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—AppendixtoChapter1:FindingandAnalyzing theLaw
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CHAPTER 2:CourtsandAlternativeDisputeResolution
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CHAPTER3:EthicsinBusiness
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—AppendixtoChapter3:CodeofEthicsExample
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CHAPTER4:TortLaw
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CHAPTER5:IntellectualPropertyRights
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CHAPTER6:InternetLaw,SocialMedia,andPrivacy
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CHAPTER7:CriminalLawandCyberCrime
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CHAPTER8:AgreementandConsiderationinContracts
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CHAPTER9:Capacity,Legality,andEnforceability
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CHAPTER10:ContractPerformance,Breach,andRemedies
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CHAPTER11:SalesandLeaseContracts
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CHAPTER12:PerformanceandBreachinSalesandLeaseContracts
CHAPTER13:NegotiableInstruments
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CHAPTER14:Banking
CHAPTER15:Creditors’RightsandBankruptcy
CHAPTER16:AgencyRelationshipsinBusiness
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CHAPTER17:EmploymentLaw
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CHAPTER18:TheEntrepreneur’sOptions
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CHAPTER20:InvestorProtection,InsiderTrading,andCorporateGover
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CHAPTER21:AntitrustLawandPromoting Competition
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CHAPTER22:ConsumerLaw
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CHAPTER23:PersonalProperty,Bailments,andInsurance
CHAPTER24:RealPropertyandEnvironmentalLaw
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CHAPTER25:InternationalandSpaceLaw
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TableofContents
CriticalThinkingQuestionsin Features ............................................................................................................. 1
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AdaptingtheLawtotheOnlineEnvironment ................................................................................................. 1
CriticalThinkingQuestions inCases .................................................................................................................. 2
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Case1.1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
Case1.2 ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
Case1.3 ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChapterReview .............................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticeandReview .................................................................................................................................... 4
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PracticeandReview:DebateThis ................................................................................................................. 5
IssueSpotters ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Business ScenariosandCaseProblems ......................................................................................................... 5
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CriticalThinking andWriting Assignments .................................................................................................. 10
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CriticalThinkingQuestionsinAppendixExhibit1A–3 ....................................................................................... 11
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Exhibit1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................. 11
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CriticalThinkingQuestionsinFeatures
AdaptingtheLawtotheOnlineEnvironment
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1. One observer has said that the American legal system should evaluate social media companies based on how
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―they affect us as citizens, not only [on how] they affect us as consumers.‖ What is your opinion of t his
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Thepersonwhomadethisstatement clearlyseesa―citizen‖ashavingdifferent motivationsandconcerns t
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hana―consumer.‖Presumably,acitizenismostlyconcernedwiththegoodofsocietyasawhole,andtherefore
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wouldbeopentotheideaofgovernment regulationthat restrictedthenegativeinfluenceofsocialmedia,
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regardlessoftheFirstAmendment.Aconsumer,bycontrast,wouldbeprimarilyconcernedwithhavinga
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nmarketplacethatoffersthewidestpossiblevarietiesoffreedom(ofchoice,ofspeech,etc.)andwouldforthat n
nreasonbeopposedtogovernmentregulationofsocialmedia.Thereis,however,anargumenttobe made
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that thecitizensthat makeupasocietybenefit whenthemarketplaceofideas—
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whethertheyaresubjectively
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―positive‖or―negative‖—isallowedtoflourishintheabsenceofgovernmentregulation.
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2. TimCook,Apple‘schiefoperatingofficer,hassuggestedthattheUnitedStatesCongressshouldpassalaw
limitingtheabilityofAppleandothertechcountries tokeepconsumerdataprivate.Whywouldabusiness
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executivemakesucharequest?
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