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 Gover
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nance
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,RBusinessRLawRToday,RTheREssentialsRTextR&RSummarizedRCasesR13e,R978035763534
6;RChapterR01:RLegalRandRConstitutionalRFoundationsRofRBusiness
Table of Contents
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CriticalRThinkingRQuestionsRinRFeatures ........................................................................................................ 1
AdaptingRtheRLawRtoRtheROnlineREnvironment .......................................................................................... 1
CriticalRThinkingRQuestionsRinRCases ............................................................................................................. 2
CaseR1.1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
CaseR1.2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
CaseR1.3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChapterRReview ............................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticeRandRReview .................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticeRandRReview:RDebateRThis ............................................................................................................ 5
IssueRSpotters ............................................................................................................................................ 5
BusinessRScenariosRandRCaseRProblems .................................................................................................... 5
CriticalRThinkingRandRWritingRAssignments ............................................................................................. 10
CriticalRThinkingRQuestionsRinRAppendixRExhibitR1A–3 ................................................................................ 11
ExhibitR1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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1. OneRobserverRhasRsaidRthatRtheRAmericanRlegalRsystemRshouldRevaluateRsocialRmediaRcompaniesRbasedR
onRhowR―theyRaffectRusRasRcitizens,RnotRonlyR[onRhow]RtheyRaffectRusRasRconsumers.‖RWhatRisRyourRopinio
nRofRthisRstatement?
Solution
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sRthanRaR―consumer.‖RPresumably,RaRcitizenRisR mostlyRconcernedRwithRtheRgoodRofRsocietyRasRaRwhole,RandR
thereforeRwouldRbeRopenRtoRtheRideaRofRgovernmentRregulationRthatRrestrictedRtheRnegativeRinfluenceRofRs
ocialRmedia,RregardlessRofRtheRFirstRAmendment.RARconsumer,RbyRcontrast,RwouldRbeRprimarilyRconcerned
RwithRhavingRaRmarketplaceRthatRoffersRtheRwidestRpossibleRvarietiesRofRfreedomR(ofRchoice,RofRspeech,Ret
c.)RandRwouldRforRthatRreasonRbeRopposedRtoRgovernmentRregulationRofRsocialRmedia.RThereRis,Rhowever,R
anRargumentRtoRbeRmadeRthatRtheRcitizensRthatRmakeRupRaRsocietyRbenefitRwhenRtheRmarketplaceRofRideas
—whetherRtheyRareRsubjectively
―positive‖RorR―negative‖—isRallowedRtoRflourishRinRtheRabsenceRofRgovernmentRregulation.
2. TimRCook,RApple‘sRchiefRoperatingRofficer,RhasRsuggestedRthatRtheRUnitedRStatesRCongressRshouldRpassRaRl
awRlimitingRtheRabilityRofRAppleRandRotherRtechRcountriesRtoRkeepRconsumerRdataRprivate.RWhyRwouldRaR
businessRexecutiveRmakeRsuchRaRrequest?