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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 b g
Table of Contents b g b g
Answer to Discussion Question........................................................................................................................ 1
Answers to Case Questions ............................................................................................................................... 1
Answers to Ethics and Social Questions ................................................................................................. 3
Answer to Discussion Question b g b g b g
Should the common law maxim “Ignorance of the law is no excuse” apply to an
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immigrant who speaks little English and was not educated in the United States?
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b criminal acts
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b across
g countries and so may be
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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
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this bg rule is, it is surprising how often it is proffered as b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
an b excuse.
g (A Westlaw
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b gcases finds hundreds of examples). b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
Examples
b g include: Deluco v. Dezi (Conn. Super) (lack
b g of knowledge
b g b g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
regarding
b g the state‘s usury laws is no excuse for
b gthe b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
inclusion
b g of an illegal interest rate in a b sales g contract);b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
and Plumlee
b g v. Paddock bg (ignorance of the fact that the subject b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
matter
b g of the contract was illegal b wasg not
b g excuse). The b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
courts
b g have provided a small exception
b gto the
b rule
g when b g b g b g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
it b comes
g to
b gpeople bin glack of English language skills. b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g bg b g
Consider
b g Flanery v. Kuska, (defendant did not b speak
g English
b g was b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
advised by
b g b g a friend that an answer to bg a complaint b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
wasb g not required); Ramon
b g v. b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
Dept. of Transportation, (no English and an inability to understand the law
required for an excuse); Yurechko v. County of Allegheny, (Ignorance and with
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the fact that the municipality suffered no hardship in late lawsuit
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was an
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Answers to Case Questions b g b g b g
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1. Facts from an English judge’s decision in 1884: “The crew of an English yacht
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were cast away in
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a storm on the high seas . . . and were compelled to put into an open
boat...................................................................................................................................................They had no
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b g
b
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
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b b g b g
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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the boat was picked up by a passing vessel, and [they] were rescued. . . .
and committed for trial. . . .
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b would
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b rescued,
g but would have bdied ofg famine. The
b g boy, being in b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
b a g much b weaker
g b g
condition, was likely to have died before them The real question in this case [is] bg
whether killing
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under the conditions set forth be or be not murder.” Do you consider the b g
acts to be immoral?
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[Regina v. Dudley and Stephens, 14 Queens Bench Division 273 (1884)]
Answer: This b gpoints
b g out that the legal system
b g has limits.
b g Its b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
b acceptability
g is dictated by legal culture--which determines whether b law
g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g
b will
g be enforced, b g obeyed, b avoided, or
g abused. It isb g limited
b g by b g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
b the g informal rules of
b g the society--its
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b limit
g is the extent b to g which b society
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g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
b formal
g rules b g b g
to be imposed when a crime is committed in odd circumstances. Here there g
b g
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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 b g
Table of Contents b g b g
Answer to Discussion Question........................................................................................................................ 1
Answers to Case Questions ............................................................................................................................... 1
Answers to Ethics and Social Questions ................................................................................................. 3
Answer to Discussion Question b g b g b g
Should the common law maxim “Ignorance of the law is no excuse” apply to an
g
b g
b b g
immigrant who speaks little English and was not educated in the United States?
bg bg
How about for a tourist who does not speak
bg English? Everyone knows b g b g b g
b criminal acts
g are prohibited, but what bg about subtler rules that differ b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
b across
g countries and so may be
b misunderstood
g by foreigners? b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
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
bg g
b
this bg rule is, it is surprising how often it is proffered as b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
an b excuse.
g (A Westlaw
b g search
b gcases finds hundreds of examples). b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
Examples
b g include: Deluco v. Dezi (Conn. Super) (lack
b g of knowledge
b g b g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
regarding
b g the state‘s usury laws is no excuse for
b gthe b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
inclusion
b g of an illegal interest rate in a b sales g contract);b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
and Plumlee
b g v. Paddock bg (ignorance of the fact that the subject b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
matter
b g of the contract was illegal b wasg not
b g excuse). The b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
courts
b g have provided a small exception
b gto the
b rule
g when b g b g b g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
it b comes
g to
b gpeople bin glack of English language skills. b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g bg b g
Consider
b g Flanery v. Kuska, (defendant did not b speak
g English
b g was b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
advised by
b g b g a friend that an answer to bg a complaint b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
wasb g not required); Ramon
b g v. b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
Dept. of Transportation, (no English and an inability to understand the law
required for an excuse); Yurechko v. County of Allegheny, (Ignorance and with
bg
the fact that the municipality suffered no hardship in late lawsuit
bg filing b g
was an
b g excuse). b g b g
Answers to Case Questions b g b g b g
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1. Facts from an English judge’s decision in 1884: “The crew of an English yacht
g
b
were cast away in
bg
a storm on the high seas . . . and were compelled to put into an open
boat...................................................................................................................................................They had no
bg g
b g
b
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
bg g
b b g b g
knife
into his throat and killed him . . . the three men fed upon the body of
the boy for four days; [then]
bg
the boat was picked up by a passing vessel, and [they] were rescued. . . .
and committed for trial. . . .
bg
if bthe g men had b not g fed upon the b g body of the boyb theyg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
b would
g probably not haveb g survived to be sovbpicked bg up and b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
b rescued,
g but would have bdied ofg famine. The
b g boy, being in b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
b a g much b weaker
g b g
condition, was likely to have died before them The real question in this case [is] bg
whether killing
bg g
b
under the conditions set forth be or be not murder.” Do you consider the b g
acts to be immoral?
bg
[Regina v. Dudley and Stephens, 14 Queens Bench Division 273 (1884)]
Answer: This b gpoints
b g out that the legal system
b g has limits.
b g Its b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
b acceptability
g is dictated by legal culture--which determines whether b law
g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g
b will
g be enforced, b g obeyed, b avoided, or
g abused. It isb g limited
b g by b g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
b the g informal rules of
b g the society--its
b g customs and values. One b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g bg b g b g b g
b limit
g is the extent b to g which b society
g will allow b the
g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g b g
b formal
g rules b g b g
to be imposed when a crime is committed in odd circumstances. Here there g
b g
b
was an intentional murder. Does the motive for the murder, the effort to
bg
save
bg several lives by sacrificing one
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