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, Solutions Manual for Business Law Today: The Essentials—Text and Summarized Cases (13th Edition)
Roger LeRoy Miller
Chapter 1. Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
Appendix: Finding and Analyzing the Law
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Chapter 2. Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Chapter 3. Ethics in Business
Appendix: Code of Ethics Example
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Chapter 4. Tort Law
Chapter 5. Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter 6. Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
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Chapter 7. Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
Chapter 8. Agreement and Consideration in Contracts
Chapter 9. Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability
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Chapter 10. Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
Chapter 11. Sales and Lease Contracts
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Chapter 12. Performance and Breach in Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 13. Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 14. Banking
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Chapter 15. Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
Chapter 16. Agency Relationships in Business
Chapter 17. Employment Law
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Chapter 18. The Entrepreneur’s Options
Chapter 19. Corporations
Chapter 20. Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Governance
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Chapter 21. Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
Chapter 22. Consumer Law
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Chapter 23. Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance
Chapter 24. Real Property and Environmental Law
Chapter 25. International and Space Law
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Table of Contents Your text here 1
Critical Thinking Questions in Features ................................................................................. 1
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Adapting the Law to the Online Environment ........................................................................................... 1
Critical Thinking Questions in Cases ..................................................................................... 2
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Case 1.1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Case 1.2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
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Case 1.3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
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Chapter Review ................................................................................................................. 4
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Practice and Review .................................................................................................................................. 4
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Practice and Review: Debate This ............................................................................................................. 5
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Issue Spotters ............................................................................................................................................ 5
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Business Scenarios and Case Problems ..................................................................................................... 5
Critical Thinking and Writing Assignments .............................................................................................. 10
Critical Thinking Questions in Appendix Exhibit 1A–3 ............................................................11
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Exhibit 1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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Adapting the Law to the Online Environment C
1. One observer has said that the American legal system should evaluate social media companies
based on how ―they affect us as citizens, not only [on how] they affect us as consumers.‖ What
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Solution
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The person who made this statement clearly sees a ―citizen‖ as having different motivations and
concerns than a ―consumer.‖ Presumably, a citizen is mostly concerned with the good of society
as a whole, and therefore would be open to the idea of government regulation that restricted the
negative influence of social media, regardless of the First Amendment. A consumer, by contrast,
would be primarily concerned with having a marketplace that offers the widest possible varieties
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of freedom (of choice, of speech, etc.) and would for that reason be opposed to government
regulation of social media. There is, however, an argument to be made that the citizens that
make up a society benefit when the marketplace of ideas—whether they are subjectively
―positive‖ or ―negative‖—is allowed to flourish in the absence of government regulation.
2. Tim Cook, Apple‘s chief operating officer, has suggested that the United States Congress should
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pass a law limiting the ability of Apple and other tech countries to keep consumer data private.
Why would a business executive make such a request?
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Cook may have wanted to end a controversy that puts Apple squarely at odds with the federal
government. After all, large companies such as Apple rely on favorable treatment from the
government in regulatory matters, international trade agreements, and many other areas. Also,
large corporations such as Apple sometimes gain an advantage over competitors when their
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Congress for favorable treatment, and it is better positioned to bear the costs of regulation than
are other, smaller tech companies. Finally, Apple‘s position as a champion of consumer privacy
would be damaged if it ―caved‖ and changed its stance without being forced to do so by a new
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Critical Thinking Questions in Cases
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1. What ―dangerous conditions‖ might have prompted the city to enact the ordinances at issue in
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this case? Why?
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Solution
As noted in the facts of the case, both ordinances at issue included an extensive rationale for
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their adoption, stating essentially that a geographically small city has the right to restrict a
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business from operating within the city when the restriction is for the safety of the city‘s citizens
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and visitors.
The appellate court referred to ―the dangerous conditions‖ created by the irresponsible driving
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behavior of scooter renters, especially at night, amplified by the lack of training, supervision, and
oversight practiced by the rental scooter businesses that ―existed throughout the entire city‖ as
the basis for the city‘s regulation. The court paraphrased the expressive clauses in the ordinances
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more specifically:
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The City is geographically small and crowded and is being besieged by inexperienced scooter
drivers seeking amusement and driving in a dangerous manner. O
• The City is a tourist destination frequented by tens of thousands, and its streets are
congested by scooters that are being driven illegally and in areas where they are not
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permitted.
• The City‘s residents and visitors are put in dangerous situations as a result of the improper
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use of scooters, especially at night.
City businesses have complained about numerous trespasses on their property by people
driving scooters while being disruptive
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• City police have been unable to cope with the situation and essential police resources are
D
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being drained.
• The City has been unable to control the situation through less restrictive means. E
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The Essentials Text and Summarized
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Cases 13th Edition
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SOLUTIONS
IA
MANUAL
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PP
Roger LeRoy Miller
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────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Comprehensive Solutions Manual for Instructors
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and Students
© Roger LeRoy Miller. All rights reserved.
