SOLUTION & ANSWER GUIDE
Business Law Today - The Essentials Text &
Summarized Cases, Cengage, 13th edition,
Roger LeRoy Miller, Chapters 1 - 25, Complete
,CHAPTER 1: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
—Appendix to Chapter 1: Finding and Analyzing the Law
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 2: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 3: Ethics in Business
2 2 2 2
—Appendix to Chapter 3: Code of Ethics Example
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 4: Tort Law
2 2 2
CHAPTER 5: Intellectual Property Rights
2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 6: Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 7: Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 8: Agreement and Consideration in Contracts
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 9: Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability
2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 10: Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 11: Sales and Lease Contracts
2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 12: Performance and Breach in Sales and Lease Contracts
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 13: Negotiable Instruments
2 2 2
CHAPTER 14: Banking
2 2
CHAPTER 15: Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 16: Agency Relationships in Business
2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 17: Employment Law
2 2 2
CHAPTER 18: The Entrepreneur’s Options
2 2 2 2
,CHAPTER 19: Corporations
2 2
CHAPTER 20: Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Gover
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
nance
CHAPTER 21: Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 22: Consumer Law
2 2 2
CHAPTER 23: Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 24: Real Property and Environmental Law
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 25: International and Space Law
2 2 2 2 2
, Solutionand Answer Guide 2 2 2
Miller,2Business2Law2Today,2The2Essentials2Text2&2Summarized2Cases213e,29780357635346
;2Chapter201:2Legal2and2Constitutional2Foundations2of2Business
Table of Contents
2 2
Critical2Thinking2Questions2in2Features ........................................................................................................ 1
Adapting2the2Law2to2the2Online2Environment .......................................................................................... 1
Critical2Thinking2Questions2in2Cases ............................................................................................................. 2
Case21.1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Case21.2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Case21.3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter2Review ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Practice2and2Review .................................................................................................................................. 4
Practice2and2Review:2Debate2This ............................................................................................................. 5
Issue2Spotters ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Business2Scenarios2and2Case2Problems..................................................................................................... 5
Critical2Thinking2and2Writing2Assignments ............................................................................................. 10
Critical2Thinking2Questions2in2Appendix2Exhibit21A–3 ................................................................................ 11
Exhibit21A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
2 2 2 2
Adapting2the2Law2to2the2Online2Environment
1. One2observer2has2said2that2the2American2legal2system2should2evaluate2social2media2companies2based2o
n2how2―they2affect2us2as2citizens,2not2only2[on2how]2they2affect2us2as2consumers.‖2What2is2your2opinion2
of2this2statement?
Solution
The2person2who2made2this2statement2clearly2sees2a2―citizen‖2as2having2different2motivations2and2concerns
2than2a2―consumer.‖2Presumably,2a2citizen2is2 mostly2concerned2with2the2good2of2society2as2a2whole,2and2t
herefore2would2be2open2to2the2idea2of2government2regulation2that2restricted2the2negative2influence2of2so
cial2media,2regardless2of2the2First2Amendment.2A2consumer,2by2contrast,2would2be2primarily2concerned2
with2having2a2marketplace2that2offers2the2widest2possible2varieties2of2freedom2(of2choice,2of2speech,2etc.
)2and2would2for2that2reason2be2opposed2to2government2regulation2of2social2media.2There2is,2however,2an
2argument2to2be2made2that2the2citizens2that2make2up2a2society2benefit2when2the2marketplace2of2ideas—
whether2they2are2subjectively
―positive‖2or2―negative‖—is2allowed2to2flourish2in2the2absence2of2government2regulation.
2. Tim2Cook,2Apple‘s2chief2operating2officer,2has2suggested2that2the2United2States2Congress2should2pass2a2l
aw2limiting2the2ability2of2Apple2and2other2tech2countries2to2keep2consumer2data2private.2Why2would2a2
business2executive2make2such2a2request?
