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,CHAPTER 1: Legal and Constitutional Foundations of Business
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—Appendix to Chapter 1: Finding and Analyzing the Law
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CHAPTER 2: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
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CHAPTER 3: Ethics in Business
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—Appendix to Chapter 3: Code of Ethics Example
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CHAPTER 4: Tort Law
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CHAPTER 5: Intellectual Property Rights
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CHAPTER 6: Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
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CHAPTER 7: Criminal Law and Cyber Crime
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CHAPTER 8: Agreement and Consideration in Contracts
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CHAPTER 9: Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability
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CHAPTER 10: Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
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CHAPTER 11: Sales and Lease Contracts
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CHAPTER 12: Performance and Breach in Sales and Lease Contracts
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CHAPTER 13: Negotiable Instruments
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CHAPTER 14: Banking
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CHAPTER 15: Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
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CHAPTER 16: Agency Relationships in Business
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CHAPTER 17: Employment Law
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CHAPTER 18: The Entrepreneur’s Options
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,CHAPTER 19: Corporations
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CHAPTER 20: Investor Protection, Insider Trading, and Corporate Gover
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CHAPTER 21: Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
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CHAPTER 22: Consumer Law
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CHAPTER 23: Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance
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CHAPTER 24: Real Property and Environmental Law
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CHAPTER 25: International and Space Law
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Miller,vBusinessvLawvToday,vThevEssentialsvTextv&vSummarizedvCasesv13e,v9780357635346;v
Chapterv01:vLegalvandvConstitutionalvFoundationsvofvBusiness
Table of Contents
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CriticalvThinkingvQuestionsvinvFeatures ......................................................................................................... 1
AdaptingvthevLawvtovthevOnlinevEnvironment ........................................................................................... 1
CriticalvThinkingvQuestionsvinvCases .............................................................................................................. 2
Casev1.1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Casev1.2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Casev1.3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChaptervReview ............................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticevandvReview .................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticevandvReview:vDebatevThis ............................................................................................................. 5
IssuevSpotters ............................................................................................................................................ 5
BusinessvScenariosvandvCasevProblems ..................................................................................................... 5
CriticalvThinkingvandvWritingvAssignments.............................................................................................. 10
CriticalvThinkingvQuestionsvinvAppendixvExhibitv1A–3................................................................................. 11
Exhibitv1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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AdaptingvthevLawvtovthevOnlinevEnvironment
1. OnevobservervhasvsaidvthatvthevAmericanvlegalvsystemvshouldvevaluatevsocialvmediavcompaniesvbasedvon
vhowv―theyvaffectvusvasvcitizens,vnotvonlyv[onvhow]vtheyvaffectvusvasvconsumers.‖vWhatvisvyourvopinionvofv
thisvstatement?
Solution
Thevpersonvwhovmadevthisvstatementvclearlyvseesvav―citizen‖vasvhavingvdifferentvmotivationsvandvconcernsv
thanvav―consumer.‖vPresumably,vavcitizenvisv mostlyvconcernedvwithvthevgoodvofvsocietyvasvavwhole,vandvthe
reforevwouldvbevopenvtovthevideavofvgovernmentvregulationvthatvrestrictedvthevnegativevinfluencevofvsocialv
media,vregardlessvofvthevFirstvAmendment.vAvconsumer,vbyvcontrast,vwouldvbevprimarilyvconcernedvwithvh
avingvavmarketplacevthatvoffersvthevwidestvpossiblevvarietiesvofvfreedomv(ofvchoice,vofvspeech,vetc.)vandvw
ouldvforvthatvreasonvbevopposedvtovgovernmentvregulationvofvsocialvmedia.vTherevis,vhowever,vanvargume
ntvtovbevmadevthatvthevcitizensvthatvmakevupvavsocietyvbenefitvwhenvthevmarketplacevofvideas—
whethervtheyvarevsubjectively
―positive‖vorv―negative‖—isvallowedvtovflourishvinvthevabsencevofvgovernmentvregulation.
2. TimvCook,vApple‘svchiefvoperatingvofficer,vhasvsuggestedvthatvthevUnitedvStatesvCongressvshouldvpassvavla
wvlimitingvthevabilityvofvApplevandvothervtechvcountriesvtovkeepvconsumervdatavprivate.vWhyvwouldvavbus
inessvexecutivevmakevsuchvavrequest?