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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, Solution and Answer Guide F F F
Miller,FBusinessFLawFToday,FTheFEssentialsFTextF&FSummarizedFCasesF13e,F978035763534
6;FChapterF01:FLegalFandFConstitutionalFFoundationsFofFBusiness
Table of Contents
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CriticalFThinkingFQuestionsFinFFeatures ........................................................................................................ 1
AdaptingFtheFLawFtoFtheFOnlineFEnvironment.......................................................................................... 1
CriticalFThinkingFQuestionsFinFCases ............................................................................................................. 2
CaseF1.1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
CaseF1.2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
CaseF1.3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChapterFReview ............................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticeFandFReview .................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticeFandFReview:FDebateFThis ............................................................................................................ 5
IssueFSpotters ............................................................................................................................................ 5
BusinessFScenariosFandFCaseFProblems .................................................................................................... 5
CriticalFThinkingFandFWritingFAssignments ............................................................................................. 10
CriticalFThinkingFQuestionsFinFAppendixFExhibitF1A–3................................................................................ 11
ExhibitF1A–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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AdaptingFtheFLawFtoFtheFOnlineFEnvironment
1. OneFobserverFhasFsaidFthatFtheFAmericanFlegalFsystemFshouldFevaluateFsocialFmediaFcompaniesFbasedF
onFhowF―theyFaffectFusFasFcitizens,FnotFonlyF[onFhow]FtheyFaffectFusFasFconsumers.‖FWhatFisFyourFopinio
nFofFthisFstatement?
Solution
TheFpersonFwhoFmadeFthisFstatementFclearlyFseesFaF―citizen‖FasFhavingFdifferentFmotivationsFandFconcern
sFthanFaF―consumer.‖FPresumably,FaFcitizenFisF mostlyFconcernedFwithFtheFgoodFofFsocietyFasFaFwhole,FandF
thereforeFwouldFbeFopenFtoFtheFideaFofFgovernmentFregulationFthatFrestrictedFtheFnegativeFinfluenceFofFs
ocialFmedia,FregardlessFofFtheFFirstFAmendment.FAFconsumer,FbyFcontrast,FwouldFbeFprimarilyFconcerned
FwithFhavingFaFmarketplaceFthatFoffersFtheFwidestFpossibleFvarietiesFofFfreedomF(ofFchoice,FofFspeech,Fet
c.)FandFwouldFforFthatFreasonFbeFopposedFtoFgovernmentFregulationFofFsocialFmedia.FThereFis,Fhowever,F
anFargumentFtoFbeFmadeFthatFtheFcitizensFthatFmakeFupFaFsocietyFbenefitFwhenFtheFmarketplaceFofFideas
—whetherFtheyFareFsubjectively
―positive‖ForF―negative‖—isFallowedFtoFflourishFinFtheFabsenceFofFgovernmentFregulation.
2. TimFCook,FApple‘sFchiefFoperatingFofficer,FhasFsuggestedFthatFtheFUnitedFStatesFCongressFshouldFpassFaFl
awFlimitingFtheFabilityFofFAppleFandFotherFtechFcountriesFtoFkeepFconsumerFdataFprivate.FWhyFwouldFaF
businessFexecutiveFmakeFsuchFaFrequest?
