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INTRODUCTION TO
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C ontent s : Ov erv ie w
Preface xv U nit 5
The Lifecycle of a Business 377
20 Starting a Business: LLCs and Other Options 378
UNIT 1 21 Corporations 398
The Legal Environment 1 22 Bankruptcy 420
1 Introduction to Law 2
2 Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility 15
3 International Law 39 UNIT 6
4 Constitutional, Statutory, Administrative,
and Common Law 58 Government Regulation 439
5 Dispute Resolution 79
23 Securities and Antitrust 440
6 Crime 101
24 Consumer Protection 460
25 Environmental Law 482
26 Accountants’ Liability 501
U nit 2
Torts121
UNIT 7
7 Intentional Torts and Business Torts 122
8 Negligence, Strict Liability, and Product Property519
Liability137
9 Privacy and Internet Law 156 27 Intellectual Property 520
28 Real Property and Landlord–Tenant Law 538
29 Personal Property and Bailment 560
30 Estate Planning 576
UNIT 3 31 Insurance 593
Contracts and the UCC 177 Appendix A
The Constitution of the United States A1
10 Forming a Contract 178
11 Requirements for a Contract 198 Appendix B
12 Performance of a Contract 220 Uniform Commercial Code B1
13 Practical Contracts 242
14 Sales 261 Appendix C
15 Negotiable Instruments 278 Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Questions C1
16 Secured Transactions 295
GlossaryG1
Table of Cases T1
U nit 4 Index I1
Agency and Employment Law 315
17 Agency 316
18 Employment and Labor Law 336
19 Employment Discrimination 356
iii


C ontent s
Preface xv 2-3i Euphemisms and Reframing 24

2-3j Lost in a Crowd 24
2-3k Short-Term Perspective 25
2-3l Blind Spots 25
UNIT 1 2-3m Lying: A Special Case 25
The Legal Environment 1 2-3n Ethics Case: Truth (?) in Borrowing 25
2-3o Avoiding Ethics Traps 26
Chapter 1 Introduction to Law2 2-3p Reacting to Unethical Behavior 27
1-1 Exploring the Law 3 2-4 Applying the Principles 27
1-1a Sources of Contemporary Law 3 2-4a Personal Ethics in the Workplace 27
1-1b Classifications of Law 6 2-4b Ethics Case: Weird Wierdsma 27
1-2 Working with the Book’s Features 7 2-4c The Organization’s Responsibility
1-2a Analyzing a Case 7 to Society 28
1-2b Analysis 8 2-4d Ethics Case: Up in Smoke 28
1-2c Exam Strategy 9 2-4e The Organization’s Responsibility to
1-2d You Be the Judge 9 Its Employees29
2-4f Ethics Case: The Storm after the Storm 29
Chapter Conclusion 10 2-4g The Organization’s Responsibility
Exam Review 11 to Its Customers 30
Matching Questions 12 2-4h Ethics Case: Mickey Weighs In 30
True/False Questions 12 2-4i The Organization’s Responsibility
Multiple-Choice Questions 12 to Overseas Workers 31
Case Questions 13 2-4j Ethics Case: A Worm in the Apple 31
Discussion Questions 14 2-4k Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 32
2-4l Ethics Case: The Beauty of a
Well-Fed Child 32
Chapter 2 Ethics and Corporate
Social Responsibility15 Chapter Conclusion 32
2-1 Why Study Ethics? 16 Exam Review 32
2-1a Ethics in Business 17 Matching Questions 34
2-1b Why Be Ethical? 17 True/False Questions 34
2-2 Theories of Ethics 18 Multiple-Choice Questions 35
2-2a Utilitarian Ethics 19 Case Questions 35
2-2b Deontological Ethics 19 Discussion Questions 37
2-2c Rawlsian Justice 20
2-2d Front Page Test 20 Chapter 3 International Law39
2-2e Moral Universalism and Relativism 20 3-1 International Law: Public versus Private 40
2-3 Ethics Traps 21 3-2 Actors in International Law 40
2-3a Money 21 3-2a The United Nations 40
2-3b Competition 22 3-2b The International Court of Justice 41
2-3c Rationalization 22 3-2c International Chamber of Commerce 41
2-3d We Can’t Be Objective about Ourselves 23 3-2d Sovereign Nations 41
2-3e Moral Licensing 23 3-3 The World’s Legal Systems 42
2-3f Conflicts of Interest 23 3-3a Common Law 42
2-3g Conformity 23 3-3b Civil Law 42
2-3h Following Orders 24 3-3c Islamic Law 43
v

vi C ontent s
3-4 Sources and Applicability 5-3 Trial 90

of International Law 44 5-3a Right to Jury Trial 91
3-4a Sources of International Law 44 5-3b Opening Statements 91
3-4b Interaction of Foreign and 5-3c Burden of Proof 91
Domestic Laws 49 5-3d Plaintiff’s Case 92
5-3e Defendant’s Case 92
Chapter Conclusion 52 5-3f Closing Argument 92
Exam Review 52 5-3g Verdict 93
Matching Questions 54 5-4 Appeals 93
True/False Questions 54 5-4a Appeal Court Options 93
Multiple-Choice Questions 55 5-5 Alternative Dispute Resolution 94
Case Questions 56 5-5a Mediation 94
Discussion Questions 56 5-5b Arbitration 94
Chapter Conclusion 95
Chapter 4 Constitutional, Statutory, Exam Review 95
Administrative, and Common Law58 Matching Questions 97
4-1 Constitutional Law 59 True/False Questions 97
4-1a Government Power 59 Multiple-Choice Questions 98
4-1b Power Granted 60 Case Questions 99
4-1c Protected Rights 63 Discussion Questions 100
4-1d Fifth Amendment: Due Process
and the Takings Clause64
4-1e Fourteenth Amendment: Equal
Chapter 6 Crime101
Protection Clause66 6-1 Criminal Procedure 102
4-2 Statutory Law 66 6-1a A Civil versus a Criminal Case 102
4-2a Committee Work 67 6-1b State of Mind 103
4-3 Common Law 68 6-1c Gathering Evidence:
4-3a Stare Decisis68 The Fourth Amendment 104
4-3b Bystander Cases 68 6-1d After Arrest 106
4-4 Administrative Law 70 6-2 Crimes That Harm Businesses
4-4a Rule Making 70 (and Their Customers) 109
4-4b Investigation 71 6-2a Larceny 109
4-4c Adjudication 71 6-2b Embezzlement 109
6-2c Fraud 109
Chapter Conclusion 73 6-2d Arson 111
Exam Review 73 6-2e Hacking 111
Matching Questions 75 6-3 Crimes Committed by Business 111
True/False Questions 75 6-3a Making False Statements 111
Multiple-Choice Questions 76 6-3b RICO 112
Case Questions 77 6-3c Money Laundering 112
Discussion Questions 77 6-3d Hiring Illegal Workers 113
6-3e Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 113
6-3f Punishing a Corporation 113
Chapter 5 Dispute Resolution79
5-1 Court Systems 80 Chapter Conclusion 114
5-1a State Courts 80 Exam Review 114
5-1b Federal Courts 83 Matching Questions 117
5-2 Litigation 84 True/False Questions 117
5-2a Pleadings 84 Multiple-Choice Questions 117
5-2b The Discovery Process 87 Case Questions 118
5-2c Summary Judgment 89 Discussion Questions 119

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U nit 2 Chapter 9 Privacy and Internet Law 156

Torts121 9-1 Privacy in a Digital World 157
9-1a How We Lose Our Privacy
Chapter 7 Intentional Torts in the Digital World 157
and Business Torts122 9-2 The Law of Privacy 159
7-1 Intentional Torts 124 9-2a Constitutional Law:
7-1a Defamation 124 The Fourth Amendment 159
7-1b False Imprisonment 125 9-2b Common Law: Privacy Torts 161
7-1c Battery and Assault 125 9-2c Privacy Statutes 163
7-1d Fraud 126 9-3 Regulation in the Digital World 166
7-1e Intentional Infliction of Emotional 9-3a Regulation of User-Generated
Distress126 Content167
7-2 Damages 127 9-3b Online Speech 167
7-2a Compensatory Damages 127 9-3c Liability of Internet Service
7-2b Punitive Damages 129 Providers169
7-2c Tort Reform and the Exxon Valdez130 9-3d Consumer Protection 170
7-2d Business Torts 130
Chapter Conclusion 131 Exam Review 171
Exam Review 131 Multiple-Choice Questions 174
Matching Questions 133 Case Questions 175
True/False Questions 133 Discussion Questions 176
Multiple-Choice Questions 133
Case Questions 134
Discussion Questions 135
UNIT 3
Contracts and the UCC 177
Chapter 8 Negligence, Strict Liability,
and Product Liability137 Chapter 10 Forming a Contract 178
8-1 Negligence 138 10-1 Contracts 179
8-1a Duty of Due Care 139 10-1a Elements of a Contract 179
8-1b Special Duty: Landowners 140 10-1b Types of Contracts 180
8-1c Special Duty: Professionals 140 10-1c Sources of Contract Law 182
8-1d Breach of Duty 141 10-2 Enforcing Non-Contracts 183
8-1e Causation 141 10-2a Promissory Estoppel 184
8-1f Damages 144 10-2b Quasi-Contract 185
8-1g Defenses 145 10-3 Agreement 186
8-2 Strict Liability and Product Liability 146 10-3a Making an Offer 186
8-2a Strict Liability 146 10-3b Termination of Offers 188
8-2b Product Liability 147 10-3c Acceptance 190
8-2c Contemporary Trends 149 10-3d Communication of Acceptance 191
Chapter Conclusion 150 Chapter Conclusion 192

Exam Review 150 Exam Review 192
Matching Questions 152 Matching Questions 194
True/False Questions 152 True/False Questions 194
Multiple-Choice Questions 153 Multiple-Choice Questions 195
Case Questions 154 Case Questions 196
Discussion Questions 154 Discussion Questions 197

viii C ontent s
Chapter 11 Requirements for a Contract198 Matching Questions 237

11-1 Consideration 199 True/False Questions 237
11-1a What Is Value? 199 Multiple-Choice Questions 238
11-1b What Constitutes Exchange? 200 Case Questions 239
11-2 Legality 201 Discussion Questions 240
11-2a Non-compete Agreements: Sale of
a Business 201
11-2b Non-compete Agreements: Chapter 13 Practical Contracts242
Employment Contracts202 13-1 Creating a Contract 243
11-2c Exculpatory Clauses 203 13-1a The Lawyer 243
11-3 Capacity 205 13-1b Who Drafts the Contract? 244
11-3a Minors 205 13-1c Mistakes 244
11-3b Mentally Impaired Persons 206 13-2 The Structure of a Contract 249
11-3c Intoxication 206 13-2a Terms That Vary by Contract 249
11-4 Reality of Consent 206 13-2b Boilerplate 252
11-4a Fraud 206
11-4b Mistake 208 Chapter Conclusion 255
11-5 Contracts in Writing 209 Exam Review 256
11-5a Contracts That Must Be in Writing 210 Matching Questions 257
11-5b What the Writing Must Contain 212 True/False Questions 258
11-5c Sale of Goods 213 Multiple-Choice Questions 258
Case Questions 259
Chapter Conclusion 213 Discussion Questions 260
Exam Review 214
Matching Questions 215
True/False Questions 216 Chapter 14 Sales261
Multiple-Choice Questions 216 14-1 Sales 262
Case Questions 217 14-1a Development of the UCC 262
Discussion Questions 218 14-1b Contract Formation 263
14-1c Performance and Remedies 267
14-2 Warranties 268
Chapter 12 Performance of a Contract220 14-2a Express Warranties 268
12-1 Third Party Beneficiaries 221 14-2b Implied Warranties 269
12-1a Types of Beneficiaries 221
12-2 Assignment and Delegation 223 Chapter Conclusion 272
12-2a Assignment 223 Exam Review 272
12-2b Delegation of Duties 224 Matching Questions 274
12-3 Performance and Discharge 225 True/False Questions 274
12-3a Performance 225 Multiple-Choice Questions 275
12-3b Good Faith 227 Case Questions 276
12-3c Breach 228 Discussion Questions 277
12-3d Impossibility 228
12-4 Remedies 229
12-4a Expectation Interest 229 Chapter 15 Negotiable Instruments278
12-4b Reliance Interest 233 15-1 Negotiable Instruments 279
12-4c Restitution Interest 233 15-1a Commercial Paper 279
12-4d Other Equitable Interests 234 15-1b Types of Negotiable Instruments 279
12-4e Mitigation of Damages 235 15-1c Negotiation 280
15-2 Holder in Due Course 285
Chapter Conclusion 235 15-2a Requirements for Being a
Exam Review 235 Holder in Due Course 285

C ontent s ix
15-2b Defenses against a Holder in 17-1c Duties of Principals to Agents 320

Due Course 287 17-1d Terminating an Agency Relationship 321
15-2c Consumer Exception 288 17-2 Liability to Third Parties 321
17-2a Principal’s Liability for Contracts 321
Chapter Conclusion 289 17-2b Agent’s Liability for Contracts 322
Exam Review 289 17-2c Principal’s Liability for
Matching Questions 291 Negligent Physical Torts 324
True/False Questions 291 17-2d Principal’s Liability for Intentional
Multiple-Choice Questions 291 Physical Torts 328
Case Questions 292 17-2e Principal’s Liability for
Discussion Questions 293 Nonphysical Torts 328
17-2f Agent’s Liability for Torts 329
Chapter 16 Secured Transactions295 Chapter Conclusion 329

16-1 Article 9: Terms and Scope 296 Exam Review 329
16-1a Scope of Article 9 298 Matching Questions 332
16-2 Attachment of a Security Interest 298 True/False Questions 332
16-2a Agreement 298 Multiple-Choice Questions 332
16-2b Possession 299 Case Questions 334
16-2c Value 299 Discussion Questions 334
16-2d Debtor Rights in the Collateral 299
16-2e Attachment to Future Property 300
16-3 Perfection 300
Chapter 18 Employment and
16-3a Perfection by Filing 300
16-3b Perfection by Possession 302
Labor Law336
16-3c Perfection of Consumer Goods 302 18-1 Employment at Will 337
16-4 Protection of Buyers 304 18-2 Employment Security 337
16-4a Buyers in Ordinary Course 18-2a Common Law Protections 337
of Business 304 18-2b Family and Medical Leave Act 341
16-5 Priorities among Creditors 306 18-2c Whistleblowing 341
16-6 Default and Termination 307 18-3 Workplace Freedom and Safety 342
16-6a Default 307 18-3a Off-Duty Activities 342
16-6b Termination 309 18-3b The Right to Free Speech 343
18-3c Lie Detector Tests 344
Chapter Conclusion 310 18-3d OSHA 345
Exam Review 310 18-3e Employee Data 345
Matching Questions 311 18-3f Guns 345
True/False Questions 312 18-4 Financial Protection 346
Multiple-Choice Questions 312 18-4a Fair Labor Standards Act 346
Case Questions 313 18-4b Workers’ Compensation 346
Discussion Questions 314 18-4c Health Insurance 346
18-4d Social Security 346
18-5 Labor Unions 347
18-5a Organizing a Union 347
U nit 4 18-5b Collective Bargaining 348
Agency and Employment Law 315 18-5c Concerted Action 348
Chapter 17 Agency316 Chapter Conclusion 350

