Assignment:
Question 1.Under what circumstances might it be ethical for the federal government to record or track calls or Internet searches without any sort of warrant? Analyze and evaluate the various issues presented while arguing and debating the connections between business, law, politics, and ethics.
Question 2. If a hotel hosts a pool with a dangerous drain cover, and someone dies due to the drain cover, what sort of liability might that hotel have? Ignore criminal issues and focus on civil liability under torts and negligence. What possible legal causes of action might exist here? What about possible defenses? Analyze and evaluate the various issues presented while arguing and debating the connections between business, law, politics, and ethics.
Question 3. Because tires are a part of an inherently dangerous activity-driving-should manufacturers and retailers be subject to strict liability for defective tires? Why or why not? Discuss all of the possible legal theories of recovery and possible defenses. Analyze and evaluate the various issues presented while arguing and debating the connections between business, law, politics, and ethics. Be specific when describing causes of action and defenses.
Question 4.With the credit-card contracts, credit-card companies can unilaterally change the interest rate. Discuss whether there should be any requirements of reasonableness or fair dealing implied in the agreement. Please define the concept of an unconscionable contract. Could such a concept apply in the case of credit card contracts? Would the nonwaivable good faith provision in Uniform Commercial Code Section 1-304 affect this situation? In recent years what restrictions have been passed into law dealing with the solicitation of credit and the issuance of credit cards? Analyze and evaluate the various issues presented while arguing and debating the connections between business, law, politics, and ethics.
Question 5. Environmental law is both federal and state-controlled. Discuss the effect on state regulations if the federal government, through the Environmental Protection Agency, changes the standards for air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions. Also describe what legislation already exists to make certain the air is less polluted and that water remains in a similar state. Also what about CERCLA and
the manner in which we assure that the soil is not contaminated?
Who is liable for the cost of cleaning up any contamination? Analyze and evaluate the various issues presented while arguing and debating the connections between business, law, politics, and ethics.