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