SOLUTION & ANSWER GUIDE
Business Law Today - The Essentials Text &
Summarized Cases, Cengage, 13th edition,
Roger LeRoy Miller, Chapters 1 - 25, Complete
,CHAPTER751:75Legal75and75Constitutional75Foundations75of75Business
—Appendix75to75Chapter751:75Finding75and75Analyzing75the75Law
CHAPTER752:75Courts75and75Alternative75Dispute75Resolution
CHAPTER753:75Ethics75in75Business
—Appendix75to75Chapter753:75Code75of75Ethics75Example
CHAPTER754:75Tort75Law
CHAPTER755:75Intellectual75Property75Rights
CHAPTER756:75Internet75Law,75Social75Media,75and75Privacy
CHAPTER757:75Criminal75Law75and75Cyber75Crime
CHAPTER758:75Agreement75and75Consideration75in75Contracts
CHAPTER759:75Capacity,75Legality,75and75Enforceability
CHAPTER7510:75Contract75Performance,75Breach,75and75Remedies
CHAPTER7511:75Sales75and75Lease75Contracts
CHAPTER7512:75Performance75and75Breach75in75Sales75and75Lease75Contra
cts
CHAPTER7513:75Negotiable75Instruments
CHAPTER7514:75Banking
CHAPTER7515:75Creditors’75Rights75and75Bankruptcy
CHAPTER7516:75Agency75Relationships75in75Business
CHAPTER7517:75Employment75Law
,CHAPTER7518:75The75Entrepreneur’s75Options
CHAPTER7519:75Corporations
CHAPTER7520:75Investor75Protection,75Insider75Trading,75and75Corporate75
Governance
CHAPTER7521:75Antitrust75Law75and75Promoting75Competition
CHAPTER7522:75Consumer75Law
CHAPTER7523:75Personal75Property,75Bailments,75and75Insurance
CHAPTER7524:75Real75Property75and75Environmental75Law
CHAPTER7525:75International75and75Space75Law
, Solution and Answer Guide 75 75 75
Miller,75Business75Law75Today,75The75Essentials75Text75&75Summarized75Cases7513e,75978
0357635346;75Chapter7501:75Legal75and75Constitutional75Foundations75of75Business
Table75of75Contents
Critical75Thinking75Questions75in75Features ................................................................................................ 1
Adapting75the75Law75to75the75Online75Environment .............................................................................. 1
Critical75Thinking75Questions75in75Cases ..................................................................................................... 2
Case751.1 ................................................................................................................................................... 2
Case751.2 ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Case751.3 ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter75Review ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Practice75and75Review .............................................................................................................................. 4
Practice75and75Review:75Debate75This ..................................................................................................... 5
Issue75Spotters .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Business75Scenarios75and75Case75Problems............................................................................................. 5
Critical75Thinking75and75Writing75Assignments ..................................................................................... 10
Critical75Thinking75Questions75in75Appendix75Exhibit751A–3 .................................................................... 11
Exhibit751A–3 .......................................................................................................................................... 11
Critical75Thinking75Questions75in75Features
Adapting75the75Law75to75the75Online75Environment
1. One75observer75has75said75that75the75American75legal75system75should75evaluate75social75media75c
ompanies75based75on75how75―they75affect75us75as75citizens,75not75only75[on75how]75they75affect75u
s75as75consumers.‖75What75is75your75opinion75of75this75statement?
Solution
The75person75who75made75this75statement75clearly75sees75a75―citizen‖75as75having75different75motivat
ions75and75concerns75than75a75―consumer.‖75Presumably,75a75citizen75is75 mostly75concerned75with75th
e75good75of75society75as75a75whole,75and75therefore75would75be75open75to75the75idea75of75governme
nt75regulation75that75restricted75the75negative75influence75of75social75media,75regardless75of75the75Firs
t75Amendment.75A75consumer,75by75contrast,75would75be75primarily75concerned75with75having75a75m
arketplace75that75offers75the75widest75possible75varieties75of75freedom75(of75choice,75of75speech,75et
c.)75and75would75for75that75reason75be75opposed75to75government75regulation75of75social75media.75T
here75is,75however,75an75argument75to75be75made75that75the75citizens75that75make75up75a75society7
5benefit75when75the75marketplace75of75ideas—whether75they75are75subjectively
―positive‖75or75―negative‖—is75allowed75to75flourish75in75the75absence75of75government75regulation.
2. Tim75Cook,75Apple‘s75chief75operating75officer,75has75suggested75that75the75United75States75Congres
s75should75pass75a75law75limiting75the75ability75of75Apple75and75other75tech75countries75to75keep75c
onsumer75data75private.75Why75would75a75business75executive75make75such75a75request?
