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
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—Appendix to Chapter 1: Finding and Analyzing the Law
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CHAPTER 2: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
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CHAPTER 3: Ethics in Business
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—Appendix to Chapter 3: Code of Ethics Example
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CHAPTER 4: Tort Law
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CHAPTER 5: Intellectual Property Rights
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CHAPTER 6: Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
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CHAPTER 7: Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
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CHAPTER 8: Agreement and Consideration in Contracts
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CHAPTER 9: Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability
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CHAPTER 10: Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
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CHAPTER 11: Sales and Lease Contracts
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CHAPTER 12: Performance and Breach in Sales and Lease Contracts
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CHAPTER 13: Negotiable Instruments
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CHAPTER 14: Banking
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CHAPTER 15: Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
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CHAPTER 16: Agency Relationships in Business
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CHAPTER 17: Employment Law
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CHAPTER 18: The Entrepreneur’s Options
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,CHAPTER 19: Corporations
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CHAPTER 20: Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Go
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CHAPTER 21: Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
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CHAPTER 22: Consumer Law
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CHAPTER 23: Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance
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CHAPTER 24: Real Property and Environmental Law
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CHAPTER 25: International and Space Law
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CriticalbgThinkingbgQuestionsbginbgFeatures.................................................................................................... 1
AdaptingbgthebgLawbgtobgthebgOnlinebgEnvironment ................................................................................... 1
CriticalbgThinkingbgQuestionsbginbgCases......................................................................................................... 2
Casebg1.1 .................................................................................................................................................... 2
Casebg1.2 .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Casebg1.3 .................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChapterbgReview ............................................................................................................................................ 4
PracticebgandbgReview ............................................................................................................................... 4
PracticebgandbgReview:bgDebatebgThis ........................................................................................................ 5
IssuebgSpotters........................................................................................................................................... 5
BusinessbgScenariosbgandbgCasebgProblems ................................................................................................ 5
CriticalbgThinkingbgandbgWritingbgAssignments ........................................................................................ 10
CriticalbgThinkingbgQuestionsbginbgAppendixbgExhibitbg1A–3 ......................................................................... 11
Exhibitbg1A–3 ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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1. OnebgobserverbghasbgsaidbgthatbgthebgAmericanbglegalbgsystembgshouldbgevaluatebgsocialbgmediabgcompan
iesbgbasedbgonbghowbg―theybgaffectbgusbgasbgcitizens,bgnotbgonlybg[onbghow]bgtheybgaffectbgusbgasbgconsume
rs.‖bgWhatbgisbgyourbgopinionbgofbgthisbgstatement?
Solution
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ndbgconcernsbgthanbgabg―consumer.‖bgPresumably,bgabgcitizenbgisbg mostlybgconcernedbgwithbgthebggoodbgofbgs
ocietybgasbgabgwhole,bgandbgthereforebgwouldbgbebgopenbgtobgthebgideabgofbggovernmentbgregulationbgthatbgr
estrictedbgthebgnegativebginfluencebgofbgsocialbgmedia,bgregardlessbgofbgthebgFirstbgAmendment.bgAbgconsume
r,bgbybgcontrast,bgwouldbgbebgprimarilybgconcernedbgwithbghavingbgabgmarketplacebgthatbgoffersbgthebgwides
tbgpossiblebgvarietiesbgofbgfreedombg(ofbgchoice,bgofbgspeech,bgetc.)bgandbgwouldbgforbgthatbgreasonbgbebgop
posedbgtobggovernmentbgregulationbgofbgsocialbgmedia.bgTherebgis,bghowever,bganbgargumentbgtobgbebgmade
bgthatbgthebgcitizensbgthatbgmakebgupbgabgsocietybgbenefitbgwhenbgthebgmarketplacebgofbgideas—
whetherbgtheybgarebgsubjectively
―positive‖bgorbg―negative‖—isbgallowedbgtobgflourishbginbgthebgabsencebgofbggovernmentbgregulation.
2. TimbgCook,bgApple‘sbgchiefbgoperatingbgofficer,bghasbgsuggestedbgthatbgthebgUnitedbgStatesbgCongressbgsho
uldbgpassbgabglawbglimitingbgthebgabilitybgofbgApplebgandbgotherbgtechbgcountriesbgtobgkeepbgconsumerbgdata
bgprivate.bgWhybgwouldbgabgbusinessbgexecutivebgmakebgsuchbgabgrequest?