousnnation.nComparenthen
U.S.nandnJapan.
• Itnisnnotntoonearlyninnthisnchapterntonasknstudentsnwhethernornnotnlacknofnlawnandnstri
ctnregulationnfacilitatedntheneconomicncrashnandnrecessionnthatnbeganninn2008.
• Asknstudentsntoncommentnonnhownmistrustnofnlawnandnlawmakersnprecipitatednthe
―OccupynWallnStreet‖nandnothern―Occupy…‖nmovementsnthatnaroseninn2011.
• DiscussnhownthenlawnimpactsnthenCOVIDn19nrestrictionsnonnbusinessesnopeningninn2020.

B. ThenRulenofnLaw

Emphasize:
• Thatnundernanrulenofnlaw,nlawsnarengenerallynandnequallynapplicable.
• Thatnlacknofnthenrulenofnlawninternationallynhasnproducednhundredsnofncallsnfornitninnthe