Business Law Today - The Essentials Text &
Summarized Cases, Cengage, 13th edition,
Roger LeRoy Miller, Chapters 1 - 25, Complete
,CHAPTER751:75Legal75and75Constitutional75Foundations75of75Business
—Appendix75to75Chapter751:75Finding75and75Analyzing75the75Law
CHAPTER752:75Courts75and75Alternative75Dispute75Resolution
CHAPTER753:75Ethics75in75Business
—Appendix75to75Chapter753:75Code75of75Ethics75Example
CHAPTER754:75Tort75Law
CHAPTER755:75Intellectual75Property75Rights
CHAPTER756:75Internet75Law,75Social75Media,75and75Privacy
CHAPTER757:75Criminal75Law75and75Cyber75Crime
CHAPTER758:75Agreement75and75Consideration75in75Contracts
CHAPTER759:75Capacity,75Legality,75and75Enforceability
CHAPTER7510:75Contract75Performance,75Breach,75and75Remedies
CHAPTER7511:75Sales75and75Lease75Contracts
CHAPTER7512:75Performance75and75Breach75in75Sales75and75Lease75Contra
cts
CHAPTER7513:75Negotiable75Instruments
CHAPTER7514:75Banking
CHAPTER7515:75Creditors’75Rights75and75Bankruptcy
CHAPTER7516:75Agency75Relationships75in75Business
CHAPTER7517:75Employment75Law
,CHAPTER7518:75The75Entrepreneur’s75Options
CHAPTER7519:75Corporations
CHAPTER7520:75Investor75Protection,75Insider75Trading,75and75Corporate75
Governance
CHAPTER7521:75Antitrust75Law75and75Promoting75Competition
CHAPTER7522:75Consumer75Law
CHAPTER7523:75Personal75Property,75Bailments,75and75Insurance
CHAPTER7524:75Real75Property75and75Environmental75Law
CHAPTER7525:75International75and75Space75Law
, Solution and Answer Guide 75 75 75
Miller,75Business75Law75Today,75The75Essentials75Text75&75Summarized75Cases7513e,75978
0357635346;75Chapter7501:75Legal75and75Constitutional75Foundations75of75Business
Table75of75Contents
Critical75Thinking75Questions75in75Features ................................................................................................ 1
Adapting75the75Law75to75the75Online75Environment .............................................................................. 1
Critical75Thinking75Questions75in75Cases ..................................................................................................... 2
Case751.1 ................................................................................................................................................... 2
Case751.2 ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Case751.3 ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter75Review ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Practice75and75Review .............................................................................................................................. 4
Practice75and75Review:75Debate75This ..................................................................................................... 5
Issue75Spotters .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Business75Scenarios75and75Case75Problems............................................................................................. 5
Critical75Thinking75and75Writing75Assignments ..................................................................................... 10
Critical75Thinking75Questions75in75Appendix75Exhibit751A–3 .................................................................... 11
Exhibit751A–3 .......................................................................................................................................... 11
Critical75Thinking75Questions75in75Features
Adapting75the75Law75to75the75Online75Environment
1. One75observer75has75said75that75the75American75legal75system75should75evaluate75social75media75c
ompanies75based75on75how75―they75affect75us75as75citizens,75not75only75[on75how]75they75affect75u
s75as75consumers.‖75What75is75your75opinion75of75this75statement?
Solution
The75person75who75made75this75statement75clearly75sees75a75―citizen‖75as75having75different75motivat
ions75and75concerns75than75a75―consumer.‖75Presumably,75a75citizen75is75 mostly75concerned75with75th
e75good75of75society75as75a75whole,75and75therefore75would75be75open75to75the75idea75of75governme
nt75regulation75that75restricted75the75negative75influence75of75social75media,75regardless75of75the75Firs
t75Amendment.75A75consumer,75by75contrast,75would75be75primarily75concerned75with75having75a75m
arketplace75that75offers75the75widest75possible75varieties75of75freedom75(of75choice,75of75speech,75et
c.)75and75would75for75that75reason75be75opposed75to75government75regulation75of75social75media.75T
here75is,75however,75an75argument75to75be75made75that75the75citizens75that75make75up75a75society7
5benefit75when75the75marketplace75of75ideas—whether75they75are75subjectively
―positive‖75or75―negative‖—is75allowed75to75flourish75in75the75absence75of75government75regulation.
2. Tim75Cook,75Apple‘s75chief75operating75officer,75has75suggested75that75the75United75States75Congres
s75should75pass75a75law75limiting75the75ability75of75Apple75and75other75tech75countries75to75keep75c
onsumer75data75private.75Why75would75a75business75executive75make75such75a75request?