17-1 The Agency Relationship 317 Exam Review 350
17-1a Creating an Agency Relationship 317 Matching Questions 352
17-1b Duties of Agents to Principals 318 True/False Questions 352

x C ontent s
Multiple-Choice Questions 353 20-3 Limited Liability Companies 383

Case Questions 354 20-3a Limited Liability 383
Discussion Questions 355 20-3b Formation 384
20-3c Flexibility 385
Chapter 19 Employment 20-3d Transferability of Interests 385
20-3e Duration 385
Discrimination356
20-3f Going Public 386
19-1 Equal Pay Act of 1963 357 20-3g Piercing the Company Veil 386
19-2 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 357 20-3h Legal Uncertainty 387
19-2a Prohibited Activities 357 20-3i Choices: LLC versus Corporation 387
19-2b Religion 362 20-4 Social Enterprises 388
19-2c Family Responsibility 20-5 General Partnerships 388
Discrimination362 20-5a Tax Status 388
19-2d Sexual Orientation 362 20-5b Liability 388
19-2e Gender Identity and Expression 362 20-5c Formation 388
19-2f Immigration 363 20-5d Raising Capital 389
19-2g Reverse Discrimination 363 20-5e Management 389
19-2h Defenses to Charges of 20-5f Transfer of Ownership 389
Discrimination364 20-5g Terminating a Partnership:
19-3 Pregnancy Discrimination Act 365 Dissociation389
19-4 Age Discrimination 365 20-6 Limited Liability Partnerships 390
19-5 The Americans with Disabilities Act 366 20-7 Professional Corporations 390
19-5a The Hiring Process 367 20-8 Franchises 391
19-5b Relationship with a Disabled Person 367
19-5c Obesity 367 Chapter Conclusion 392
19-5d Mental Disabilities 367 Exam Review 392
19-6 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 367 Matching Questions 393
19-7 Hiring Practices 368 True/False Questions 394
19-7a Interviews 368 Multiple-Choice Questions 394
19-7b Social Media 368 Case Questions 395
19-8 Enforcement 369 Discussion Questions 397
Exam Review 370 Chapter 21 Corporations398
21-1 Promoter’s Liability 399
True/False Questions 372
21-2 Incorporation Process 399
21-2a Where to Incorporate? 399
Case Questions 374
21-2b The Charter 400
21-3 After Incorporation 401
21-4 Death of the Corporation 402
21-4a Voluntary Termination by
the Shareholders 402
U nit 5 21-4b Termination by the State 403
The Lifecycle of a Business 377 21-4c Piercing the Corporate Veil 404
21-5 Management Duties 404
Chapter 20 Starting a Business: LLCs 21-5a The Business Judgment Rule 404
and Other Options378 21-5b Applications of the Business
20-1 Sole Proprietorships 379 Judgment Rule 406
20-2 Corporations 379 21-6 Shareholder Rights 408
20-2a Corporations in General 380 21-6a The Relationship between
20-2b Special Types of Corporations 382 Shareholders and Managers 408

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21-6b Right to Information 408 23-1a What Is a Security? 441

21-6c Right to Vote 408 23-1b Securities Act of 1933 441
23-1c Securities Exchange Act of 1934 443
Chapter Conclusion 413 23-1d Insider Trading 445
Exam Review 413 23-1e Blue Sky Laws 448
Matching Questions 416 23-2 Antitrust 449
True/False Questions 417 23-2a The Sherman Act 449
Multiple-Choice Questions 417 23-2b The Clayton Act 452
Case Questions 418 23-2c The Robinson-Patman Act 453
Exam Review 453
Chapter 22 Bankruptcy420 Matching Questions 456
22-1 Overview of the Bankruptcy Code 421 True/False Questions 456
22-2 Chapter 7 Liquidation 422 Multiple-Choice Questions 457
22-2a Filing a Petition 422 Case Questions 458
22-2b Trustee 423 Discussion Questions 459
22-2c Creditors 423
22-2d Automatic Stay 423
Chapter 24 Consumer Protection460
22-2e Bankruptcy Estate 424
22-2f Payment of Claims 425 24-1 Introduction 461
22-2g Discharge 426 24-2 Sales 461
22-3 Chapter 11 Reorganization 429 24-2a Deceptive Acts or Practices 461
22-3a Debtor in Possession 430 24-2b Unfair Practices 462
22-3b Creditors’ Committee 430 24-2c Abusive Acts 462
22-3c Plan of Reorganization 430 24-2d Bait-and-Switch 462
22-3d Confirmation of the Plan 430 24-2e Merchandise Bought by
22-3e Discharge 430 Mail, by Telephone, or Online 463
22-3f Small-Business Bankruptcy 431 24-2f Telemarketing 463
22-4 Chapter 13 Consumer Reorganizations 431 24-2g Unordered Merchandise 464
22-4a Beginning a Chapter 13 Case 432 24-2h Door-to-Door Sales 464
22-4b Plan of Payment 432 24-3 Consumer Credit 464
22-4c Discharge 432 24-3a Payday Loans 465
24-3b Truth in Lending Act 465
Chapter Conclusion 432 24-3c Home Mortgage Loans 465
Exam Review 433 24-3d Plastic: Credit, Debit, and ATM Cards 466
Matching Questions 434 24-3e Electronic Fund Transfers 468
True/False Questions 434 24-3f Credit Reports 469
Multiple-Choice Questions 435 24-3g Debt Collection 470
Case Questions 436 24-3h Equal Credit Opportunity Act 472
Discussion Questions 437 24-4 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act 473
24-5 Consumer Product Safety 473

Exam Review 474
UNIT 6 Matching Questions 478
Government Regulation 439 True/False Questions 478
Chapter 23 Securities and Antitrust440 Case Questions 479
23-1 Securities Laws 441 Discussion Questions 480

xii C ontent s
Chapter 25 Environmental Law482 Matching Questions 515

25-1 Introduction 483 True/False Questions 515
25-2 Air Pollution 483 Multiple-Choice Questions 515
25-2a Clean Air Act 484 Case Questions 517
25-2b Climate Change 485 Discussion Questions 518
25-2c Automobile Pollution 487
25-3 Water Pollution: The Clean Water Act 487
25-3a Coverage 488 UNIT 7
25-3b Major Provisions 488
25-4 Waste Disposal 489
Property519
25-4a Resource Conservation and
Chapter 27 Intellectual Property520
Recovery Act 490
25-4b Superfund 490 27-1 Patents 521
25-5 Chemicals 491 27-1a Types of Patents 521
25-6 Natural Resources 492 27-1b Requirements for a Utility Patent 522
25-6a National Environmental Policy Act 492 27-1c Patent Application and Issuance 524
25-6b Endangered Species Act 493 27-1d Patent Infringement 525
27-1e International Patent Treaties 525
Chapter Conclusion 494 27-2 Copyrights 525
Exam Review 495 27-2a Copyright Term 527
Matching Questions 496 27-2b Copyright Infringement and
True/False Questions 497 Fair Use 527
Multiple-Choice Questions 497 27-2c The Digital Millennium
Case Questions 498 Copyright Act 528
Discussion Questions 499 27-3 Trademarks 528
27-3a Ownership and Registration 529
27-3b Valid Trademarks 529
27-3c Trademark Infringement 530
Chapter 26 Accountants’ Liability501
27-4 Trade Secrets 531
26-1 Introduction 502
26-1a Sarbanes-Oxley 502 Chapter Conclusion 533
26-1b Consolidation in the Accounting Exam Review 533
Profession503 Matching Questions 533
26-1c Audits 503 True/False Questions 533
26-2 Liability to Clients 505 Multiple-Choice Questions 534
26-2a Contract 505 Case Questions 535
26-2b Negligence 505 Discussion Questions 536
26-2c Common Law Fraud 506
26-2d Breach of Trust 506
26-3 Liability to Third Parties 506
26-3a Negligence 507 Chapter 28 Real Property
26-3b Fraud 508 and Landlord–Tenant Law538
26-3c Securities Act of 1933 508 28-1 Nature of Real Property 539
26-3d Securities Exchange Act of 1934 508 28-2 Concurrent Estates 539
26-4 Criminal Liability 510 28-2a Tenancy in Common 540
26-5 Other Accountant-Client Issues 511 28-2b Joint Tenancy 540
26-5a The Accountant-Client Relationship 511 28-3 Adverse Possession 541
26-5b Accountant-Client Privilege 511 28-3a Entry and Exclusive Possession 541
28-3b Open and Notorious Possession 541
Chapter Conclusion 512 28-3c A Claim Adverse or Hostile
Exam Review 512 to the Owner 541

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28-3d Continuous Possession Chapter 30 Estate Planning576

for the Statutory Period 541 30-1 Introduction 577
28-4 Land Use Regulation 543 30-1a Definitions 577
28-4a Nuisance Law 543 30-1b Purpose 577
28-4b Zoning 543 30-1c Probate Law 577
28-4c Eminent Domain 543 30-2 Wills 578
28-5 Landlord–Tenant Law 544 30-2a Requirements for a Valid Will 578
28-5a Types of Tenancy 545 30-2b Spouse’s Share 580
28-5b Landlord’s Duties 546 30-2c Children’s Share 580
28-5c Tenant’s Duties 548 30-2d Digital Assets 582
28-6 Change in the Parties 549 30-2e Amending a Will 583
28-6a Sale of the Property 550 30-2f Intestacy 583
28-6b Assignment and Sublease 550 30-2g Power of Attorney 583
28-7 Liability of Landlords and Tenants 550 30-2h Probate 583
28-7a Tenant’s Liability 550 30-2i Property Not Transferred by Will 584
28-7b Landlord’s Liability 551 30-2j Anatomical Gifts 584
28-7c Crime 551 30-2k End of Life Health Issues 584
30-3 Trusts 585
Chapter Conclusion 552 30-3a Advantages and Disadvantages 585
Exam Review 552 30-3b Types of Trusts 586
Matching Questions 555 30-3c Trust Administration 586
True/False Questions 555 30-3d A Trust’s Term 587
Case Questions 557 Chapter Conclusion 588
Discussion Questions 558 Exam Review 588
True/False Questions 590
Chapter 29 Personal Property Multiple-Choice Questions 590
and Bailment560 Case Questions 591
29-1 Acquiring Personal Property 561 Discussion Questions 592
29-1a Gifts 561
29-1b Found Property 564
29-2 Bailment 565 Chapter 31 Insurance593
29-2a Control 566 31-1 Introduction 594
29-2b Rights of the Bailee 567 31-2 Insurance Contract 595
29-2c Duties of the Bailee 567 31-2a Offer and Acceptance 595
29-2d Rights and Duties of 31-2b Limiting Claims by the Insured 595
the Bailor 568 31-2c Bad Faith by the Insurer 597
29-2e Liability for Defects 569 31-3 Types of Insurance 600
29-2f Common Carriers and 31-3a Property Insurance 600
Contract Carriers 569 31-3b Life Insurance 600
29-2g Innkeepers 569 31-3c Health Insurance 601
31-3d Disability Insurance 602
Chapter Conclusion 570 31-3e Liability Insurance 602
Exam Review 570 31-3f Automobile Insurance 603
True/False Questions 572 Chapter Conclusion 603
Multiple-Choice Questions 572 Exam Review 603
Case Questions 574 Matching Questions 605
Discussion Questions 575 True/False Questions 605

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Multiple-Choice Questions 605 Appendix C

Case Questions 607 Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Questions C1
GlossaryG1
Appendix A
The Constitution of the United States A1 Table of Cases T1
Appendix B Index I1
Uniform Commercial Code B1

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NOTE FROM THE AUTHORS

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Our goal in writing this book was to capture the passion and excitement, the sheer enjoy-
ment, of the law. Business law is notoriously complex, and, as authors, we are obsessed
with accuracy. Yet this intriguing subject also abounds with human conflict and hard-earned
wisdom, forces that we wanted to use to make this book sparkle. Look, for example, at
Chapter 21 on corporations. A robust discussion of the nitty gritty of corporate governance is
enlivened by court cases featuring intense personal conflict.
Once we have the students’ attention, our goal is to provide the information they will
need as business people and as informed citizens. Of course, we present the theory of how
laws work, but we also explain when reality is different. To take some examples, traditionally
business law textbooks have simply taught students that shareholders elect the directors of
public companies. Even Executive MBA students rarely understand the reality of corporate
elections. But our book explains the complexity of corporate power. The practical contracts
chapter focuses not on the theory of contract law but on the real-life issues involved in mak-
ing an agreement: Do I need a lawyer? Should the contract be in writing? What happens if
the contract has an unclear provision or an important typo? What does all that boilerplate
mean anyway?
Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson famously said, “Let those who will write the
nation’s laws, if I can write its textbooks.” As authors, we never forget the privilege—and
responsibility—of educating a generation of business law students. Our goal is to write a busi-
ness law text like no other—a book that is authoritative, realistic, and yet a pleasure to read.
Strong Narrative. The law is full of great stories, and we use them. It is easier to teach
students when they come to class curious and excited. Every chapter begins with a story
that is based in fact, to illustrate important issues. We also include stories in the body of the
chapters. Look at Chapter 5 on dispute resolution. No tedious list of next steps in litigation,
this chapter teaches the subject by tracking a double-indemnity lawsuit. An executive is
dead. Did he drown accidentally, obligating the insurance company to pay? Or did the busi-
nessman commit suicide, voiding the policy? Students follow the action from the discovery
of the body, through each step of the lawsuit, to the final appeal.
Student Reaction. Students have responded enthusiastically to our approach. One pro-
fessor asked a student to compare our book with the one that the class was then using. This
was the student’s reaction: “I really enjoy reading the [Beatty] textbook, and I have decided
that I will give you this memo ASAP, but I am keeping the book until Wednesday so that I
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Current. This 6th edition contains more than 25 new cases. Most were reported within the
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Authoritative. We insist, as you do, on a law book that is indisputably accurate. To highlight
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clear, forceful English. We cheerfully venture into contentious areas, relying on very recent
decisions. Can a Delaware court order the sale of a successful business? Is discrimination
based on sexual orientation legal? Is the list of names in a LinkedIn group a trade secret?
What are the limits to free speech on social media? Where there is doubt about the current
(or future) status of a doctrine, we say so. In areas of particularly heated debate, we footnote
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Humor. Throughout the text we use humor—judiciously—to lighten and enlighten. We

revere the law for its ancient traditions, its dazzling intricacy, and its relentless, though imper-
fect, attempt to give order and decency to our world. But because we are confident of our
respect for the law, we are not afraid to employ some levity, for the simple reason that humor
helps retention. Research shows that the funnier or more original the example, the longer
students will remember it. They are more likely to recall an intellectual property rule involv-
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we present a typical exam question. Here lies the innovation: We guide the student in analyz-
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Ethics
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End-of-Chapter Exam Review and Questions