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Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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© Successhands
, Solutions Manual for Business Law Today: The Essentials—Text and Summarized Cases (13th Edition)
Roger LeRoy Miller
Chapter 1. Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
Appendix: Finding and Analyzing the Law
ST
Chapter 2. Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Chapter 3. Ethics in Business
Appendix: Code of Ethics Example
UV
Chapter 4. Tort Law
Chapter 5. Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter 6. Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
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Chapter 7. Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
Chapter 8. Agreement and Consideration in Contracts
Chapter 9. Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability
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Chapter 10. Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
Chapter 11. Sales and Lease Contracts
PP
Chapter 12. Performance and Breach in Sales and Lease Contracts
Chapter 13. Negotiable Instruments
Chapter 14. Banking
RO
Chapter 15. Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
Chapter 16. Agency Relationships in Business
Chapter 17. Employment Law
VE
Chapter 18. The Entrepreneur’s Options
Chapter 19. Corporations
Chapter 20. Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Governance
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Chapter 21. Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
Chapter 22. Consumer Law
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Chapter 23. Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance
Chapter 24. Real Property and Environmental Law
Chapter 25. International and Space Law
© Successhands
, Solution and Answer Guide: Miller, Business Law Today, The Essentials Text & Summarized Cases 13e, 9780357635346;
Chapter 01: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
Solution and Answer Guide
R Miller, Business Law Today, The Essentials Text & Summarized Cases 13e, 9780357635346;
Chapter 01: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
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U
Table of Contents Your text here 1
Critical Thinking Questions in Features ................................................................................. 1
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Adapting the Law to the Online Environment ........................................................................................... 1
Critical Thinking Questions in Cases ..................................................................................... 2
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Case 1.1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Case 1.2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
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Case 1.3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
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Chapter Review ................................................................................................................. 4
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Practice and Review .................................................................................................................................. 4
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Practice and Review: Debate This ............................................................................................................. 5
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Issue Spotters ............................................................................................................................................ 5
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Business Scenarios and Case Problems ..................................................................................................... 5
Critical Thinking and Writing Assignments .............................................................................................. 10
Critical Thinking Questions in Appendix Exhibit 1A–3 ............................................................11
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Exhibit 1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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Adapting the Law to the Online Environment C
1. One observer has said that the American legal system should evaluate social media companies
based on how ―they affect us as citizens, not only [on how] they affect us as consumers.‖ What
is your opinion of this statement? D
Solution
VE
The person who made this statement clearly sees a ―citizen‖ as having different motivations and
concerns than a ―consumer.‖ Presumably, a citizen is mostly concerned with the good of society
as a whole, and therefore would be open to the idea of government regulation that restricted the
negative influence of social media, regardless of the First Amendment. A consumer, by contrast,
would be primarily concerned with having a marketplace that offers the widest possible varieties
E
D?
of freedom (of choice, of speech, etc.) and would for that reason be opposed to government
regulation of social media. There is, however, an argument to be made that the citizens that
make up a society benefit when the marketplace of ideas—whether they are subjectively
―positive‖ or ―negative‖—is allowed to flourish in the absence of government regulation.
2. Tim Cook, Apple‘s chief operating officer, has suggested that the United States Congress should
?
pass a law limiting the ability of Apple and other tech countries to keep consumer data private.
Why would a business executive make such a request?
Your text here 2
© 2022 Cengage. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible 1
website, in whole or in part.
, Solution and Answer Guide: Miller, Business Law Today, The Essentials Text & Summarized Cases 13e, 9780357635346;
Chapter 01: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
R Solution
Cook may have wanted to end a controversy that puts Apple squarely at odds with the federal
government. After all, large companies such as Apple rely on favorable treatment from the
government in regulatory matters, international trade agreements, and many other areas. Also,
large corporations such as Apple sometimes gain an advantage over competitors when their
ST
U industries are regulated. For example, Apple has significant resources with which to lobby
Congress for favorable treatment, and it is better positioned to bear the costs of regulation than
are other, smaller tech companies. Finally, Apple‘s position as a champion of consumer privacy
would be damaged if it ―caved‖ and changed its stance without being forced to do so by a new
E federal law.
UV
Critical Thinking Questions in Cases
Case 1.1
S
1. What ―dangerous conditions‖ might have prompted the city to enact the ordinances at issue in
S
this case? Why?
IA
Solution
As noted in the facts of the case, both ordinances at issue included an extensive rationale for
I
their adoption, stating essentially that a geographically small city has the right to restrict a
O
business from operating within the city when the restriction is for the safety of the city‘s citizens
_A
and visitors.
The appellate court referred to ―the dangerous conditions‖ created by the irresponsible driving
N
behavior of scooter renters, especially at night, amplified by the lack of training, supervision, and
oversight practiced by the rental scooter businesses that ―existed throughout the entire city‖ as
the basis for the city‘s regulation. The court paraphrased the expressive clauses in the ordinances
PP
more specifically:
•
N
The City is geographically small and crowded and is being besieged by inexperienced scooter
drivers seeking amusement and driving in a dangerous manner. O
• The City is a tourist destination frequented by tens of thousands, and its streets are
congested by scooters that are being driven illegally and in areas where they are not
RO
permitted.
• The City‘s residents and visitors are put in dangerous situations as a result of the improper
•
use of scooters, especially at night.
City businesses have complained about numerous trespasses on their property by people
driving scooters while being disruptive
C
• City police have been unable to cope with the situation and essential police resources are
D
VE
being drained.
• The City has been unable to control the situation through less restrictive means. E
D?
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© 2022 Cengage. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible 2
website, in whole or in part.
