SOLUTION & ANSWER GUIDE
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Business Law Today - u u u
The Essentials Text & Summarized Cases, Cenga
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ge, 13th edition, Roger LeRoy Miller, Chapters 1
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- 25, Complete
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,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 Gover
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nance
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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, Solution and Answer Guide u u u
Miller,uBusinessuLawuToday,uTheuEssentialsuTextu&uSummarizeduCasesu13e,u9780357635346
;uChapteru01:uLegaluanduConstitutionaluFoundationsuofuBusiness
Table of Contents
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CriticaluThinkinguQuestionsuinuFeatures ........................................................................................................ 1
AdaptingutheuLawutoutheuOnlineuEnvironment .......................................................................................... 1
CriticaluThinkinguQuestionsuinuCases ............................................................................................................. 2
Caseu1.1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Caseu1.2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Caseu1.3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChapteruReview ............................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticeuanduReview .................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticeuanduReview:uDebateuThis............................................................................................................. 5
IssueuSpotters ............................................................................................................................................ 5
BusinessuScenariosuanduCaseuProblems .................................................................................................... 5
CriticaluThinkinguanduWritinguAssignments ............................................................................................. 10
CriticaluThinkinguQuestionsuinuAppendixuExhibitu1A–3 ................................................................................ 11
Exhibitu1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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AdaptingutheuLawutoutheuOnlineuEnvironment
1. OneuobserveruhasusaiduthatutheuAmericanulegalusystemushoulduevaluateusocialumediaucompaniesubaseduo
nuhowu―theyuaffectuusuasucitizens,unotuonlyu[onuhow]utheyuaffectuusuasuconsumers.‖uWhatuisuyouruopinionu
ofuthisustatement?
Solution
Theupersonuwhoumadeuthisustatementuclearlyuseesuau―citizen‖uasuhavingudifferentumotivationsuanduconcern
suthanuau―consumer.‖uPresumably,uaucitizenuisu mostlyuconcerneduwithutheugooduofusocietyuasuauwhole,uandu
thereforeuwouldubeuopenutoutheuideauofugovernmenturegulationuthaturestrictedutheunegativeuinfluenceuofus
ocialumedia,uregardlessuofutheuFirstuAmendment.uAuconsumer,ubyucontrast,uwouldubeuprimarilyuconcerned
uwithuhavinguaumarketplaceuthatuoffersutheuwidestupossibleuvarietiesuofufreedomu(ofuchoice,uofuspeech,uetc
.)uanduwoulduforuthatureasonubeuopposedutougovernmenturegulationuofusocialumedia.uThereuis,uhowever,ua
nuargumentutoubeumadeuthatutheucitizensuthatumakeuupuausocietyubenefituwhenutheumarketplaceuofuideas
—whetherutheyuareusubjectively
―positive‖uoru―negative‖—isu allowedutouflourishuinutheuabsenceuofugovernmenturegulation.
2. TimuCook,uApple‘suchiefuoperatinguofficer,uhasusuggesteduthatutheuUniteduStatesuCongressushouldupassuaul
awulimitingutheuabilityuofuAppleuanduotherutechucountriesutoukeepuconsumerudatauprivate.uWhyuwoulduau
businessuexecutiveumakeusuchuaurequest?
u u u
Business Law Today - u u u
The Essentials Text & Summarized Cases, Cenga
u u u u u u u
ge, 13th edition, Roger LeRoy Miller, Chapters 1
u u u u u u u u
- 25, Complete
u u
,CHAPTER 1: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
u u u u u u u
—Appendix to Chapter 1: Finding and Analyzing the Law
u u u u u u u u
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
u u u u u u
CHAPTER 9: Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability
u u u u u
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 Gover
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nance
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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, Solution and Answer Guide u u u
Miller,uBusinessuLawuToday,uTheuEssentialsuTextu&uSummarizeduCasesu13e,u9780357635346
;uChapteru01:uLegaluanduConstitutionaluFoundationsuofuBusiness
Table of Contents
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CriticaluThinkinguQuestionsuinuFeatures ........................................................................................................ 1
AdaptingutheuLawutoutheuOnlineuEnvironment .......................................................................................... 1
CriticaluThinkinguQuestionsuinuCases ............................................................................................................. 2
Caseu1.1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Caseu1.2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Caseu1.3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChapteruReview ............................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticeuanduReview .................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticeuanduReview:uDebateuThis............................................................................................................. 5
IssueuSpotters ............................................................................................................................................ 5
BusinessuScenariosuanduCaseuProblems .................................................................................................... 5
CriticaluThinkinguanduWritinguAssignments ............................................................................................. 10
CriticaluThinkinguQuestionsuinuAppendixuExhibitu1A–3 ................................................................................ 11
Exhibitu1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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AdaptingutheuLawutoutheuOnlineuEnvironment
1. OneuobserveruhasusaiduthatutheuAmericanulegalusystemushoulduevaluateusocialumediaucompaniesubaseduo
nuhowu―theyuaffectuusuasucitizens,unotuonlyu[onuhow]utheyuaffectuusuasuconsumers.‖uWhatuisuyouruopinionu
ofuthisustatement?
Solution
Theupersonuwhoumadeuthisustatementuclearlyuseesuau―citizen‖uasuhavingudifferentumotivationsuanduconcern
suthanuau―consumer.‖uPresumably,uaucitizenuisu mostlyuconcerneduwithutheugooduofusocietyuasuauwhole,uandu
thereforeuwouldubeuopenutoutheuideauofugovernmenturegulationuthaturestrictedutheunegativeuinfluenceuofus
ocialumedia,uregardlessuofutheuFirstuAmendment.uAuconsumer,ubyucontrast,uwouldubeuprimarilyuconcerned
uwithuhavinguaumarketplaceuthatuoffersutheuwidestupossibleuvarietiesuofufreedomu(ofuchoice,uofuspeech,uetc
.)uanduwoulduforuthatureasonubeuopposedutougovernmenturegulationuofusocialumedia.uThereuis,uhowever,ua
nuargumentutoubeumadeuthatutheucitizensuthatumakeuupuausocietyubenefituwhenutheumarketplaceuofuideas
—whetherutheyuareusubjectively
―positive‖uoru―negative‖—isu allowedutouflourishuinutheuabsenceuofugovernmenturegulation.
2. TimuCook,uApple‘suchiefuoperatinguofficer,uhasusuggesteduthatutheuUniteduStatesuCongressushouldupassuaul
awulimitingutheuabilityuofuAppleuanduotherutechucountriesutoukeepuconsumerudatauprivate.uWhyuwoulduau
businessuexecutiveumakeusuchuaurequest?