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points and several additional Exam Strategy exercises. We also challenge the students with
20 or more problems—Matching, True or False, Multiple-Choice Questions, Case Questions,
and Discussion Questions. The questions include the following:
• You Be the Judge Writing Problem. Students are given appellate arguments on both
sides of the question and then must prepare a written opinion.
• Ethics. This question highlights the ethics issues of a dispute and calls upon the stu-
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• CPA Questions. For topics covered by the CPA exam, administered by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Exam Review includes questions
from previous CPA exams.
Answers to the odd-numbered Matching, True or False, Multiple-Choice, and Case
Questions are available in Appendix C of the book.
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summary ourselves to make the judges’ reasoning accessible to all readers while retain-
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provide the state or federal citation, unless it is not available, in which case we use the
LEXIS and Westlaw citations.
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progress:
• Answers to the You Be the Judge cases from the main part of the chapter and to the
Exam Review questions found at the end of each chapter.
• Current Focus. This feature offers updates of text material.
• Additional cases and examples.
• Exam Strategy Problems. If your students would like more of these problems, there
is an additional section of Exam Strategy problems in the Instructor’s Manual.
• Dialogues. These are a series of questions-and-answers on pivotal cases and topics.
The questions provide enough material to teach a full session. In a pinch, you
could walk into class with nothing but the manual and use the Dialogues to con-
duct an effective class.
• Action learning ideas. Interviews, quick research projects, drafting exercises, class-
room activities, and other suggested assignments get students out of their chairs and
into the diverse settings of business law.
Cengage Testing Powered by Cognero. Cognero is a flexible online system that allows
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PowerPoint Lecture Review Slides. PowerPoint slides are available for use by instruc-
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Interaction with the Authors. This is our standard: Every professor who adopts this book
must have a superior experience. We are available to help in any way we can. Adopters of this
text often call or email us to ask questions, offer suggestions, share pedagogical concerns, or
inquire about ancillaries. One of the pleasures of writing this book has been this link to so
many colleagues around the country. We value those connections, are eager to respond, and
would be happy to hear from you.
Jeffrey F. Beatty
Susan S. Samuelson
Phone: (617) 353-2033
Email: ssamuels@bu.edu
Patricia Sánchez Abril
Phone: (305) 284-6999
Email: pabril@miami.edu
Acknowledgments
The list of people who have contributed helpful comments and suggestions for this book
is long. We are grateful to all of the reviewers and instructors from around the country who
have helped us refine this book through all of its editions.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Jeffrey F. Beatty (1948–2009) was an Associate Professor of Business Law at the Boston
University Questrom School of Business. After receiving his B.A. from Sarah Lawrence
and his J.D. from Boston University, he practiced with the Greater Boston Legal Services
representing indigent clients. At Boston University, he won the Metcalf Cup and Prize, the
university’s highest teaching award. Professor Beatty also wrote plays and television scripts
that were performed in Boston, London, and Amsterdam.
Susan S. Samuelson is a Professor of Business Law at the Boston University Questrom School
of Business. After earning her A.B. at Harvard University and her J.D. at Harvard Law School,
Professor Samuelson practiced with the firm of Choate, Hall and Stewart. She has written
many articles on legal issues for scholarly and popular journals, including the American Busi-
ness Law Journal, Ohio State Law Journal, Boston University Law Review, Harvard Journal on
Legislation, National Law Journal, Sloan Management Review, Inc. Magazine, and Boston Maga-
zine. At Boston University she won the Broderick Prize for excellence in teaching.

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Patricia Sánchez Abril is a Professor of Business Law and Vice Dean for Graduate Business
Programs and Executive Education at the University of Miami School of Business Adminis-
tration. Professor Abril’s research has appeared in the American Business Law Journal, Harvard
Journal of Law & Technology, Florida Law Review, Houston Law Review, Wake Forest Law Review,
and Columbia Business Law Journal, among other journals. In 2011, the American Business
Law Journal honored her with its Distinguished Junior Faculty Award, in recognition of
exceptional early career achievement. Her research has won the Outstanding Proceedings
competition at the annual conference of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and has
twice earned the Hoeber Memorial Award for Excellence in Research. Professor Abril has
won awards for her teaching in both the undergraduate and graduate programs at the Uni-
versity of Miami.

To w.f.s., “the fountain from the
which my current runs”
s.s.s.
To a.f.a., with gratitude and love

p.s.a.

The Legal
Environment UNIT
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1
CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION
TO LAW
The Pagans were a motorcycle gang with a reputation for violence. Two of its rougher
members, Rhino and Backdraft, entered a tavern called the Pub Zone, shoving their way
past the bouncer. The pair wore gang insignia, in violation of the bar’s rules. For a while,
all was quiet, as the two sipped drinks at the bar. Then they followed an innocent patron
toward the men’s room, and things happened fast.
“Wait a moment,” you may be thinking, “are we reading a chapter on business law or
one about biker crimes in a roadside tavern?” Both.
Law is powerful, essential, and fasci-
nating. We hope this book will persuade
you of all three ideas. Law can also be
Should a pub owner
surprising. Later in the chapter, we will pay money damages to the
return to the Pub Zone (with armed victim of gang violence?
guards) and follow Rhino and Backdraft
to the back of the pub. Yes, the pair
engaged in street crime, which is hardly a focus of this text. However, their criminal
acts will enable us to explore one of the law’s basic principles, negligence. Should a pub
owner pay money damages to the victim of gang violence? The owner herself did noth-
ing aggressive. Should she have prevented the harm? Does her failure to stop the assault
make her liable?
We place great demands on our courts, asking them to make our large, complex,
and sometimes violent society into a safer, fairer, more orderly place. The Pub Zone
case is a good example of how judges reason their way through the convoluted issues
involved. What began as a gang incident ends up as a matter of commercial liability. We
will traipse after Rhino and Backdraft because they have a lesson to teach anyone who
enters the world of business.
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Law 3
1-1 EXPLORING THE LAW

A driver is seriously injured in an automobile accident, and the jury concludes that the car
had a design defect. The jurors award her $29 million. A senior vice president congratulates
himself on a cagey stock purchase but is horrified to receive, not profits, but a prison sen-
tence. A homeless person, ordered by local police to stop panhandling, ambles into court and
walks out with an order permitting him to beg on the city’s streets. The strong hand of the
law touches us all. To understand something that powerful is itself power.
Suppose, some years after graduation, you are a mid-level manager at Sublime Corp.,
which manufactures and distributes video games. You are delighted with this important posi-
tion in an excellent company—and especially glad that you bring legal knowledge to the job.
Sarah, an expert at computer-generated imagery, complains that Rob, her boss, is constantly
touching her and making lewd comments. That is sexual harassment, and your knowledge
of employment law helps you respond promptly and carefully.
You have dinner with Jake, who has his own software company. Jake wants to manu-
facture an exciting new video game in cooperation with Sublime, but you are careful not
to create a binding deal (contract law). Jake mentions that a similar game is already on the
market. Do you have the right to market one like it? That answer you already know (intel-
lectual property law).
LuYu, your personnel manager, reports that a silicon chip worker often seems drowsy;
she suspects drug use. Does she have the right to test him (constitutional law and employment
law)? On the other hand, if she fails to test him, could Sublime Corp. be liable for any harm
the worker does (tort law and agency law)?
In a mere week, you might use your legal knowledge a dozen times, helping Sublime
to steer clear of countless dangers. During the coming year, you encounter many other legal
issues, and you and your corporation benefit from your skills.
It is not only as a corporate manager that you will confront the law. As a voter, investor,
juror, entrepreneur, and community member, you will influence and be affected by the law.
Whenever you take a stance about a legal issue, whether in the corporate office, the voting
booth, or as part of local community groups, you help to create the social fabric of our nation.
Your views are vital. This book will offer you knowledge and ideas from which to form and
continually reassess your legal opinions and values.
Law is also essential. Every society of which we have any historical record has had some
system of laws. Societies depend upon laws for safe communities, functioning economies,
and personal liberties. An easy way to gauge the importance of law is to glance through any
newspaper and read about nations that lack a strong system of justice. Notice that these coun-
tries cannot ensure physical safety and personal liberties. They also fail to offer economic
opportunity for most citizens. We may not always like the way our legal system works, but
we depend on it to keep our society functioning.
Law is intriguing. When the jury awarded $29 million against an auto manufacturer for
a defective car design, it certainly demonstrated the law’s power. But was the jury’s decision
right? Should a company have to pay that much for one car accident? Maybe the jury was
reacting emotionally. Or perhaps the anger caused by terrible trauma should be part of a court
case. These are not abstract speculations for philosophers. Verdicts such as this may cause
each of us to pay more for our next automobile. Then again, we may be driving safer cars.
1-1a Sources of Contemporary Law

It would be nice if we could look up “the law” in one book, memorize it, and then apply it.
But the law is not that simple. Principles and rules of law come from many different sources.
Why is this so?
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4 Unit 1 The Legal Environment
We inherited a complex structure of laws from England. Additionally, ours is a nation born
in revolution and created, in large part, to protect the rights of its people from the government.
Our country’s Founders created a national government but insisted that the individual states
maintain control in many areas. As a result, each state has its own government with exclusive
Federalism power over many important areas of our lives. What the Founders created was federalism: a
A double-layered system of double-layered system of government, with the national government and state governments
government, with the national each exercising important but limited powers. To top it off, the Founders guaranteed many
and state governments each
rights to the people alone, ordering national and state governments to keep clear. They
exercising important but limited
powers
achieved all of this in one remarkable document: the United States Constitution.
United States Constitution

United States America’s greatest legal achievement was the writing of the United States Constitution in
Constitution 1787. It is the supreme law of the land, and any law that conflicts with it is void. This federal
The supreme law of the Constitution does three basic things. First, it establishes the national government of the
United States United States, with its three branches. Second, it creates a system of checks and balances
among the branches. And, third, the Constitution guarantees many basic rights to the Ameri-
can people.
Branches of Government. The Founders sought a division of government power. They
did not want all power centralized in a monarch or anyone else. And so the Constitution
divides legal authority into three pieces: legislative, executive, and judicial power.
Legislative power gives the ability to create new laws. In Article I, the Constitution gives
this power to the Congress, which is comprised of two chambers—a Senate and a House of
Representatives.
The House of Representatives has 435 voting members. A state’s voting power is based
on its population. States with large populations (Texas, California, Florida) send dozens of
representatives to the House, while sparsely populated states (Wyoming, North Dakota,
Delaware) send only one. The Senate has 100 voting members—two from each state.
Executive power is the authority to enforce laws. Article II of the Constitution establishes
the president as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the head of the executive
branch of the federal government.
Judicial power gives the right to interpret laws and determine their validity. Article III places
the Supreme Court at the head of the judicial branch of the federal government. Interpretive
power is often underrated, but it is often as important at the ability to create laws in the first
place. For instance, the Supreme Court ruled that privacy provisions of the Constitution protect
a woman’s right to abortion, although neither the word “privacy” nor “abortion” appears in the
text of the Constitution.1 And at times, courts void laws altogether. For example, in 2016, the
Supreme Court struck down a Texas law regulating abortion clinics and the doctors who worked
in them. The Court found that those rules created an undue burden for Texas women by caus-
ing many clinics to close and making abortions unreasonably difficult to obtain.2
Checks and Balances. The authors of the Constitution were not content to divide gov-
ernment power three ways. They also wanted to give each part of the government the power
over the other two branches. Many people complain about “gridlock” in Washington, but the
government is sluggish by design. The Founders wanted to create a system that, without
broad agreement, would tend towards inaction. The president can veto congressional leg-
islation. Congress can impeach the president. The Supreme Court can void laws passed by
Congress. The president appoints judges to the federal courts, but these nominees do not
serve unless approved by the Senate.
Many of these checks and balances will be examined in more detail later in the text.
1Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).

2Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 136 S. Ct. 2292 (2016).
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Fundamental Rights. The Constitution also grants many of our most basic liberties. For
the most part, those liberties are found in the amendments to the Constitution. The First
Amendment guarantees the rights of free speech, free press, and the free exercise of reli-
gion. The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments protect the rights of any person accused of
a crime. Other amendments ensure that the government treats all people equally and that it
pays for any property it takes from a citizen.
By creating a limited government of three branches and guaranteeing basic liberties to
all citizens, the Constitution has become one of the most important documents ever written.
Statutes
The second important source of law is statutory law. The Constitution gave to the U.S. Congress
the power to pass laws on various subjects. These laws are called statutes, and they can cover Statute
absolutely any topic at all, so long as they do not violate the Constitution. A law passed by Congress
Almost all statutes are created by the same method. An idea for a new law—on taxes, or by a state legislature
health care, texting while driving, or anything else—is first proposed in the Congress. This
idea is called a bill. The House and Senate then independently vote on the bill. To pass
Congress, the bill must get approval from a simple majority of each of these chambers.
If Congress passes a bill, it goes to the White House. If the president signs it, a new stat-
ute is created. It is no longer a mere idea; it is the law of the land. If a president vetoes a bill,
it does not become a statute unless Congress overrides the veto. To do that, both the House
and the Senate must approve the bill by a two-thirds majority. At this point, it becomes a
statute without the president’s signature.
Common Law
Binding legal ideas often come from the courts. Judges generally follow precedent. When
courts decide a case, they tend to apply the same legal rules that other courts have used in
similar cases. The principle that precedent is binding on later cases is stare decisis, which means Stare decisis
“let the decision stand.” Stare decisis makes the law predictable, and this in turn enables busi- The principle that precedent
nesses and private citizens to plan intelligently. is binding on later cases
It is important to note that precedent is only binding on lower courts. If the Supreme
Court, for example, decided a case in one way in 1965, it is under no obligation to follow
precedent if the same issue arises in 2020.
Sometimes, this is quite beneficial. In 1896, the Supreme Court decided (unbelievably)
that segregation—separating people by race in schools, hotels, public transportation, and so
on—was legal. In 1954, on the exact same issue, the Court changed its mind.
In other circumstances, it is more difficult to see the value in breaking with an established rule.
Court Orders
Judges have the authority to issue court orders that place binding obligations on specific
people or companies. A court can both compel a party to and prohibit it from doing something.
An injunction is an example of court order. Injunctions can require people to do things, like
perform on a contract or remove a nuisance. A judge might also issue an injunction to stop a
salesperson from using his former company’s client list or prevent a counterfeiter from sell-
ing fake goods. Courts have the authority to imprison or fine those who violate their orders.
Administrative Law
In a society as large and complex as ours, the executive and legislative branches of
government cannot oversee all aspects of commerce. Congress passes statutes about
air safety, but U.S. senators do not stand around air traffic towers, serving coffee to
keep everyone awake. The executive branch establishes rules concerning how foreign
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Senators do not stand nationals enter the United States, but presidents are reluctant to
sit on the dock of the bay, watching the ships come in. Adminis-
around air traffic towers, trative agencies do this day-to-day work.
Most government agencies are created by Congress. Familiar
serving coffee to keep examples include the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Internal Revenue
everyone awake. Service (IRS), whose feelings are hurt if it does not hear from you every
April 15. Agencies have the power to create laws called regulations.
1-1b Classifications of Law

We have seen where laws come from. Now we need to classify them. First, we will distin-
guish between criminal and civil law. Then we will take a look at the intersection between
law and morality.
Criminal and Civil Law

Criminal law It is a crime to embezzle money from an employer, to steal a car, and to sell cocaine. Criminal
Concerns behavior so threaten- law concerns behavior so threatening that society outlaws it altogether. Most criminal laws are
ing that society prohibits it
statutes, passed by Congress or a state legislature. The government itself prosecutes the
wrongdoer, regardless of what the bank president or car owner wants. A district attorney, paid
by the government, brings the case to court. The injured party, for example the owner of the
stolen car, is not in charge of the case, although she may appear as a witness. The government
will seek to punish the defendant with a prison sentence, a fine, or both. If there is a fine,
the money goes to the state, not to the injured party.
Civil law Civil law is different, and most of this book is about civil law. Civil law regulates the rights
Regulates the rights and duties and duties between parties. Tracy agrees in writing to lease you a 30,000-square-foot store in her
between parties shopping mall. She now has a legal duty to make the space available. But then another tenant
offers her more money, and she refuses to let you move in. Tracy has violated her duty, but she
has not committed a crime. The government will not prosecute the case. It is up to you to file a
civil lawsuit. Your case will be based on the common law of contracts. You will also seek equitable
relief—namely, an injunction ordering Tracy not to lease to anyone else. You should win the suit,
and you will get your injunction and some money damages. But Tracy will not go to jail.
Some conduct involves both civil and criminal law. Suppose Tracy is so upset over losing the
court case that she becomes drunk and causes a serious car accident. She has committed the crime
of driving while intoxicated, and the state will prosecute. Tracy may be fined or imprisoned. She
has also committed negligence, and the injured party will file a lawsuit against her, seeking money.
Law and Morality

Law is different from morality, yet the two are obviously linked. There are many instances
when the law duplicates what all of us would regard as a moral position. It is negligence to
text while driving, and few would dispute the moral value of that law. And similarly with con-
tract law: If the owner of land agrees in writing to sell property to a buyer at a stated price, the
seller must go through with the deal, and the legal outcome matches our moral expectations.
On the other hand, we have had laws that we now clearly regard as immoral. Seventy-
five years ago, a factory owner could legally fire a worker for any reason at all—including, for
example, her religion. It is immoral to fire a worker because she is Jewish—and today, the law
prohibits it. Finally, there are legal issues where the morality is not so clear. Suppose you serve
alcohol to a guest who becomes intoxicated and then causes an automobile accident, seriously
injuring a pedestrian. Should you, the social host, be liable? This is an issue of tort liability,
which we examine in Chapter 9. As with many topics in this book, the problem has no easy
answer. As you learn the law, you will have an opportunity to re-examine your own moral beliefs.
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One of the goals of Chapter 2, on ethics, is to offer you new tools for that task. But our ethics
discussion does not end there. Throughout the text, you will find ethics questions and features,
like the one that follows, which ask you to grapple with the moral dimensions of legal questions.
Ethics
The Colombian flower industry supplies 75 percent of all cut flowers sold in the United States
between Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day.
Leo owns a flower company near Bogotá, Colombia. He pays his workers less than $1
per hour, a rate consistent with Colombian minimum wage laws. Colombian law does not
allow employees to work more than 56 hours per week, with various daily breaks. Employers
must give minimum wage employees one rest day per week or face penalties.
Leo’s employees anxiously await the busy season because it means overtime pay, which
is 25 percent over the base rate. Many count on this extra money for survival. Iris is one of
Leo’s most loyal and efficient employees. This year, Iris has a serious problem: Her daughter
needs a complicated surgery that will cost more than $300, which is more than Iris’s monthly
salary. If she does not pay for the surgery in advance, the girl will likely die. To raise this large
amount of money, Iris asks that Leo allow her to work 140 hours a week during high sea-
son—that is, 20-hour days, 7 days a week. She is willing to work through her breaks and give
up her rest day, working through her exhaustion.
What are Leo’s legal and moral obligations? What would you do?
1-2 orking with the Book’s

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Features
In this section, we introduce a few of the book’s features and discuss how you can use them
effectively. We will start with cases.
1-2a Analyzing a Case

A law case is the decision a court has made in a civil lawsuit or criminal prosecution. Cases
are the heart of the law and an important part of this book. Reading them effectively takes
practice. This chapter’s opening scenario is fictional, but the following real case involves a
similar situation. Who can be held liable for the assault? Let’s see.
Kuehn v. Pub Zone

364 N.J. Super. 301
Superior Court of New Jersey, 2003
CASE SUMMARY
Facts: Maria Kerkoulas owned the Pub Zone bar. She any motorcycle gangs from entering the bar while wearing
knew that several motorcycle gangs frequented the tavern. “colors”; that is, insignia of their gangs. She believed that
From her own experience tending bar and conversations gangs without their colors were less prone to violence, and
with city police, she knew that some of the gangs, includ- experience proved her right.
ing the Pagans, were dangerous and prone to attack cus- Rhino, Backdraft, and several other Pagans, all wear-
tomers for no reason. Kerkoulas posted a sign prohibiting ing colors, pushed their way past the tavern’s bouncer and
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approached the bar. Although Kerkoulas saw their colors, Decision: Yes, the Pub Zone had a duty to protect
she allowed them to stay for one drink. They later moved Kuehn. The decision is reversed, and the jury’s verdict
towards the back of the pub, and Kerkoulas believed they is reinstated.
were departing. In fact, they followed a customer named
Karl Kuehn to the men’s room, where, without any provo-
Reasoning: Whether a duty exists depends on the fore-
cation, they savagely beat him. Kuehn was knocked uncon-
seeability of the harm, its potential severity, and the defen-
scious and suffered brain hemorrhaging, disc herniation,
dant’s ability to prevent the injury. A court should also
and numerous fractures of facial bones. He was forced to
evaluate society’s interest in the dispute.
undergo various surgeries, including eye reconstruction.
A business owner generally has no duty to protect a
Although the government prosecuted Rhino and Back-
customer from acts of a third party unless experience sug-
draft for their vicious assault, our case does not concern that
gests that there is danger. However, if the owner could,
prosecution. Kuehn sued the Pub Zone, and that is the case
in fact, foresee injury, she is obligated to take reasonable
we will read. The jury awarded him $300,000 in damages.
safety precautions.
However, the trial court judge overruled the jury’s verdict.
Kerkoulas knew that the Pagans engaged in random
He granted a judgment for the Pub Zone, meaning that the
violence. She realized that when gang members entered
tavern owed nothing. The judge ruled that the pub’s owner
the pub, they endangered her customers. That is why she
could not have foreseen the attack on Kuehn and had no
prohibited bikers from wearing their colors—a reasonable
duty to protect him from an outlaw motorcycle gang. Kuehn
rule. Regrettably, the pub failed to enforce the rule. Pagans
appealed, and the appeals court’s decision follows.
were allowed to enter wearing their colors, and the pub did
Issue: Did the Pub Zone have a duty to protect Kuehn not call the police. The pub’s behavior was unreasonable,
from the Pagans’ attack? and it is liable to Kuehn.
1-2b Analysis
Plaintiff Let’s take it from the top. The case is called Kuehn v. Pub Zone. Karl Kuehn is the plaintiff, the
The person who is suing person who is suing. The Pub Zone is being sued and is called the defendant. In this example,
the plaintiff’s name happens to appear first, but that is not always true. When a defendant loses
Defendant
a trial and files an appeal, some courts reverse the names of the parties for the appeal case.
The person being sued
The next lines give the legal citation, which indicates where to find the case in a law
library or online.
The Facts section provides a background to the lawsuit, written by the authors of this
text. The court’s own explanation of the facts is often many pages long and may involve
complex matters irrelevant to the subject covered in this book, so we relate only what is
necessary. This section will usually include some mention of what happened at the trial court.
Lawsuits always begin in a trial court. The losing party often appeals to a court of appeals,
and it is usually an appeals court decision that we are reading. The trial judge ruled in favor
of Pub Zone, but in the appellate decision we are reading, Kuehn won.
The Issue section is very important. It tells you what the court had to decide—and why
you are reading the case.
The Decision section describes the court’s answer to the issue posed. A court’s decision
Holding is often referred to as its holding. The court rules that the Pub Zone did have a duty to
A court’s decision Kuehn. The court reverses the trial court’s decision, meaning it declares the lower court’s
ruling wrong and void. The judges reinstate the jury’s verdict. In other cases, an appellate
Reverse
To declare the lower court’s rul-
court may remand the case; that is, send it back down to the lower court for a new trial or
ing wrong and void some other action. If this court had agreed with the trial court’s decision, the judges would
have affirmed the lower court’s ruling, meaning to uphold it.
Remand The Reasoning section explains why the court reached its decision. The actual written
To send a case back down to a decision may be 3 paragraphs or 75 pages. Some judges offer us lucid prose, while others
lower court
seem intent on torturing the reader. Judges frequently digress and often discuss matters that
Affirm are irrelevant to the issue on which this text is focusing. For those reasons, we have taken
To uphold a lower court’s ruling the court’s explanation and cast it in our own words. If you are curious about the full opinion,
you can always look it up using the legal citation.
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Let us examine the reasoning. The court points out that a defendant is liable only if
he has a duty to the plaintiff. Whether there is such a duty depends on the foreseeability of
the injury and other factors. The judges are emphasizing that courts do not reach decisions
arbitrarily. They attempt to make thoughtful choices, consistent with earlier rulings, which
make good sense for the general public.
The court also points out what it is not deciding. The court is not declaring that all businesses
must guarantee the safety of their patrons against acts by third parties. If an owner had no reason
to foresee injury from a third party, the owner is probably not liable for such harm. However,
if experience indicated that the third party presented serious danger, the owner was obligated
to act reasonably. The judges note that Kerkoulas knew the Pagans could be violent and had
taken reasonable precautions by prohibiting gang colors. However, the pub failed to enforce its
sensible rule and failed even to telephone the police. By the very standard the pub had created,
its conduct was unreasonable. The court therefore concludes that the Pub Zone was liable for
the Pagans’ injury to Kuehn, and the judges reinstate the jury’s verdict for the injured man.
1-2c Exam Strategy

This feature gives you practice analyzing cases the way lawyers do—and the way you must
on tests. Law exams are different from most others because you must determine the issue
from the facts provided. Too frequently, students faced with a law exam forget that the ques-
tions relate to the issues in the text and those discussed in class. Understandably, students
new to law may focus on the wrong information in the problem or rely on material learned
elsewhere. The Exam Strategy feature teaches you to figure out exactly what issue is at stake,
and then analyze it in a logical, consistent manner. Here is an example relating to the element
of “duty,” which the court discussed in the Pub Zone case.
EXAMStrategy
Question: The Big Red Traveling (BRT) Carnival is in town. Tony arrives at 8:00 p.m.,
parks in the lot, and is robbed at gunpoint by a man who beats him and escapes with
his money. There are several police officers on the carnival grounds, but no officer is
in the parking lot at the time of the robbery. Tony sues, claiming that brighter lighting
and more police in the lot would have prevented the robbery. There has never before
been any violent crime—robbery, beating, or other incident—at any BRT Carnival. BRT
claims it had no duty to protect Tony from this harm. Who is likely to win?
Strategy: Begin by isolating the legal issue. What are the parties disputing? They are
debating whether BRT had a duty to protect Tony from an armed robbery committed
by a stranger. Now ask yourself: How do courts decide whether a business has a duty to
prevent this kind of harm? The Pub Zone case provides our answer. A business owner is
not an insurer of the visitor’s safety. The owner generally has no duty to protect a cus-
tomer from the criminal act of a third party unless the owner could foresee it is about to
happen. (In the Pub Zone case, the business owner knew of the gang’s violent history and
could have foreseen the assault.) Now apply that rule to the facts of this case.
Result: There has never been a violent attack of any kind at a BRT Carnival. BRT
cannot foresee this robbery, and has no duty to protect against it. The carnival wins.
1-2d You Be the Judge

Many cases involve difficult decisions for juries and judges. Often both parties have legiti-
mate, opposing arguments. Most chapters in this book will have a feature called “You Be the
Judge,” in which we present the facts of a case but not the court’s holding.
We offer you two opposing arguments based on the kinds of claims the lawyers made in
court. We leave it up to you to debate and decide which position is stronger or to add your
own arguments to those given.
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The following case is another negligence lawsuit, with issues that overlap those of the
Pub Zone case. This time the court confronts a fight in a hotel bar that caused a young man
permanent brain damage. The victim sued the owner of the hotel, claiming that its employ-
ees were partly responsible for the injuries—even though they did not participate in the
brawl. Could the hotel be held legally responsible? You be the judge.
You Be the Judge

