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