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by Roger E. Meiners, VerifiedChapters 1 - 22,Complete
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 Chapter 1. Today’s Business Environment: Law and Ethics
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 Chapter 2. The Court Systems
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 Chapter 3. Trials and Resolving Disputes
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 Chapter 4. The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business
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 Chapter 5. Criminal Law and Business
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 Chapter 6. Elements of Torts
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 Chapter 7. Business Torts and Product Liability
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 Chapter 8. Real and Personal Property
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 Chapter 9. Intellectual Property
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 Chapter 10. Contracts
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 Chapter 11. Domestic and International Sales
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 Chapter 12. Business Organizations
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 Chapter 13. Negotiable Instruments, Credit, and Bankruptcy
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 Chapter 14. Agency and the Employment Relationship
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 Chapter 15. Employment and Labor Regulations
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 Chapter 16. Employment Discrimination
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 Chapter 17. The Regulatory Process
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 Chapter 18. Securities Regulation
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 Chapter 19. Consumer Protection
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 Chapter 20. Antitrust Law t y t y t y




 Chapter 21. Environmental Law t y t y t y




 Chapter 22. The International Legal Environment of Business t y t y t y t y t y t y t y




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Answer to Discussion Question ........................................................................................................................... 1
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Answers to Case Questions................................................................................................................................... 1
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Answers to Ethics and Social Questions ...................................................................................................... 3
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Answer to Discussion Question ty ty ty




Shouldy they common lawy maximy “Ignorancey ofy the lawy isy noy excuse”y applyy to any immigranty w
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ho speakslittley English andy was not educatedy iny they Unitedy States?y How about for ay tourist w
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ho does not speak English?y Everyone knows criminaly acts arey prohibited, but what about s
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ubtlery rulesy thaty differ acrossy countries andy so mayy bey misunderstoody byy foreigners?
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Answer: It is generally true that ignorance of the law is no excuse. Citizens are dee
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med to have constructive knowledge ofy the law. Yet, as well known as this rule
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is, it is
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surprising how often it is proffered as an excuse. (A Westlaw search cases finds t y t y t y t y t y t y t y t y t y t y t y t y t y t y



hundreds of examples). Examples include: Delucoy v. Deziy (Conn. Super) (lack ofy knowledge
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regarding the state‘s usury laws is no excuse for the inclusion of an illegal inter
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est rate in a sales contract); and Plumleey v. Paddock (ignorance of thefact that the su
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bject matter ofy the contract was illegal was not excuse). The courts have provided
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a small exception to the rule when it comes to people in lack ofy English lang
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Kuska, (defendant did not speak English was advised by a friend that an ans
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wer to a complaint was not required); Ramony v. Dept. ofy Transportation, (no English
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and an inability to understand the law required for an excuse); Yurechko v. Countyy o
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fy Allegheny, (Ignorance and with the fact that the municipality suffered no hard
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ship in late lawsuit filing was an excuse).
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1. Factsy from any Englishy judge’sy decision iny 1884:y “They crewy ofy an English yacht
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ofy water andy no supplyy ofy food. . . . That on they eighteenthy dayy . . . they
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ify they meny hady noty fedy upony they bodyy ofy they boyy theyy wouldy probablyy not havey
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survivedy toy bey soypickedy upy andy rescued, buty would havey diedy ofy famine. They boy, b
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ral?
[Regina v. Dudley and Stephens, 14y Queens Benchy Divisiony 273y (1884)]
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Answer: This points out that the legal system has limits. Its acceptability is dictated
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whichdetermines whether law will be enforced, obeyed, avoided, or abused. It is limite
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d by the informal rules of the society--
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its customs and values. One limit is the extent to which society will allow the
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t formal rules to be imposed when a crime is committed in odd circumstances.
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Here there was an intentional murder. Does the motive for the murder, the effort
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t to save several lives by sacrificing one
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life, make it a crime that should be punished? Not all crimes are treated the same
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. It also raisesquestions about the desirability of not giving judges flexibility in sen
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tencing.
There was a precedent for a light sentence in this case in U.S. law: U.S. v. Holm
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es, 20 F. Cas. 360 (No. 15383) (C.C.E.D. Pa. 1842). The case involved a sinking
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ocean liner. Several passengers madeit to the only lifeboat, which was far too ov
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ercrowded. The captain decided to save the women and children and threw sever t y t y ty t y t y t y t y t y t y t y t y t y



al men overboard. The lifeboat was rescued. The grand jury refused to indict th
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e captain from murder, only for manslaughter. He got a six month sentence.
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The British judge in the case here imposed the death penalty upon the person who s
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urvived. The judge found it difficult to rule that every man on board had the right to
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make law by his own hand.The Crown reduced the sentence to six months.
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2. Smokingy is ay serious health hazard. Cigarettes arey legal. Shouldy cigarettey manufacturers ty ty ty t y t y t y t y ty t y ty ty ty



bey liabley for they serious illnesses andy untimelyy deaths causedy byy their unavoidablyy dang
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erous products, evenythough theyy posty ay warningy ony they package andy consumersy volun
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tarily assumey they health risks byy smoking?y [Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc., 505y U.S. 504
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y (1992)]
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Answer: The general rule that exists now is that since the government has ordered
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ythe posting of warninglabels on cigarettes, and since the dangers of smoking are
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well known, consumers have been warned and are not due compensation ify they
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kill themselves by smoking. The Cippoliney case, since reviewed by the Supreme Cour
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t, appears to be of limited impact since the victim was adjudged to have beco
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me addicted to cigarettes before the warning label was ordered in 1964. If ciga
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rette makers were held responsible for all health problems associated with cigarettes,
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ythen, like alcohol and other dangerous products, the damages would likely be so
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t high it would effectively ban the products.
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