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1 - 25, Complete
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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 Gov
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ernance
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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CriticalmThinkingmQuestionsminmFeatures...............................................................................................1
AdaptingmthemLawmtomthemOnlinemEnvironment.................................................................................1
CriticalmThinkingmQuestionsminmCases ...................................................................................................2
Casem1.1 .........................................................................................................................................2
Casem1.2 .........................................................................................................................................3
Casem1.3 .........................................................................................................................................3
ChaptermReview..................................................................................................................................4
Practice mandmReview .......................................................................................................................4
Practice mandmReview:mDebatemThis...................................................................................................5
IssuemSpotters.................................................................................................................................5
BusinessmScenariosmandmCasemProblems ...........................................................................................5
CriticalmThinkingmandmWritingmAssignments .................................................................................... 10
CriticalmThinkingmQuestionsminmAppendix mExhibitm1A–3....................................................................... 11
Exhibitm1A–3................................................................................................................................. 11



Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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Adapting mthemLawmtomthemOnlinemEnvironment
1. One m observer m hasm saidm thatm the m Americanm legalm systemm shouldm evaluate m socialm mediam companiesm ba
sedm onm howm ―the ym affectm usm asm ci ti ze ns,m notm onl ym [onm how ]m the ym affe ctm us m asm consumers.‖m Whatm ism y
our m opinionm ofm thism statement?

Solution
The m personm whom made m thi sm sta te me ntm cl e arl ym se e sm am ―ci ti ze n‖m asm ha ving m di ffe re ntm moti va ti onsm andm c on
cernsm tha nm am ―consume r.‖m Pre sum abl y,m am ci ti ze nm ism m ostl ym conce rne dm wi thm the m goodm ofm soci e tym asm am w
hole,m andm therefore m wouldm bemopenmtom the mideamofm governmentm regulationm thatm restrictedm the mnegative
m influence m ofm socialm media,m regardlessmofm the m Firstm Amendment.m A m consumer,m bym contrast,m would m be m

primarilym concernedm withm havingm am marketplace m thatm offersm the m widestm possible m varietiesm ofm freedomm
(ofm choice,m ofm speech,metc.)m andm wouldm form thatm reasonm bem opposedmtom governmentm regulationm ofm soci
alm media.m There m is,m however,m anm argumentm tom be m made m thatm the m citizensm thatm make m upm amsocietym ben
efitm whenm the m marketplace m ofm ideas—whether m theym are m subjectively
―positi ve ‖m orm ―ne gati ve ‖—i sm all owe dm tom flouri shm inm the m abse nc e m ofm gove rnme ntm re gul ati on.

2. Timm Cook,m Apple‘sm chiefm operatingm officer,mhasm suggestedm thatm the m UnitedmStatesm Congressm shouldmpas
sm am lawm limitingm the m abilitym ofm Apple m andm other m techm countriesm tomkeepmconsumer mdatam private.m Why
m would m am businessm executive m make m such m am request?