Del Lago Partners, Inc. v. Smith
307 S.W. 3D 762
Supreme Court of Texas, 2010
Facts: It was late night at the Del Lago hotel bar. Bradley did not create the danger. Smith was a grown man who
Smith and forty of his closest fraternity brothers had been drank voluntarily and joined the fight knowing that he
partying there for hours. Around midnight, guests from was at risk for injury. The hotel did not owe a duty to
a wedding party made a rowdy entrance. One of Smith’s someone who engages in such reckless behavior. And let’s
friends brashly hit on a young woman in the wedding party, face it: Accidents happen, especially at a bar late at night.
infuriating her date. Verbal confrontations ensued. For the Moreover, a bar owner cannot possibly monitor the words
next 90 minutes, the fraternity members and the wedding exchanged between patrons that may lead to a fight.
party exchanged escalating curses and threats, while the bar- The law has developed sensibly. People are left to
tender looked on and served drinks. Until . . . the inevitable decide for themselves whether to jump into a dangerous
occurred. Punches were thrown. Before Smith knew it, some- situation. Smith made his decision, and Del Lago should
one placed him in a headlock and threw him against a wall. not be held accountable for his poor choices.
As dozens fought, the bar manager fumbled to call Argument for the Defendant-Appellee (Smith): Your
hotel security, but realized he did not even have the phone honors, Del Lago had a moral and legal duty to protect its
number. When security eventually arrived, the free-for-all guests from this obvious and imminent assault. When a
had ended . . . and Smith had suffered a fractured skull, business has knowledge of something that poses an unrea-
among other serious injuries. sonable risk of harm to its patrons, it has a duty to take rea-
Smith sued Del Lago for negligence. He argued that sonable action to reduce or eliminate that risk. The hotel
the hotel was liable because it knew that the brawl was knew that a fight was going to break out, and should have
imminent and could have easily prevented it by calling taken the proper precautions to protect guests from that
security or ejecting the angry drunks. The lower court foreseeable danger.
agreed. The hotel appealed. During the 90 minutes of escalating tensions, the bar
You Be the Judge: Did the hotel have a duty to protect Smith staff continued to serve alcohol, ignored the blatant risks, and
from imminent assault? did not even call security. When the bar staff finally decided
to call for help, they did not even have the number. It was
Argument for the Plaintiff-Appellant (Hotel): Your too little, too late. The establishment had already breached
honors, my client did nothing wrong. The Del Lago staff its duty of care to protect its guests from foreseeable harm.
Chapter Conclusion
We depend upon the law to give us a stable nation and economy, a fair society, a safe place to
live and work. But while law is a vital tool for crafting the society we want, there are no easy
answers about how to create it. In a democracy, we all participate in the crafting. Legal rules
control us, yet we create them. A working knowledge of the law can help build a successful
career—and a solid democracy.
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EXAM REVIEW
1. FEDERALISM Our federal system of government means that law comes from a
national government in Washington, D.C., and from 50 state governments.
2. SOURCES OF LAW The primary sources of contemporary law are:

• United States Constitution;
• Statutes, which are drafted by legislatures;
• Common law, which is the body of cases decided by judges as they follow earlier
cases, known as precedent;
• Court orders, in which a judge which place binding obligations on specific people
or companies; and
• Administrative law, which are the rules and decisions made by federal and state
administrative agencies.
3. CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW Criminal law concerns behavior so threaten-

ing to society that it is outlawed altogether. Civil law deals with duties and dis-
putes between parties, not outlawed behavior.
EXAMStrategy
Question: Bill and Diane are hiking in the woods. Diane walks down a hill to
fetch fresh water. Bill meets a stranger who introduces herself as Katrina. Bill
sells a kilo of cocaine to Katrina who then flashes a badge and mentions how
much she enjoys her job at the Drug Enforcement Agency. Diane, heading back
to camp with the water, meets Freddy, a motorist whose car has overheated.
Freddy is late for a meeting where he expects to make a $30 million profit; he’s
desperate for water for his car. He promises to pay Diane $500 tomorrow if she
will give him the pail of water, which she does. The next day, Bill is in jail, and
Freddy refuses to pay for Diane’s water. Explain the criminal law/civil law dis-
tinction and what it means to Bill and Diane. Who will do what to whom, with
what results?
Strategy: You are asked to distinguish between criminal and civil law. What is the
difference? Criminal law concerns behavior that threatens society and is therefore
outlawed. The government prosecutes the defendant. Civil law deals with the
rights and duties between parties. One party files a suit against the other. Apply
those different standards to these facts. (See the “Result” at the end of this Exam
Review section.)
3. Result: The government will prosecute Bill for dealing in drugs. If convicted, he will go
RESULTS
to prison. The government will take no interest in Diane’s dispute. However, if she chooses,
she may sue Freddy for $500, the amount he promised her for the water. In that civil law-
suit, a court will decide whether Freddy must pay what he promised; however, even if
Freddy loses, he will not go to jail.
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MATCHING QUESTIONS
Match the following terms with their definitions:
___ A. Statute 1. Law created by judges

___B. Administrative agencies 2. Let the decision stand
___C. Common law 3. A law passed by Congress or a state legislature
___D. Stare decisis 4. The supreme law of the land
___E. United States Constitution 5. The IRS, the EPA, the FCC, the SEC
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
Circle T for true or F for false:
1. T F The idea that current cases must be decided based on earlier cases is called
legal positivism.
2. T F Civil lawsuits are brought to court by the injured party, but criminal cases must
be prosecuted by the government.
3. T F Congress established the federal government by passing a series of statutes.
4. T F The federal government has three branches: executive, legislative, and

administrative.
5. T F Law is different from morality, but the two are closely linked.
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. More U.S. law originates from one country than from any other. Which country?
(a) France
(b) England
(c) Germany
(d) Spain
(e) Canada
2. Under the United States Constitution, power that is not expressly given to the
federal government is retained by:
(a) the courts.
(b) the Congress.
(c) the Founders.
(d) the states and the people.
(e) international treaty.
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3. Judges use precedent to create what kind of law?

(a) Common law
(b) Statutes
(c) National law
(d) Local law
(e) Empirical law
4. If Congress creates a new statute with the president’s support, it must pass the
idea by a _______________ majority vote in the House and the Senate. If the
president vetoes a proposed statute and the Congress wishes to pass it without his
support, the idea must pass by a _______________ majority vote in the House and
Senate.
(a) simple; simple
(b) simple; two-thirds
(c) simple; three-fourths
(d) two-thirds; three-fourths
5. What part of the Constitution addresses most basic liberties?
(a) Article I
(b) Article II
(c) Article III
(d) The Amendments
CASE QUESTIONS
1. Union organizers at a hospital wanted to distribute leaflets to potential union
members, but hospital rules prohibited leafleting in areas of patient care, hallways,
cafeterias, and any areas open to the public. The National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB) ruled that these restrictions violated the law and ordered the hospital to
permit the activities in the cafeteria and coffee shop. The NLRB cannot create
common law or statutory law. What kind of law was it creating?
2. The stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed were
caused in part because so many investors blindly put their money into stocks they
knew nothing about. During the 1920s, it was often impossible for an investor to
find out what a corporation was planning to do with its money, who was running
the corporation, and many other vital facts. Congress responded by passing the
Securities Act of 1933, which required a corporation to divulge more information
about itself before it could seek money for a new stock issue. What kind of law did
Congress create? Explain the relationship between voters, Congress, and the law.
3. ETHICS The greatest of all Chinese lawgivers, Confucius, did not esteem writ-
ten laws. He believed that good rulers were the best guarantee of justice. Does our
legal system rely primarily on the rule of law or the rule of people? Which do you
instinctively trust more?
4. Lance, a hacker, stole 15,000 credit card numbers and sold them on the black mar-
ket, making millions. Police caught Lance, and two legal actions followed, one civil
and one criminal. Who will be responsible for bringing the civil case? What will
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be the outcome if the jury believes that Lance was responsible for identity thefts?
Who will be responsible for bringing the criminal case? What will be the outcome
if the jury believes that Lance stole the numbers?
5. The father of an American woman killed in terrorist attacks in Paris sued Twitter,
Facebook, and YouTube, alleging the sites knowingly allowed terrorists to recruit
members, raise money, and spread extremist propaganda. The sites defended
themselves by saying that their policies prohibit terrorist recruitment and that,
when alerted to it, they quickly remove offending videos. What type of lawsuit is
this—criminal or civil? What responsibilities, if any, should social media sites have
for the spread of terrorism?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Do you believe that there are too many lawsuits in the United States? If so, do you place
more blame for the problem on lawyers or on individuals who go to court? Is there any-
thing that would help the problem, or will we always have large numbers of lawsuits?
2. In the 1980s, the Supreme Court ruled that it is legal for protesters to burn the
American flag. This activity counts as free speech under the Constitution. If the
Court hears a new flag-burning case in this decade, should it consider changing its
ruling or should it follow precedent? Is following past precedent something that
seems sensible to you: always, usually, sometimes, rarely, or never?
3. When should a business be held legally responsible for customer safety? Consider
the following statements, and circle your opinion.
a. A business should keep customers safe from its own employees.
strongly agree agree neutral disagree strongly disagree
b. A business should keep customers safe from other customers.
c. A business should keep customers safe from themselves. (Example: an intoxi-
cated customer who can no longer walk straight)
d. A business should keep people outside its own establishment safe if it is rea-
sonable to do so.
4. In his most famous novel, The Red and the Black, the French author Stendhal (1783–
1842) wrote: “Prior to laws, what is natural is only the strength of the lion, or the
need of the creature suffering from hunger or cold, in short, need.” Do you agree
with Stendhal? Without laws, would society quickly crumble?
5. Should judges ignore their life experiences, political leanings, and feelings when
making judicial decisions? Do you think it is possible?
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2
CHAPTER
ETHICS AND
CORPORATE
SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
Eating is one of life’s most fundamental needs and greatest pleasures. Yet all around the
world many people go to bed hungry. Food companies have played an important role in
reducing hunger by producing vast quantities of food cheaply. So much food, so cheaply
that, in America, one in three adults and one in five chil-
Many processed food dren are obese. Some critics argue that food companies
bear responsibility for this overeating because they make
products are harmful their products too alluring. Many processed food products
calorie bombs. are harmful calorie bombs of fat, sugar, and salt which, in
excess, are linked to heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
What obligation do food producers and restaurants have to their customers? Do any
of the following examples cross the line into unethical behavior?
1. Increasing addiction. Food with high levels of fat, sugar, and salt not only taste bet-
ter, they are also more addictive. Food producers hire neuroscientists who perform
MRIs on consumers to gauge the precise level of these ingredients that will create
the most powerful cravings, the so-called bliss point. For example, in some Prego
tomato sauces, sugar is the second-most-important ingredient after tomatoes.1
2. Increasing quantity. Food companies also work hard to create new categories of
products that increase the number of times a day that people eat and the amount
of calories in each session. For example, they have created a new category of food
that is meant to be more than a snack but less than a meal, such as Hot Pockets.
1To find nutritional information on this or other products, search the internet for the name of the product with the
word “nutrition.”
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But some versions of this product have more than 700 calories, which
would be a lot for lunch, never mind for just a snack.
3. Increasing calories. Uno Chicago Grill serves a macaroni and cheese
dish that, by itself, provides more than two-thirds of the calories that
a moderately active man should eat in one day, and almost three
times the amount of saturated fat. Should restaurants serve items
such as these? If they do, what disclosure should they make?
4. Targeting poorer countries. Because of health concerns, consumption
of sweetened soft drinks in the United States and other developed
countries is declining. In response, soda companies have dramatically
increased their marketing budgets in lower income countries, such as
Brazil and China. Much of this marketing focuses on children. These
countries struggle to provide health care to their populations even
without the additional burden that soft drinks create.
5. Funding dubious science. Both the soft drink and sugar industries gener-
ously fund scientific research. But studies they finance are much more
likely to find that there is no connection between sodas and weight gain.
2-1 Why Study Ethics?

This text, for the most part, covers legal ideas. The law dictates how a person must behave. This
Ethics chapter examines ethics, or how people should behave. Any choice about how a person should
How people should behave behave that is based on a sense of right and wrong is an ethics decision. This chapter will
explore ethics dilemmas that commonly arise in workplaces, and present tools for making
Ethics decision decisions when the law does not require or prohibit any particular choice.
Any choice about how a person Laws represent society’s view of basic ethics rules. And most people agree that certain
should behave that is based on activities such as murder, assault, and fraud are wrong. However, laws may permit behavior that
a sense of right and wrong some feel is wrong, and it may criminalize acts that some feel are right. For example, assisted sui-
cide is legal in a few states. Some people believe that it is wrong under all circumstances, while
others think that it is the right thing to do for someone suffering horribly from a terminal illness.
Life principles One goal of this chapter is for you to develop your own Life Principles. These principles
The rules by which you live are the rules by which you live your life. As we will see, research shows that people who think
your life about the right rules for living are less likely to do wrong.
How do you go about preparing a list of Life Principles? Think first of important catego-
ries. A list of Life Principles should include your rules on:
• Lying
• Stealing
• Cheating
• Applying the same or different standards at home and at work
• Your responsibility as a bystander when you see other people doing wrong or being harmed
Specific is better than general. Many people say, for example, that they will maintain a
healthy work/life balance, but such a vow is not as effective as promising to set aside certain
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times each week for family activities. Another common Life Principle is “I will always put my
family first.” But what does that mean? You are willing to engage in unethical behavior at work
to make sure that you keep your job? Or live your life so that you serve as a good example?
Some Life Principles focus not so much on right versus wrong but rather serve as a gen-
eral guide for living a happier, more engaged life: I will keep promises, forgive those who
harm me, say “I’m sorry,” appreciate my blessings every day, understand the other person’s
point of view, try to say “yes” when asked for a favor.
It is important to think through your Life Principles now, so that you will be prepared
when facing ethics dilemmas in the future.
2-1a Ethics in Business

Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman famously argued that a corporate manager’s
primary responsibility is to the owners of the organization, that is, to shareholders. Unless the
owners explicitly provide otherwise, managers should make the company as profitable as
possible while also complying with the law.
Others have argued that corporations should instead consider all company stakeholders,
not just the shareholders. Stakeholders include employees, customers, and the communities
and countries in which a company operates. This choice can create an obligation to such
broad categories as “society” or “the environment.”
After 20 first-graders and 6 educators were shot to death at the Sandy Hook Elemen-
tary School in Newtown, Connecticut, General Electric Co. (GE) stopped lending funds to
shops that sell guns. GE headquarters were near Newtown, many of its employees lived in
the area, and some had children in the Sandy Hook School. GE was putting its employees
ahead of its investors.
As we will see in this chapter, managers face many choices in which the most profitable
option is not the most ethical choice. When profitability increases and, with it, a company’s
stock price, managers benefit because their compensation is often tied to corporate results,
either explicitly or through ownership of stock and options. That connection creates an incen-
tive to do the wrong thing.
Conversely, making the ethical choice will sometimes lead to a loss of profits or even one’s
job. For example, Hugh Aaron worked for a company that sold plastic materials.2 One of the
firm’s major clients hired a new purchasing agent who refused to buy any product unless
he was provided with expensive gifts, paid vacations, and prostitutes. When Aaron refused
to comply with these requests, the man bought from someone else. And that was that—the
two companies never did business again. Aaron did not regret his choice. He believed that
his and his employees’ self-respect was as important as profits.
2-1b Why Be Ethical?