Business Law Today - The Essentials Text &
Summarized Cases, Cengage, 13th edition,
Roger LeRoy Miller, Chapters 1 - 25, Complete
,CHAPTER 1: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
—Appendix to Chapter 1: Finding and Analyzing the Law
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 2: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 3: Ethics in Business
2 2 2 2
—Appendix to Chapter 3: Code of Ethics Example
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 4: Tort Law
2 2 2
CHAPTER 5: Intellectual Property Rights
2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 6: Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 7: Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 8: Agreement and Consideration in Contracts
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 9: Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability
2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 10: Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 11: Sales and Lease Contracts
2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 12: Performance and Breach in Sales and Lease Contracts
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 13: Negotiable Instruments
2 2 2
CHAPTER 14: Banking
2 2
CHAPTER 15: Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 16: Agency Relationships in Business
2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 17: Employment Law
2 2 2
CHAPTER 18: The Entrepreneur’s Options
2 2 2 2
,CHAPTER 19: Corporations
2 2
CHAPTER 20: Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Gover
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
nance
CHAPTER 21: Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 22: Consumer Law
2 2 2
CHAPTER 23: Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 24: Real Property and Environmental Law
2 2 2 2 2 2
CHAPTER 25: International and Space Law
2 2 2 2 2
, Solutionand Answer Guide 2 2 2
Miller,2Business2Law2Today,2The2Essentials2Text2&2Summarized2Cases213e,29780357635346
;2Chapter201:2Legal2and2Constitutional2Foundations2of2Business
Table of Contents
2 2
Critical2Thinking2Questions2in2Features ........................................................................................................ 1
Adapting2the2Law2to2the2Online2Environment .......................................................................................... 1
Critical2Thinking2Questions2in2Cases ............................................................................................................. 2
Case21.1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Case21.2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Case21.3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter2Review ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Practice2and2Review .................................................................................................................................. 4
Practice2and2Review:2Debate2This ............................................................................................................. 5
Issue2Spotters ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Business2Scenarios2and2Case2Problems..................................................................................................... 5
Critical2Thinking2and2Writing2Assignments ............................................................................................. 10
Critical2Thinking2Questions2in2Appendix2Exhibit21A–3 ................................................................................ 11
Exhibit21A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
2 2 2 2
Adapting2the2Law2to2the2Online2Environment
1. One2observer2has2said2that2the2American2legal2system2should2evaluate2social2media2companies2based2o
n2how2―they2affect2us2as2citizens,2not2only2[on2how]2they2affect2us2as2consumers.‖2What2is2your2opinion2
of2this2statement?
Solution
The2person2who2made2this2statement2clearly2sees2a2―citizen‖2as2having2different2motivations2and2concerns
2than2a2―consumer.‖2Presumably,2a2citizen2is2 mostly2concerned2with2the2good2of2society2as2a2whole,2and2t
herefore2would2be2open2to2the2idea2of2government2regulation2that2restricted2the2negative2influence2of2so
cial2media,2regardless2of2the2First2Amendment.2A2consumer,2by2contrast,2would2be2primarily2concerned2
with2having2a2marketplace2that2offers2the2widest2possible2varieties2of2freedom2(of2choice,2of2speech,2etc.
)2and2would2for2that2reason2be2opposed2to2government2regulation2of2social2media.2There2is,2however,2an
2argument2to2be2made2that2the2citizens2that2make2up2a2society2benefit2when2the2marketplace2of2ideas—
whether2they2are2subjectively
―positive‖2or2―negative‖—is2allowed2to2flourish2in2the2absence2of2government2regulation.
2. Tim2Cook,2Apple‘s2chief2operating2officer,2has2suggested2that2the2United2States2Congress2should2pass2a2l
aw2limiting2the2ability2of2Apple2and2other2tech2countries2to2keep2consumer2data2private.2Why2would2a2
business2executive2make2such2a2request?
