The legal and regulatory environment of business
19th edition by Marisa A. Pagnattaro Daniel R. Cahoy
All Chapters 1-22 Covered
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DanielnCahoy,nJulienManningnMagid,nPeternShedd
Chaptern1-22
Chapter 1 La n n
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LearningnObjectives
Thenpurposenofnthisnchapternisntonintroducenthenstudentsntonthensubjectnofnlawnandntonsomenclas
sificationsnofnitsnsubjectnmatter.nInnaddition,nitnisndesignedntoninstillninnthemnrespectnfornthenrolen
ofnthen―rulenofnlaw‖ninnthensocietynandnthatnthenjudicialnsystemnisnthenmostnimportantnstabilizing
nforceninnsociety.nItnshouldncreatenannawarenessnthatnlawnisnanfoundationnfornthenprivatenmarketn
andn―property‖nasnanlegalnconceptnunderpinsnthatnmarketnandncontributesntonthenmaximumnwea
lthnofnnationsnthroughnproductivity.nThisnchapternalsondescribesnstarendecisis,nbasicnsourcesnofnt
henAmericannlaw,nandnsanctionsnthatncannbenimposednwhennthenlawnisnnotnfollowed.
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, TeachingnOutline
I. Introduction
A. WhynLawnandnRegulationsnArenFundamentalnFoundationsnfornBusinessn(LOn1-1)
Emphasize:
• Thatnbynstudyingnthenlegalnandnregulatorynenvironmentnofnbusiness,nstudentsnwillngainna
nnunderstandingnofnbasicnlegalnvocabularynandngainnthenabilityntonidentifynproblematicnsi
tuationsnthatncouldnresultninnliability.
• Thatnbecausenofnthenpositivenrolenlawyersncannplay,ntheynarenincreasinglynbeingnaskednt
onjoinncorporatenboards.
• Sidebarn1.1ntitledn‗SustainabilitynandnIntegrity:nCautionarynTalesnofnLegalnLiability.‘
II. Law,nthenRulenofnLaw,nandnProperty
A. Law
Emphasize:
• Thensimplendefinitionnofnlaw.nItncannbenelaboratednbynobservingnthatnlawnisnanrule-
based,nstate-enforcednformalnorderingnsystemnwithnmoralnelements.
• Thatnadequatenlawnandnlegalninstitutesnpromotenthencertaintynandntrustnnecessarynforn
complex,nlong-
termnbusinessnarrangements.nInnanneconomicnsense,ntheynlowernthencostsnofntransacti
ngnbusiness.
AdditionalnMattersnfornDiscussion:
• Discussnthatnlawnformalizesnvaluesnandntraditionsnandnthatnlawnisnmorenneededninnanlarg
e,nheterogeneousnmodernnnationnthanninnansmaller,nhomogeneousnnation.nComparenthen
U.S.nandnJapan.
• Itnisnnotntoonearlyninnthisnchapterntonasknstudentsnwhethernornnotnlacknofnlawnandnstri
ctnregulationnfacilitatedntheneconomicncrashnandnrecessionnthatnbeganninn2008.
• Asknstudentsntoncommentnonnhownmistrustnofnlawnandnlawmakersnprecipitatednthe
―OccupynWallnStreet‖nandnothern―Occupy…‖nmovementsnthatnaroseninn2011.
• DiscussnhownthenlawnimpactsnthenCOVIDn19nrestrictionsnonnbusinessesnopeningninn2020.
B. ThenRulenofnLaw
Emphasize:
• Thatnundernanrulenofnlaw,nlawsnarengenerallynandnequallynapplicable.
• Thatnlacknofnthenrulenofnlawninternationallynhasnproducednhundredsnofncallsnfornitninnthe