Ethical conduct may not always be the most profitable, but it does generate a range of ben-
efits for employees, companies, and society.
Society as a Whole Benefits from Ethical Behavior

John Akers, the former chairman of IBM, argued that without ethical behavior, a society could
not be economically competitive:
Ethics and competitiveness are inseparable. We compete as a society. No society
anywhere will compete very long or successfully with people stabbing each other
2Virtually all of the examples in this chapter are true events involving real people. Only their first names
are used unless the individual has consented or the events are a matter of public record.
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in the back; with people trying to steal from each other; with everything requiring
notarized confirmation because you can’t trust the other fellow; with every little
squabble ending in litigation; and with government writing reams of regulatory
legislation, tying business hand and foot to keep it honest. That is a recipe not
only for headaches in running a company, but for a nation to become wasteful,
inefficient, and noncompetitive. There is no escaping this fact: The greater the
measure of mutual trust and confidence in the ethics of a society, the greater its
economic strength.
In short, ethical behavior builds trust, which is important in all of our relationships. It is
the ingredient that allows us to live and work together happily. On this metric, business is
not doing well. A Gallup poll found that only 21 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or
“quite a lot” of confidence in big business.
Ethical Behavior Makes People Happier

What makes people happy? Being rich and famous? Or having good friends? In 1938,
researchers in Boston set out to answer these questions by studying the lives of a large
group of people over 75 years. This study revealed that the secret to long-term happiness is
having good relationships with a spouse, family, and friends. Other research has confirmed
that people who focus on good relationships are happier than those who rely on external
goals, such as money or fame, for satisfaction.
It is difficult to maintain good relationships while behaving unethically. Every business-
person has many opportunities to be dishonest. But each of us must ask ourselves: What kind
of relationships do we want to have? In what kind of world do we want to live?
Ethical Behavior Provides Financial Benefits

A company with a good reputation can pay employees less and charge consumers more. 3
Indeed, consumers even believe that food made by a trustworthy company has fewer calo-
ries than the same product made by a disreputable competitor.
Conversely, unethical behavior causes financial harm: Companies that are caught engag-
ing in socially irresponsible or illegal activities typically suffer a significant decline in stock
price. Unethical behavior can also cause other, subtler damage. In one survey, a majority of
those questioned said that they had witnessed unethical behavior in their workplace and that
this behavior had reduced productivity, job stability, and profits.
Although there is no guarantee that ethical behavior pays in the short or long run, there
is evidence that the ethical company is more likely to win financially. Ethical companies tend
to have a better reputation, more creative employees, and higher returns than those that
engage in wrongdoing.4
Once we decide that we want to behave ethically, how do we know what ethical behavior is?
2-2 Theories of Ethics

When making ethics decisions, people sometimes focus on the reason for the decision—they
want to do what is right. Thus, if they think it is wrong to lie, then they will tell the truth
no matter what the consequence. In other cases, people think about the outcome of their
actions. They will do whatever it takes to achieve the right result, no matter what. This
3Remi Trudel and June Cotte, “Does It Pay to Be Good?” Sloan Management Review, January 8, 2009.
4For sources, see “Ethics: A Basic Framework,” Harvard Business School case 9-307-059.
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choice—between doing right and getting the right result—has been the subject of much
philosophical debate.
2-2a Utilitarian Ethics

In 1863, Englishman John Stuart Mill wrote Utilitarianism. To Mill, a correct decision was one
that maximizes overall happiness and minimizes overall pain, thereby producing the greatest net
benefit. As he put it, his goal was to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Risk management and cost–benefit analysis are examples of utilitarian business practices.
Suppose that an automobile manufacturer could add a device to its cars that would
reduce air pollution. As a result, the incidence of strokes and lung cancer would decline
dramatically, saving society hundreds of millions of dollars over the life of the cars. But by
charging a higher price to cover the cost of the device, the company would sell fewer cars and
shareholders would earn lower returns. A utilitarian would argue that, despite the decline in
profits, the company should install the device.
Consider this example that a student told us:
During college, I used drugs—some cocaine, but mostly prescription painkillers.
Things got pretty bad. At one point, I would wait outside emergency rooms hoping
to buy drugs from people who were leaving. But that was three years ago. I went
into rehab and have been clean ever since. I don’t even drink. I’ve applied for a
job, but the application asks if I have ever used drugs illegally. I am afraid that if
I tell the truth, I will never get a job. What should I say on the application?
A utilitarian would ask: What harm will be caused if she tells the truth? She will be less
likely to get that job, or maybe any job—a large and immediate harm. What if she lies? She
might argue that no harm would result because she is now clean, and her past drug addiction
will not have an adverse impact on her new employer.
Critics of utilitarianism argue that it is very difficult to measure utility accurately, at least
in the way that one would measure distance or the passage of time. The car company does
not really know how many lives will be saved or how much its profits will decline if the air-
pollution device is installed. It is also difficult to predict benefit and harm accurately. The
recovered drug addict may relapse, or her employer may find out about her lie. And, let’s
face it, not all lives are of equal value to us. If forced to make a choice, a parent might decide
to sacrifice ten strangers in exchange for his own child’s life.
Furthermore, a focus on outcome can justify some really terrible behavior. Suppose that
wealthy old Ebenezer has several chronic illnesses that cause him great suffering and pre-
vent him from doing any of the activities that once gave meaning to his life. Also, he is such
a nasty piece of work that everyone hates him. If he were to die, all his heirs would benefit
tremendously from the money that they inherited from him, including a disabled grandchild
who then could afford medical care that would improve his life dramatically. Would it be
ethical to kill Ebenezer?
2-2b Deontological Ethics

Proponents of deontological ethics believe that utilitarians have it all wrong and that the results
of a decision are not as important as the reason for making it. To a deontological thinker, the Deontological
ends do not justify the means. Rather, it is important to do the right thing, no matter the result. The duty to do the right thing,
The best-known proponent of the deontological model was the eighteenth-century regardless of the result
German philosopher Immanuel Kant. He believed in what he called the categorical imperative. Categorical imperative
He argued that you should not do something unless you would be willing to have everyone An act is only ethical if it would
else do it too. Applying this idea, he concluded that one should always tell the truth because, be acceptable for everyone to
if everyone lied, the world would become an awful place. Thus, Kant would say that the drug do the same thing.
user should tell the truth on job applications, even if that meant she would never get hired.
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Kant also believed that human beings possess a unique dignity, and it is wrong to treat
them as commodities, even if such a decision maximizes overall happiness. Thus, Kant would
argue against killing Ebenezer, no matter how beneficial the result.
The problem with Kant is that the ends do matter. Yes, it is wrong to kill, but a country
might not survive unless it is willing to fight wars. Although many people disagree with some
of Kant’s specific ideas, most people acknowledge that a utilitarian approach is incomplete
and that winning in the end does not automatically make a decision right.
2-2c Rawlsian Justice

How did you manage to get into college or graduate school? Presumably some combina-
tion of talent, hard work, and support from family and friends was critical. Imagine that you
had been born into different circumstances—say, a country where the literacy rate is only
25 percent and almost all of the population lives in desperate poverty. Would you be reading
this book now? Most likely not. People are born with wildly different talents into very dif-
ferent circumstances, all of which dramatically affect their outcomes.
John Rawls was an American philosopher who referred to these circumstances into which
Life prospects we are born as life prospects. In his view, hard work certainly matters, but so does luck. Rawls
The circumstances into which argued that we should think about what rules for society we would propose if we faced a veil of
we are born ignorance. In other words, suppose that there is going to be a lottery tomorrow that would deter-
mine all our attributes. We could be a winner, ending up a hugely talented, healthy person in a
Veil of ignorance loving family, or we could be poor and chronically ill from a broken, abusive family in a violent
The rules for society that we neighborhood with deplorable schools and social services.
would propose if we did not
What type of society would we establish now if we did not know our life prospects
know how lucky we would be in
life’s lottery
after tomorrow’s lottery? First, we would design some form of a democratic system that
provided equal liberty to all and important rights such as freedom of speech and reli-
Difference principle
gion. Second, we would apply the difference principle. Under this principle, we would
Rawls’ suggestion that society
not plan a system in which everyone received an equal income because society is better
should reward behavior that off if people have an incentive to work hard. But we would reward the type of work that
provides the most benefit to the provides the most benefit to the community as a whole. We might decide, for example, to
community as a whole pay doctors more than baseball players. But maybe not all doctors—perhaps just the ones
who research cancer cures or provide care for the poor, not cosmetic surgeons operating
on the affluent.
Rawls argues that everyone should have the opportunity to earn great wealth so long as
the tax system provides enough revenue to provide decent health, education, and welfare
for all. In thinking about ethics decisions, it is worth remembering that many of us have been
winners in life’s lottery—and that the unlucky also deserve opportunities.
2-2d Front Page Test

When faced with a difficult decision, think about how you would feel if your actions went
viral—on YouTube, Facebook, or the front page of a national newspaper. Would that help
you decide what to do?
The Front Page test is not completely foolproof—there are times you might have legiti-
mate reasons to do something private. If you had helped a terminally ill person die, you might
not want everyone to know that you had done so, especially if you lived in a state where
assisted suicide is illegal.
2-2e Moral Universalism and Relativism

Moral universalism For many ethics dilemmas, reasonable people may well disagree about what is right. How-
A belief that some acts are ever, many people believe that some types of behavior are always right or always wrong,
always right or always wrong regardless of what others may think. This approach is called moral universalism. Alternatively,
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les ouvriers à ouvrer, sus le fiance de
leurs gardes. Quant li ouvrier eurent ouvré un jour
[122] jusques à miedi, messires Gautiers de Mauni et aucun
de ses compagnons entrèrent en leurs nefs, et coururent
sus ces ouvriers et leurs gardes. Et en y eut
fuison de mors et de bleciés, et couvint les ouvriers
5 laissier oevre et retourner arrière. Et fu adonc tout
deffait quanques fait avoient; et y laissièrent des
mors et des noiiés grant plenté. Cilz debas et ceste
rihote recommençoient cescun jour. Au pardaarrain,
li signeur de France y furent si estoffeement, et si
10 bien gardèrent leurs ouvriers, que li pons fu fais bons
et fors. Si passèrent adonc li signeur et toute li hos
oultre, armé et ordonné par manière de bataille. Et
assallirent à ce donc le chastiel d’Aguillon fortement
et durement, sans yaus espargnier. Et y eut en ce
15 jour très fort assaut et maint homme bleciet, car cil
de dedens se deffendoient si vassaument que merveilles
seroit à recorder. Et dura cilz assaus un jour
tout entier, mès riens n’i fisent. Si retournèrent au
soir en leurs logeis, pour yaus reposer et aisier. Il
20 avoient bien de quoi, car leur host estoit bien pourveue
de tous biens. Chil dou chastiel se retraisent
ossi, et remisent à point ce qui brisiet et romput
estoit, car il avoient grant fuison d’ouvriers.
§ 249. Quant ce vint à l’endemain, cil signeur de

25 France s’assamblèrent et regardèrent et avisèrent entre
yaus comment il poroient le mieus et le plus apertement
grever chiaus dou chastiel. Si ordonnèrent,
pour plus travillier leurs ennemis, que il partiroient
leur host en quatre parties: des quèles li première
30 partie assaurroit dou matin jusques à prime, la seconde
de prime jusques à miedi, la tierce de miedi
[123] jusques à vespres, et la quarte de vespres jusques à
le nuit; car, il pensoient que li deffendant ne poroient
tant durer: si le fisent ensi par grant avis. Et
assallirent par tèle ordenance cinq jours ou six, mais
5 ce ne leur valli riens; ains y pardirent grossement
de leurs gens. Car cil dou chastiel ne furent onques
si recreant, comment qu’il fuissent travaillet oultre
mesure, qu’il ne s’abandonnassent au deffendre si
vassaument, par quoi cil de l’host peuissent riens
10 gaegnier sus yaus, nes tant seulement le pont que estoit
devant le chastiel. Et quant il veirent ce que assaut
que il feissent ne leur pourfitoit riens, si en furent
tout confus, et eurent aultre conseil. Car il envoiièrent
querre à Thoulouse huit les plus grans engiens qui y
15 fuissent, et encores en fisent il faire et carpenter
quatre plus grans assés. Et fisent sans cesser ces douze
engiens getter jour et nuit par dedens le chastiel;
mais cil de le forterèce estoient si bien garitet que
onques pière d’engien ne les greva, fors as thois des
20 manandies. Et avoient chil dou chastiel bons engiens
qui debrisoient tous les engiens de dehors; et en peu
d’eure en debrisièrent jusques à six, dont cil de l’host
furent moult courouciet. Et toutdis avisoient et soutilloient
comment il les poroient le mieuls grever.
25 § 250. Ensi estoit li chastiaus d’Aguillon et cil qui

