Contemporary Canadian Business Law 12th Edition by John A Willes solution manual
(3) For written assignment purposes.
(4) For student preparation and class discussion by the students themselves, or in conjunction with the instructor.
Brief answers or suggested solutions to the review/discussion questions may be found in this Instructor’s Manual.
Most chapters include a number of Court Decisions, which may be used to illustrate judicial thinking, the application of the law to particular fact situations, the formulation of specific legal principles or rules, or for general class discussion of the chapter topic. The legal principles or laws set out in these reported decisions frequently have application to the Case Problems for Discussion which appear at the end of each chapter.
The case problems provide students with the opportunity to analyze fact situations, determine applicable law, and render decisions, either as a part of a class discussion process, or as a class assignment. Most of the fact situations are based upon reported cases, and occasionally represent a composite of several different cases. Where a particular reported decision was the source of the facts, the case citation is included for reference purposes or examination by the instructor. The use that may be made of the cases, either as teaching or testing devices, is generally dictated by the individual instructor's own teaching method, and in view of the varied uses made of the case material, the discussion of each case, and the "answers" provided in this manual represent a guide only to the issues raised therein. They do not constitute the only answers, nor do they represent an exhaustive analysis of the problem.
In closing, it should be noted that the text and this Instructor’s Manual are not intended to be used as a source of legal opinion, but rather, as teaching tools to provide students with an understanding of the law and its application to business, and its role in society. The law is constantly changing, and while an effort has been made to provide accurate general statements of the law in the text and this Instructor’s Manual, precise statements of the law applicable in all instances and in all jurisdictions are obviously impossible, given the nature and scope of the text. For a precise statement of the law in any particular jurisdiction, reference should be made to the applicable statutes or judicial decisions applicable to that province. Case problem solutions should accordingly be modified to reflect these differences if jurisdictional accuracy is desired.
Course Introduction by the Instructor:
At the beginning of the course an instructor might introduce the text and his or her teaching method by explaining how a student should use the text in conjunction with the instructor's approach to the topic and course material.
A useful approach in an introductory lecture might be to provide students with a basic approach to the law to enable them to use the text effectively, and in a fashion that the instructor may desire. By way of example, the writer's introductory lecture usually includes a few brief comments, which might resemble the following:
The law is essentially a collection of rules that govern our behaviour, and determine our rights and duties. Due to the complexity of our society, there are now a great many of these rules, so many, in fact, that it is virtually impossible for even the most learned in the law to know all of them intimately. This does not mean, however, that one should avoid a study of the law simply because the body of law is so large. Rather, it points out the importance of law in our society, and underscores the need for everyone to be familiar with at least those basic principles of law most often encountered in the day-to-day business of living. The more specialized laws can be left to the legal practitioner, but the general principles of what is known as the Common Law can be readily understood by all.
The fundamental step in any examination of the law is to determine why a law exists. Unless the purpose of the rule is understood, it is pointless to know what it says. Much of the business of the law is its application to fact situations, and if its purpose is known, the learning of the rules and their application becomes a much easier process.
The second step in gaining a knowledge of the law is to learn the various rules or principles themselves. While this must be largely memory work, the process can be made easier by the classification of the laws, first, in terms of their type, and second, in terms of their application. This has been done in the text, but basically what a student should do is mentally classify each rule as being either a rule that establishes rights or duties, or a rule that is used to enforce a right or duty. The former rules, as will be explained in Chapter 1, are called substantive laws, while the latter are procedural laws. Most of the laws in the text are substantive in nature, but nevertheless, in the learning of each, the first step should be to quickly examine the law in terms of its broad classification, before going a step further in the examination. Once this has been done, the rule itself should be committed to memory, in order that it may later be used in the analysis of fact situations.