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
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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 Go
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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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Table of Contents
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CriticalgkThinkinggkQuestionsgkingkFeatures .................................................................................................... 1
AdaptinggkthegkLawgktogkthegkOnlinegkEnvironment.................................................................................... 1
CriticalgkThinkinggkQuestionsgkingkCases ......................................................................................................... 2
Casegk1.1 .................................................................................................................................................... 2
Casegk1.2 .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Casegk1.3 .................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChaptergkReview ............................................................................................................................................ 4
PracticegkandgkReview ................................................................................................................................ 4
PracticegkandgkReview:gkDebategkThis ........................................................................................................ 5
IssuegkSpotters ........................................................................................................................................... 5
BusinessgkScenariosgkandgkCasegkProblems ................................................................................................ 5
CriticalgkThinkinggkandgkWritinggkAssignments ......................................................................................... 10
CriticalgkThinkinggkQuestionsgkingkAppendixgkExhibitgk1A–3.......................................................................... 11
Exhibitgk1A–3 ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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dgkconcernsgkthangkagk―consumer.‖gkPresumably,gkagkcitizengkisgk mostlygkconcernedgkwithgkthegkgoodgkofgksoci
etygkasgkagkwhole,gkandgkthereforegkwouldgkbegkopengktogkthegkideagkofgkgovernmentgkregulationgkthatgkrestri
ctedgkthekgnegativegkinfluencegkofgksocialgkmedia,gkregardlessgkofgkthegkFirstgkAmendment.gkAgkconsumer,gkby
gkcontrast,gkwouldgkbegkprimarilygkconcernedgkwithgkhavinggkagkmarketplacegkthatgkoffersgkthegkwidestgkposs
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egkcitizensgkthatgkmakegkupgkagksocietygkbenefitgkwhengkthegkmarketplacegkofgkideas—
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dkgpassgkagklawgklimitinggkthegkabilitygkofgkApplegkandgkothergktechgkcountriesgktogkkeepgkconsumergkdatagkpri
vate.gkWhygkwouldgkagkbusinessgkexecutivegkmakegksuchgkagkrequest?
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
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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 Go
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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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, Solution and Answer Guide gk gk gk
Miller,gkBusinessgkLawgkToday,gkThegkEssentialsgkTextgk&gkSummarizedgkCasesgk13e,gk9780357
635346;gkChaptergk01:gkLegalgkandgkConstitutionalgkFoundationsgkofgkBusiness
Table of Contents
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CriticalgkThinkinggkQuestionsgkingkFeatures .................................................................................................... 1
AdaptinggkthegkLawgktogkthegkOnlinegkEnvironment.................................................................................... 1
CriticalgkThinkinggkQuestionsgkingkCases ......................................................................................................... 2
Casegk1.1 .................................................................................................................................................... 2
Casegk1.2 .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Casegk1.3 .................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChaptergkReview ............................................................................................................................................ 4
PracticegkandgkReview ................................................................................................................................ 4
PracticegkandgkReview:gkDebategkThis ........................................................................................................ 5
IssuegkSpotters ........................................................................................................................................... 5
BusinessgkScenariosgkandgkCasegkProblems ................................................................................................ 5
CriticalgkThinkinggkandgkWritinggkAssignments ......................................................................................... 10
CriticalgkThinkinggkQuestionsgkingkAppendixgkExhibitgk1A–3.......................................................................... 11
Exhibitgk1A–3 ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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AdaptinggkthegkLawgktogkthegkOnlinegkEnvironment
1. OnegkobservergkhasgksaidgkthatgkthegkAmericangklegalgksystemgkshouldgkevaluategksocialgkmediagkcompanie
sgkbasedgkongkhowgk―theygkaffectgkusgkasgkcitizens,gknotgkonlygk[ongkhow]gktheygkaffectgkusgkasgkconsumers.‖g
kWhatgkisgkyourgkopiniongkofgkthisgkstatement?
Solution
Thegkpersongkwhogkmadegkthisgkstatementgkclearlygkseesgkagk―citizen‖gkasgkhavinggkdifferentgkmotivationsgkan
dgkconcernsgkthangkagk―consumer.‖gkPresumably,gkagkcitizengkisgk mostlygkconcernedgkwithgkthegkgoodgkofgksoci
etygkasgkagkwhole,gkandgkthereforegkwouldgkbegkopengktogkthegkideagkofgkgovernmentgkregulationgkthatgkrestri
ctedgkthekgnegativegkinfluencegkofgksocialgkmedia,gkregardlessgkofgkthegkFirstgkAmendment.gkAgkconsumer,gkby
gkcontrast,gkwouldgkbegkprimarilygkconcernedgkwithgkhavinggkagkmarketplacegkthatgkoffersgkthegkwidestgkposs
iblegkvarietiesgkofgkfreedomgk(ofgkchoice,gkofgkspeech,gketc.)gkandgkwouldgkforgkthatgkreasongkbegkopposedgkt
ogkgovernmentgkregulationgkofgksocialgkmedia.gkTheregkis,gkhowever,gkangkargumentgktogkbegkmadegkthatgkth
egkcitizensgkthatgkmakegkupgkagksocietygkbenefitgkwhengkthegkmarketplacegkofgkideas—
whethergktheygkaregksubjectively
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2. TimgkCook,gkApple‘sgkchiefgkoperatinggkofficer,gkhasgksuggestedgkthatgkthegkUnitedgkStatesgkCongressgkshoul
dkgpassgkagklawgklimitinggkthegkabilitygkofgkApplegkandgkothergktechgkcountriesgktogkkeepgkconsumergkdatagkpri
vate.gkWhygkwouldgkagkbusinessgkexecutivegkmakegksuchgkagkrequest?