le deffendoient assalli par plusieurs manières, car
priès que toutes les sepmainnes on y trouvoit et avisoit
aucune cose de nouviel. Et ossi cil dou chastiel
revisoient à l’encontre, pour eulz deffendre. Le siège
30 durant devant Aguillon, il avint par pluiseurs fois que
messires Gautiers de Mauni s’en issi hors à tout cent
[124] ou six vingt compagnons, et en aloient par oultre le
rivière de leur costé fourer, et ramenoient, voiant
ceulz de l’host, souvent grant proie, dont li François
avoient grant anoi.
5 Et avint un jour que messires Charles de Montmorensi,
mareschaus de l’host, chevauçoit et avoit bien
cinq cens compagnons tout à cheval, et ramenoit grant
proie en leur host, qu’il avoit fait recueillier sus le
pays, pour avitaillier l’ost. Si s’encontrèrent desous
10 Aguillon ces deux chevaucies. Messires Gautiers de
Mauni ne volt mies refuser, comment qu’il euist le
mains de gens, mès se feri tantost en ces François, et
cil entre eulz. Là eut dur hustin et fort, et maint
homme reversé par terre, mort et bleciet. Et y fisent
15 les deux chapitainnes grans apertises d’armes, et
vaillamment
se combatirent. Toutes fois, li Englès en
euissent eu le pieur, car li François estoient bien
cinq contre un. Mès les nouvelles vinrent dedens
Aguillon que leur compagnon se combatoient, et qu’il
20 n’estoient mies bien parti as François. Adonc issirent
il, cescuns qui mieulz mieulz, et le conte de Pennebruch
tout devant. Si vinrent tout à point à le meslée,
et trouvèrent monsigneur Gautier de Mauni qui estoit
à terre, enclos de ses ennemis, et là y faisoit merveilles
25 d’armes. Si fu tantost rescous et remontés,
que li contes de Pennebruch fu venus.
Or vous dirai que li François avoient fait. Entroes
que leurs gens se combatoient et ensonnioient les Englès,
il cacièrent leur proie oultre, et le misent à sauveté;
30 autrement il l’euissent perdu. Car li Englès qui
issirent hors d’Aguillon, pour secourir leurs compagnons,
li contes de Pennebruch, messires Franke de
[125] Halle, messires Hues de Hastinges, messires Robers de
Nuefville et li aultre s’i portèrent si vassaument, que
tantost il espardirent ces François, et rescousent tous
leurs compagnons, et prisent plusieurs prisonniers. Et
5 à grant meschief se sauva messires Charles de
Montmorensi,
qui s’en revint arrière, ensi que tous desconfis.
Et li Englès retournèrent dedens Aguillon.
§ 251. De telz rencontres et de tels hustins y avoit
souvent, sans les assaus et les escarmuces, qui estoient
10 priès que tous les jours à chiaus dou chastiel. Et che
arguoit durement le duch de Normendie, pour tant
que cil d’Aguillon se tenoient si vaillamment. Et estoit
tèle li intention dou duch qu’il ne s’en partiroit
par nulle condition, si li rois de France ses pères ne
15 le remandoit, se l’aroit conquis, et les Englès, qui dedens
estoient, mis à volenté. Or avisèrent li François
une aultre manière d’assaut, et fist on un jour armer
tous chiaus de l’host. Et commandèrent li signeur
que cil de Thoulouse, de Carcassonne et cil de Biaukaire
20 et leurs seneschaudies assausissent dou matin
jusques à miedi; et chil de Roerge, de Chaours et
d’Aginois, à leur retrette, jusques à vespres. Et cilz
qui poroit gaegnier premiers le pont de le porte dou
chastiel, on li donroit tantost cent escus. Li dus de
25 Normendie, pour mieulz furnir cest assaut, fist venir
et assambler sus le rivière grant planté de nefs et de
chalans. Li pluiseur entrèrent ens pour passer le ditte
rivière, et li aucun passèrent au pont. Chil dou chastiel,
qui veirent l’ordenance de l’assaut, furent tout
30 apparilliet pour deffendre. Lors commença uns trop
plus fors assaus qu’il n’i euist encores eu. Qui là veist
[126] gens abandonner vies et corps, et approcier le pont,
pour le convoitise de gaegnier les cent escus, et
presser l’un sus l’autre, si com par envie; et qui regardast
ossi chiaus dou chastiel yaus deffendre vassaument,
5 il se peuist bien esmervillier.
Finablement, au fort de le besongne, aucun se
misent par une nacielle en l’aigue par desous le
pont. Et jettèrent grans gros kros et havés au dit
pont leveis; et puis tirèrent si fort qu’il rompirent
10 les chainnes qui le pont tenoient, et l’avalèrent jus
par force. Qui donc veist gens lancier sus ce pont,
et tresbucier li uns sus l’autre, dix ou douze ens
un mont, et veist chiaus d’amont en le porte jetter
grans pières, pos plains de cauch et grans mairiens,
15 bien peuist veoir grant merveille, et gens mehagnier
et morir et tresbuchier en l’aigue. Toutes fois, fu li
pons conquis par force, mès il cousta grandement
de leurs gens plus qu’il ne vaulsist. Quant li pons fu
gaegniés, chil de l’host eurent otant ou plus à faire
20 que devant, car il ne peurent aviser voie comment
il peuissent gaegnier le porte. Si se retraisent à leur
logeis, car jà estoit tart, et avoient mestier de reposer.
Quant il furent retrait, chil dou chastiel issirent
hors et refisent le pont plus fort que devant.
25 § 252. A l’endemain, vinrent doi mestre engigneour

au duch de Normendie et as signeurs de son conseil,
et dirent, se on les voloit croire et livrer bois et ouvriers
à fuison, il feroient quatre grans kas fors et
haus sus quatre grandes fortes nefs, que on menroit
30 jusques as murs dou chastiel. Et seroient si hault
qu’il sourmonteroient les murs: par quoi cil qui dedens
[127] les dis chas se tenroient, se combateroient main
à main à chiaus qui seroient sus les murs dou chastiel.
A ces paroles entendi li dus volentiers, et commanda
que cil quatre chat fuissent fait, quoi qu’il
5 deuissent couster, et que on mesist en oevre tous les
carpentiers dou pays, et que on lor paiast largement
leur journée, par quoi il ouvrassent plus volentiers
et mieulz apertement. Chil quatre kat furent fait, à
le devise et ordenance des deux maistres, en quatre
10 fortes nefs. On y mist longement, et coustèrent grans
deniers. Quant il furent parfait, et les gens d’armes
dedens entré, qui à chiaus dou chastiel devoient combattre,
et il eurent passet le moitié de le rivière, chil
dou chastiel fisent desclichier quatre martinés que il
15 avoient nouvellement fais faire, pour remediier contre
les quatre kas dessus dis. Chil quatre martinet jettèrent
si grosses pières, et si souvent sur ces chas qu’il
furent bien tos debrisiés, et si confroissiés que les gens
d’armes et cil qui les conduisoient ne se peurent dedens
20 garandir. Si les couvint retraire arrière, ançois
qu’il fuissent oultre le rivière. Et en fu li uns effondrés
au fons de l’aigue, et la plus grant partie de
chiaus qui dedens estoient noiiet, dont ce fu pités et
damages; car il y avoit des bons chevaliers et escuiers,
25 qui grant desir avoient de leurs corps, pour leur honneur,
avancier.
§ 253. Quant li dus de Normendie et li signeur

de France veirent le grant meschief, et que par ce il
ne pooient parvenir à leur entention, il furent moult
30 courouciet. Et fisent les aultres trois nefs et les kas
cesser et retraire, et issir hors tous ceulz qui dedens
[128] estoient. Si ne pooient li signeur plus aviser voie,
manière ne engien comment il peuissent le fort chastiel
d’Aghillon prendre ne avoir. Et se n’i avoit prince
ne baron, tant fust grans sires ne proçains de linage
5 au duch de Normendie, qui osast parler dou deslogier
ne traire aultre part, car li dis dus en avoit parlé
moult avant qu’il ne s’en partiroit, si aroit le chastiel à
se volenté et chiaus qui dedens estoient, non se li
rois ses pères ne le remandoit.
10 Si avisèrent li signeur que li contes de Ghines,
connestables de France, et li contes de Tankarville se
departiroient dou siège et s’en retourneroient en
France, pour remoustrer et conter au dit roy l’ordenance
et l’estat dou siège d’Aguillon. Si se partirent
15 de l’host chil doi conte dessus dit, assés par le congiet
dou duch, et chevaucièrent tant par leurs journées
qu’il vinrent à Paris, où il trouvèrent le roy Phelippe.
Se li recordèrent le manière et l’estat dou siège d’Aguillon,
et comment li dus ses filz l’avoit fait assallir
20 par pluiseurs assaus, et riens n’i conqueroit. Li rois
en fu tous esmervilliés, et ne remanda point adonc le
duch son fil, mès voloit bien qu’il se tenist encores
devant Aguillon, jusques à tant qu’il les euist constrains
et conquis par famine, puis que par assaut ne
25 les pooit avoir. Or nous soufferons à parler dou duch
de Normendie et dou siège d’Aguillon, et parlerons
dou roy Edouwart d’Engleterre et d’une grosse chevaucie
qu’il fist en celle saison par deça le mer.
§ 254. Bien avoit oy recorder li dessus dis rois

30 d’Engleterre que ses gens estoient durement astrains
et fort assegiet dedens le chastiel d’Aguillon, et que
[129] li contes Derbi ses cousins, qui se tenoit à Bourdiaus,
n’estoit mies fors pour le temps de tenir les camps et
lever le siège dou duch de Normendie devant Aguillon.
Si s’apensa qu’il metteroit sus une grosse armée de
5 gens d’armes, et les amenroit en Gascongne. Si commença
à faire ses pourveances tout bellement, et à
mander gens parmi son royaume, et ailleurs ossi où
il les esperoit à avoir, parmi ses denierz paians.
En ce temps arriva en Engleterre messires Godefrois
10 de Harcourt, qui estoit banis de France, ensi que
vous avés oy. Si se traist tantost devers le roy et le
royne, qui se tenoient adonc à Cartesée, à quatorze
liewes de le cité de Londres, sus le rivière de le Tamise,
qui rechurent ledit monsigneur Godefroi moult
15 liement. Et le retint tantost li rois de son hostel et
de son conseil, et li assigna belle terre et grande en
Engleterre, pour lui et pour son estat tenir et parmaintenir
bien et estoffeement.
Assés tost apriès, eut li rois d’Engleterre ordonné
20 et appareilliet une partie de ses besongnes, et avoit
fait venir et assambler ou havene de Hantonne grant
quantité de naves et de vaissiaus, et faisoit celle part
traire toutes manières de gens d’armes et d’arciers.
Environ le jour Saint Jehan Baptiste, l’an mil trois
25 cens quarante six, se parti li rois de madame la
royne sa femme, et prist congiet à lui, et le recommenda
en le garde dou conte de Kent son cousin. Et
establi le signeur de Persi et le signeur de Nuefville
à estre gardiien de tout son royalme, avoecques quatre
30 prelas, loist à savoir, l’arcevesque de Cantorbie,
l’archevesque d’Iorch, l’evesque de Lincolle et l’evesque
de Durem. Et ne vuida mies son royalme telement
[130] qu’il ne demorast assés de bonne gent pour le garder,
se mestier faisoit, et bien deffendre. Puis vint et chevauça
li rois sus les marces de Hantonne; et là se tint
tant qu’il eut vent pour lui et pour toutes ses gens.
5 Si entra en son vaissiel et li princes de Galles ses filz,
et messires Godefrois de Harcourt, et cescuns aultres
sires, contes et barons entre ses gens, ensi que ordonnés
estoit. Si pooient estre en nombre sept mil
hommes d’armes et dix mil arciers, sans les Irois
10 et aucuns Galois qui sievoient son host tout à piet.
Or vous nommerai aucuns grans signeurs qui estoient
avoecques le dit roy: et premiers Edowart
son ainsnet fil, prince de Galles, qui lors estoit en
l’eage de treize ans ou environ, li contes de Herfort,
15 li contes de Norenton, li contes d’Arondiel, li contes
de Cornuaille, li contes de Warvich, li contes de
Hostidonne, li contes de Sufforch et li contes d’Askesuffore;
et de barons, messires Jehans de Mortemer,
qui puis fu contes de le Marce, messires Jehans, messires
20 Loeis et messires Rogiers de Biaucamp, messires
Renaulz de Gobehen, li sires de Montbray, li
sires de Ros, li sires de Lussi, li sires de Felleton, li
sires de Brasseton, li sires de Multon, li sires de le
Ware, li sires de Manne, li sires de Basset, li sires
25 de Sulli, li sires de Bercler, li sires de Willebi et
pluiseurs aultres; et de bachelers, messires Jehans
Chandos, messires Guillaumes Filz Warine, messires
Pières et messires James d’Audelée, messires Rogiers
de Wettevale, messires Bietremieus de Brues, messires
30 Richars de Pennebruge, et moult d’autres que je
ne puis mies tous nommer. Peu d’estragniers y avoit.
Si y estoient le conte de Haynau, messires Oulphars
[131] de Ghistelles et cinq ou six chevaliers d’Alemagne
que je ne sçai mies nommer. Si singlèrent ce premier
jour à l’ordenance de Dieu et dou vent et des
maronniers, et eurent assés bon esploit pour aller
5 devers Gascongne, où li rois tendoit à aller. Au tierch
jour qu’il se furent mis sus mer, li vens leur fu tous
contraires et les rebouta sus les marces de Cornuaille;
si jeurent là à l’ancre six jours.
En ce terme, eut li rois aultre conseil par l’enort
10 et information de monsigneur Godefroy de Harcourt,
qui li consilla, pour le mieulz et faire plus
grant esploit, qu’il presist terre en Normendie. Et
dist bien adonc au roy li dis messires Godefrois:
«Sire, li pays de Normendie est li uns des plus gras
15 dou monde. Et vous prommech, sus l’abandon de
ma teste, que, se vous arrivés là, vous y prenderés
terre à vostre volenté; ne jà nulz ne vous venra au
devant qui rien vous dure, car ce sont gens en Normendie
qui onques ne furent armé. Et toute la fleur
20 de le chevalerie, qui y poet estre, gist maintenant devant
Aguillon avoech le duch. Et trouverés en Normendie
grosses villes batices, qui point ne sont fremées,
où vos gens aront si grant pourfit qu’il en
vauront mieulz vingt ans ensievant. Et vous pora
25 vostre navie sievir jusques bien priés de Ken en
Normendie. Si vous pri que je soie oys et creus de
ce voiage.»
§ 255. Li rois d’Engleterre, qui pour le temps de

lors estoit en le fleur de se jonèce, et qui ne desiroit
30 fors à trouver les armes et ses ennemis, s’enclina de
grant volenté as parolles de monsigneur Godefroy
[132] de Harcourt qu’il appelloit son cousin. Si commanda
à ses maronniers qu’il tournaissent viers Normendie.
Et il meismes prist l’ensengne de l’amiral le conte de
Warvich, et volt estre amiraus pour ce voiage, et se
5 mist tout devant, comme patrons et gouvrenères de
toute le navie. Et singlèrent avoech le vent qu’il
avoient à volenté. Si arriva la navie dou roy d’Engleterre
en l’ille de Constentin, et sus un certain port
que on appelle le Hoghe Saint Vast. Ces nouvelles
10 s’espardirent tantost sus le pays, que li Englès avoient
là pris terre. Et vinrent messagier acourant jusques
à Paris devers le roy de France, envoiiés de par les
villes de Constentin.
Bien avoit oy recorder li rois de France en celle
15 saison, que li rois d’Engleterre metoit sus une grant
armée de gens d’armes. Et plus avant on les avoit
veus sus mer des bendes de Normendie et de Bretagne,
mais on ne savoit encores quel part il voloient
traire. Dont si tretost que li dis rois entendi que li
20 Englès avoient pris terre en Normendie, il fist haster
son connestable le conte de Ghines, et le conte de
Tankarville, qui nouvellement estoient revenu d’Aguillon;
et leur dist qu’il se traissent devers Ken et se
tenissent là, et gardassent le ville et le marce contre
25 les Englès. Chil respondirent: «Volentiers», et qu’il
en feroient leur pooir. Si se partirent, dou roy et de
Paris à tout grant fuison de gens d’armes, et tous les
jours leur en venoit. Et chevaucièrent tant qu’il vinrent
en le bonne ville de Kem, où il furent receu à
30 grant joie des bourgois et des bonnes gens d’environ
qui là s’estoient retrait. Si entendirent li dessus dit
signeur as ordenances de le ville, qui pour le temps
[133] n’estoit point fremée, et aussi à faire armer et appareillier
et pourveir d’armeures, cescun selonch son
estat. Or revenrons au roy d’Engleterre, qui estoit arrivés
en le Hoge Saint Vast, assés priés de Saint Salveur
5 le Visconte, l’iretage à monsigneur Godefroi de
Harcourt.
§ 256. Quant la navie dou roy d’Engleterre eut

