Solution Manual For The Legal Environment of Business, 14th Edition by Roger E. Meiners, Verified Chapters 1 - 22 Complete, Newest Version

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 Chaptero1.oToday’soBusinessoEnvironment:oLawoandoEthics

 Chaptero2.oTheoCourtoSystems

 Chaptero3.oTrialsoandoResolvingoDisputes

 Chaptero4.oTheoConstitution:oFocusoonoApplicationotooBusiness

 Chaptero5.oCriminaloLawoandoBusiness

 Chaptero6.oElementsoofoTorts

 Chaptero7.oBusinessoTortsoandoProductoLiability

 Chaptero8.oRealoandoPersonaloProperty

 Chaptero9.oIntellectualoProperty

 Chaptero10.oContracts

 Chaptero11.oDomesticoandoInternationaloSales

 Chaptero12.oBusinessoOrganizations

 Chaptero13.oNegotiableoInstruments,oCredit,oandoBankruptcy

 Chaptero14.oAgencyoandotheoEmploymentoRelationship

 Chaptero15.oEmploymentoandoLaboroRegulations

 Chaptero16.oEmploymentoDiscrimination

 Chaptero17.oTheoRegulatoryoProcess

 Chaptero18.oSecuritiesoRegulation

 Chaptero19.oConsumeroProtection


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 Chaptero20.oAntitrustoLaw

 Chaptero21.oEnvironmentaloLaw

 Chaptero22.oTheoInternationaloLegaloEnvironmentoofoBusiness




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Table of Contents
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AnswerotooDiscussionoQuestion ................................................................................................................................ 1
AnswersotooCaseoQuestions ........................................................................................................................................ 1
AnswersotooEthicsoandoSocialoQuestions................................................................................................................ 3




Answer to Discussion Question
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Shouldotheocommonolawomaximo“Ignoranceoofotheolawoisonooexcuse”oapplyotooanoimmigrantowhoospeaksol
ittleoEnglishoandowasonotoeducatedoinotheoUnitedoStates?oHowoaboutoforoaotouristowhoodoesonotospeakoE
nglish?oEveryoneoknowsocriminaloactsoareoprohibited,obutowhatoaboutosubtlerorulesothatodifferoacrossocou
ntriesoandosoomayobeomisunderstoodobyoforeigners?
Answer:oItoisogenerallyotrueothatoignoranceoofotheo lawoisonooexcuse.oCitizensoareodeemedotoohaveoconstr
uctiveoknowledgeoofotheolaw.oYet,oasowelloknowno asothisoruleois,oitoisosurprisingohowooftenoitoisoproff
eredoasoanoexcuse.o(AoWestlawosearchocasesofindsohundredsoofoexamples).oExamplesoinclude:oDeluc
oov.oDezio(Conn.oSuper)o(lackoofoknowledgeoregardingotheostate‘sousuryolawsoisonooexcuseoforotheoin
clusionoofoanoillegalointerestorateoinoaosalesocontract);oandoPlumleeov.oPaddocko(ignoranceoofotheofact
othatotheosubjectomatteroofo theocontractowasoillegalowasonotoexcuse).oTheocourtsohaveoprovidedoaos

malloexceptionotootheoruleowhenoitocomesotoopeopleoinolackoofoEnglisholanguageoskills.oConsideroFla
neryov.oKuska,o(defendantodidonotospeakoEnglishowasoadvisedobyoaofriendothatoanoanswerotooaocomp
laintowasonotorequired);oRamonov.oDept.oofoTransportation,o(nooEnglishoandoanoinabilityotooundersta
ndotheolaworequiredoforoanoexcuse);oYurechkoov.oCountyoofoAllegheny,o(Ignoranceoandowithotheofact
othato theomunicipalityosufferedonoohardshipoinolateolawsuito filingowasoano excuse).




Answers to Case Questions
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1. FactsofromoanoEnglishojudge’sodecisionoino1884:o“TheocrewoofoanoEnglishoyacht ........ wereocastoawayoin
aostormoonotheohighoseaso.o.o.oandowereocompelledotooputointooanoopenoboat. .. Theyohadonoosupply
ofowateroandonoosupplyoofofood.o.o.o.oThatoonotheoeighteenthodayo.o.o.othey... suggestedothatoone
shouldobeosacrificedotoosaveotheorest.o.o.o.oThatonextodayo.o.o.otheyo.o.o.owentotootheoboy.... putoaoknife
intoohisothroatoandokilledohimo.o.o.otheothreeomenofedouponotheobody . ofotheoboyoforofourodays;o[then]

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