Business Law Today – The Essentials
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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 Gove
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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
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Miller,NBusinessNLawNToday,NTheNEssentialsNTextN&NSummarizedNCasesN13e,N978035763534
6;NChapterN01:NLegalNandNConstitutionalNFoundationsNofNBusiness
Table of Contents
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CriticalNThinkingNQuestionsNinNFeatures ....................................................................................................... 1
AdaptingNtheNLawNtoNtheNOnlineNEnvironment......................................................................................... 1
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CriticalNThinkingNQuestionsNinNCases ............................................................................................................ 2
CaseN1.1..................................................................................................................................................... 2
CaseN1.2..................................................................................................................................................... 3
CaseN1.3..................................................................................................................................................... 3
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ChapterNReview............................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticeNandNReview ................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticeNandNReview:NDebateNThis ............................................................................................................ 5
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IssueNSpotters............................................................................................................................................ 5
BusinessNScenariosNandNCaseNProblems.................................................................................................... 5
CriticalNThinkingNandNWritingNAssignments ............................................................................................ 10
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CriticalNThinkingNQuestionsNinNAppendixNExhibitN1A–3............................................................................... 11
ExhibitN1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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AdaptingNtheNLawNtoNtheNOnlineNEnvironment
1. OneNobserverNhasNsaidNthatNtheNAmericanNlegalNsystemNshouldNevaluateNsocialNmediaNcompaniesNbase
dNonNhowN―theyNaffectNusNasNcitizens,NnotNonlyN[onNhow]NtheyNaffectNusNasNconsumers.‖NWhatNisNyourNo
pinionNofNthisNstatement?
Solution
TheNpersonNwhoNmadeNthisNstatementNclearlyNseesNaN―citizen‖NasNhavingNdifferentNmotivationsNandNconce
rnsNthanNaN―consumer.‖NPresumably,NaNcitizenNisN mostlyNconcernedNwithNtheNgoodNofNsocietyNasNaNwhole,N
andNthereforeNwouldNbeNopenNtoNtheNideaNofNgovernmentNregulationNthatNrestrictedNtheNnegativeNinfluen
ceNofNsocialNmedia,NregardlessNofNtheNFirstNAmendment.NANconsumer,NbyNcontrast,NwouldNbeNprimarilyNc
oncernedNwithNhavingNaNmarketplaceNthatNoffersNtheNwidestNpossibleNvarietiesNofNfreedomN(ofNchoice,Nof
Nspeech,Netc.)NandNwouldNforNthatNreasonNbeNopposedNtoNgovernmentNregulationNofNsocialNmedia.NThereN
is,Nhowever,NanNargumentNtoNbeNmadeNthatNtheNcitizensNthatNmakeNupNaNsocietyNbenefitNwhenNtheNmark
etplaceNofNideas—whetherNtheyNareNsubjectively
―positive‖NorN―negative‖—isN allowedNtoNflourishNinNtheNabsenceNofNgovernmentNregulation.
2. TimNCook,NApple‘sNchiefNoperatingNofficer,NhasNsuggestedNthatNtheNUnitedNStatesNCongressNshouldNpassN
aNlawNlimitingNtheNabilityNofNAppleNandNotherNtechNcountriesNtoNkeepNconsumerNdataNprivate.NWhyNwou
ldNaNbusinessNexecutiveNmakeNsuchNaNrequest?