pris terre en la Hoge, et elle fu toute arestée et ancrée
sus le sablon, li dis rois issi de son vaissiel; et,
10 dou premier piet qu’il mist sus terre, il chei si roidement
que li sans li vola hors dou nés. Adonc le
prisent si chevalier, qui dalés lui estoient, et li disent:
«Chiers sires, retraiiés vous en vostre nef et ne venés
meshui à terre, car veci un petit signe pour
15 vous.» Donc respondi li rois tout pourveuement et
sans delay: «Pour quoi? mès uns très bons signes
pour mi, car la terre me desire.» De ceste response
furent ses gens tout resjoy.
Ensi se loga li rois ce jour et le nuit, et encores
20 l’endemain tout le jour et toute le nuit, sus le sabelon.
Entrues descarga on le navie des chevaus et
de tout leur harnois. Et eurent conseil là en dedens
comment il se poroient maintenir. Si fist li rois deux
mareschaus en son host, l’un monsigneur Godefroi
25 de Harcourt et l’autre le conte de Warvich, et connestable
le conte d’Arondiel; et ordonna le conte de
Hostidonne à demorer sus leur navie, à cent hommes
d’armes et quatre cens archiers. Et puis eurent
aultre conseil comment il chevauceroient. Il ordonnèrent
30 leur gens en trois batailles: li une iroit d’un
lés tout serrant le marine à destre, et li aultre à
[134] senestre; et li rois et li princes ses filz iroient par
terre. Et devoit toutes les nuis la bataille des mareschaus
retraire ou logeis dou roy.
Si commencièrent à chevaucier et aler ces gens
5 d’armes, ensi que ordonné estoit. Chil qui s’en
aloient par mer, selonch le marine, prendoient toutes
les navies, petites et grandes, qu’il trouvoient, et les
emmenoient avoecques yaus. Arcier et gens de piet
aloient de costet selonch le marine, et reuboient,
10 pilloient et prendoient tout che qu’il trouvoient. Et
tant alèrent et cil de mer et cil de terre qu’il vinrent
à un port de mer et une forte ville que on claime
Barflues; et le conquisent tantost, car li bourgois se
rendirent pour le doubtance de mort. Mès pour ce,
15 ne demora mies que toute la ville ne fust reubée, et
pris or et argent et chiers jeuiaulz, car il en trouvèrent
si grant fuison, que garçon n’avoient cure de
draps fourés de vair. Et fisent tous les hommes de le
ville issir hors de leur ville, et entrer ens ès vaissiaus
20 avoecques yaus, et aler ent ossi avoech yaus, pour ce
qu’il ne voloient mies que ces gens se peuissent
rassambler, pour yaus grever, quant il seroient oultre
passet.
§ 257. Apriès ce que la ville de Barflues fu prise

25 et reubée sans ardoir, il s’espardirent parmi le pays,
selonch le marine. Si y fisent une grant part de leurs
volentés, car il ne trouvèrent homme qui leur deveast.
Et alèrent tant qu’il vinrent jusques à une
bonne ville grosse et riche et port de mer, qui s’appelle
30 Chierebourch. Si en ardirent et reubèrent une
partie, mès dedens le chastiel ne peurent il entrer,
[135] car il le trouvèrent trop fort et bien garni de gens
d’armes. Et puis passèrent oultre, et vinrent viers
Montebourch et Valoigne[330]. Si le prisent et reubèrent
toute, et puis l’ardirent, et en tel manière grant fuison
5 de villes en celle contrée. Et conquisent si fier
et si grant avoir que merveilles seroit à penser et à
nombrer.
En apriès, il vinrent à une moult grosse ville
et bien fremée, que on appelle Quarentin, et ossi il
10 y a moult bon chastiel. Et adonc y avoit grant
fuison de saudoiiers qui le gardoient. Adonc descendirent
li signeur et les gens d’armes de leurs naves,
et vinrent devant le ville de Quarentin, et l’assallirent
vistement et fortement. Quant li bourgois veirent
15 chou, il eurent grant paour de perdre corps et
avoir; si se rendirent, salves leurs corps, leurs femmes
et leurs enfans, maugret les gens d’armes qui
avoecques yaus estoient, et misent leur avoir à volenté,
car il savoient bien qu’il estoit perdus davantage.
20 Quant li saudoiier veirent ce, il se traisent par
devers le chastiel qui estoit moult fors, et cil signeur
d’Engleterre ne veurent mies laissier le chastiel ensi.
Si se traisent en le ville, puis fisent assallir au dit
chastiel par deux jours, si fortement qui cil qui dedens
25 estoient et qui nul secours ne veoient, le rendirent,
salve leur corps et leur avoir; si s’en partirent
et alèrent aultre part. Et li Englès fisent leur volenté
de celle bonne ville et dou fort chastiel. Et regardèrent
qu’il ne le poroient tenir; si l’ardirent tout et
[136] abatirent, et fisent les bourgois de Quarentin entrer
en leur navie. Et alèrent avoecques yaus, tout ensi
que il avoient fait chiaux de Barflues, de Chierebourch
et des villes voisines, qu’il avoient pris et pilliés
5 sus le marine. Or parlerons nous un petit otant
bien de le chevaucie le roy d’Engleterre, que nous
avons parlé de ceste.
§ 258. Quant li rois d’Engleterre eut envoiiet ses
gens selonch le marine, l’un de ses mareschaus le
10 conte de Warvich et monsigneur Renault de Gobehen,
ensi que vous avés oy, assés tost apriès il se
parti de le Hoghe Saint Vast, là où il estoit arrivés.
Et fist monsigneur Godefroy de Harcourt conduiseur
de toute son host, pour tant qu’il savoit les entrées
15 et les issues en Normendie. Li quels messires Godefrois
se parti de le route dou roy, à cinq cens armeures
et deux mil arciers, et chevauça bien six ou sept
liewes loing en sus de l’host le roi, ardant et essillant
le pays. Si trouvèrent le pays gras et plentiveus
20 de toutes coses, les gragnes plainnes de blés, les maisons
plainnes de toutes rikèces, riches bourgois, chars,
charètes, et chevaus, pourciaus, brebis et moutons et
les plus biaus bues dou monde que on nourist ens
ou pays. Si en prisent à leur volenté, des quelz qu’il
25 veurent, et amenerent en l’ost le roy. Mais li varlet.
ne donnoient point, ne rendoient as gens le roy l’or
et l’argent qu’il trouvoient; ançois le retenoient pour
yaus. Ensi chevauçoit messires Godefrois de Harcourt
cescun jour d’encoste le grant host le roy, au
30 destre costet, et revenoit le soir o toute sa compagnie
là où il savoit que li rois devoit logier; et telz
[137] fois estoit qu’il demoroit deux jours, quant il trouvoit
gras pays et assés à fourer.
Si prist li dis rois son chemin et son charoi devers
Saint Leu en Constentin. Mès, ançois qu’il y parvenist,
5 il se loga sus une rivière trois jours, attendans
ses gens qui avoient fait le chevaucie sus le marine,
ensi que vous avés oy. Quant il furent revenu et il
eurent tout leur avoir mis à voiture, li contes de
Warvich et li contes de Sufforch et messires Thumas
10 de Hollandes et messires Renaulz de Gobehen et leur
route reprisent le chemin à senestre, ardant et exiliant
le pays ensi que messires Godefrois de Harcourt
faisoit. Et li rois chevauçoit entre ces batailles; et
tous les jours se trouvoient il ensamble.
15 § 259. Ensi par les Englès estoit ars et exilliés,

robés, gastés et pilliés li bons pays et li gras de Normendie.
Dont les plaintes et les nouvelles vinrent au
roy de France, qui se tenoit en le cité de Paris, comment
li rois d’Engleterre estoit arrivés en Constentin
20 et gastoit tout devant lui, à destre et à senestre. Dont
dist li rois Phelippes et jura que jamais ne retourroient
li Englès si aroient esté combatu, et les destourbiers
et anois qu’il faisoient à [ses[331]] gens leur
seroient chier vendu. Si fist tantost et sans delay li
25 dis roys lettres escrire à grant fuison. Et envoia
premierement devers ses bons amis de l’Empire, pour
tant qu’il li estoient plus lontain: premierement au
gentil roy de Behagne que moult amoit, et ossi à
[138] monsigneur Charle de Behagne son fil, qui dès lors
s’appeloit rois d’Alemagne, et en estoit rois notorement,
par l’ayde et pourcach de monsigneur Charle
son père et dou roy de France, et avoit jà encargiet
5 les armes de l’Empire. Si les pria li rois de France,
si acertes comme il peut, que il venissent o tout leur
effort, car il voloit chevaucier contre les Englès qui
li ardoient et gastoient son pays. Li dessus nommet
signeur ne se veurent mies escuser, mès fisent leur
10 amas de gens d’armes, d’Alemans et de Behagnons
et de Lussemboursins, et s’en vinrent en France devers
le roy efforciement. Ossi escrisi li dis rois au
duch de Loeraingne, qui le vint servir à plus de quatre
cens lances. Si y vint li contes de Saumes en
15 Saumois, li contes de Salebruges, li contes de Flandres,
li contes Guillaumes de Namur, cescuns à moult
belle route. Encores escrisi li rois et manda especialement
monsigneur Jehan de Haynau, qui nouvellement
s’estoit alliés à lui, par le pourcach dou conte
20 Loeis de Blois son fil, et dou signeur de Fagnuelles.
Si vint li gentilz sires de Byaumont, messires Jehans
de Haynau, servir le roy de France moult estoffeement
et à grant fuison de bonne bacelerie de le
conté de Haynau et d’ailleurs: dont li rois eut grant
25 joie de sa venue, et le retint pour son corps et de
son plus privet et especial conseil. Ensi manda li
rois de France par tout gens d’armes, là où il les pensoit
à avoir. Et fist une des grosses assamblées de
grans signeurs, dus, contes, barons et chevaliers,
30 que on ewist veu en France cent ans en devant. Et
pour tant que il mandoit ensi gens par tout en lontains
pays, il ne furent mies sitost venu ne assamblé.
[139] Ançois eut li rois d’Engleterre moult malement
courut et arret le pays de Constentin et de Normendie,
ensi que vous orés recorder en sievant.
§ 260. Vous avez chi dessus bien oy compter

5 l’ordenance des Englès, et comment il chevauçoient
en trois batailles, li mareschal à destre et à senestre,
et li rois et li princes de Galles ses filz en le moiiène.
Et vous di que li rois chevauçoit à petites journées.
Tout dis estoient il logiet entre tierce et miedi. Et trouvoient
10 le pays si plentiveus et si garni de tous vivres
qu’il ne leur couvenoit faire nulles pourveances fors
que de vins: si en trouvoient il assés par raison. Si
n’estoit point de merveilles se cil dou pays estoient effraet
ne esbahi, car avant ce il n’avoient onques veu
15 homme d’armes, et ne savoient que c’estoit de guerre
ne de bataille. Si fuioient devant les Englès de si
lonch qu’il en ooient parler, et laissoient leurs maisons,
leurs gragnes toutes plainnes; ne il n’avoient
mies art ne manière dou sauver ne dou garder. Li
20 rois d’Engleterre et li princes de Galles ses filz avoient
en leur route environ trois mil hommes d’armes,
six mil arciers et dix mil sergans de piet, sans chiaus
qui chevauçoient avoech les mareschaus.
Si chevauça li dis rois en tel manière que je vous
25 di, ardans et essillans le pays, et sans point brisier
sen ordenance. Et ne tourna point vers le cité de
Coustances, ains s’en alla par devers le grosse ville de
Saint Leu en Constentin, qui pour le temps estoit durement
riche et marchande, et valloit trois [fois[332]] tant
[140] que la cité de Coustances. En celle ville de Saint Leu
[en] Constentin avoit très grande draperie et grosse,
et grant fuison de riches bourgois. Et trouvast on
bien en le ditte ville de Saint Leu manans huit mil
5 ou neuf mil, bourgois que gens de mestier. Quant li
rois d’Engleterre fu venus assés priès, il se loga dehors,
car il ne voet mies logier en le ville, pour le
doubtance dou feu. Si envoia ses gens par devant, et
fu la ville tantost conquise à peu de fait, courue et
10 robée par tout; ne il n’est homs vivans qui poroit
croire ne penser le grant avoir qui là fu gaagniés
et robés, et le grant fuison de bons draps qu’il y
trouvèrent. Il en euissent donnet grant marciet, s’il
les seuissent à qui vendre. Et moult y eut d’avoir
15 conquis qui point ne vint à cognissance.
§ 261. Quant li rois d’Engleterre et ses gens eurent

fait leurs volentés de le bonne ville de Saint Leu
[en] Constentin, il s’en partirent et prisent lor chemin
pour venir encores par devers plus grosse ville trois
20 fois, qui s’appelle Kem, qui est priés ossi grande que
la cité de Roem. La ville de Kem est plainne de très
grant rikèce, de draperie, et de toutes marcheandises,
de riches bourgois, de nobles dames et de moult
belles eglises. Et par especial il y a deux, grosses abbeyes
25 durement riches, seans l’une à l’un des cor[on]s
de le ville, et l’autre à l’autre; et appell’on l’une de
Saint Estievene, et l’autre de le Trinité. En celi des
dames doit avoir six vingt dames à plainne prouvende.
D’autre part, à l’un des lés de le ville, siet li chastiaus,
30 qui est un des biaus et des fors de toute Normendie.
Si en estoit chapitainne adonc uns bons chevaliers
[141] preus [et hardis[333]] de Normendie, qui s’appelloit
messires Robers de Wargni. Et avoit dedens le
chastiel en garnison avoecques lui bien trois cens
Geneuois. Ou corps de le ville estoient li contes d’Eu
5 et de Ghines, connestables pour le temps de France,
et li contes de Tankarville, et grant fuison de bonnes
gens d’armes que li rois de France y avoit envoiiés,
pour garder le ville et le passage contre les Englès.
Li rois d’Engleterre avoit bien entendu que la ville
10 de Kem estoit durement grosse et riche, et bien
pourvue de bonnes gens d’armes. Si chevauça celle
part tout sagement, et remist ses batailles ensamble,
et se loga celle nuit sus les camps à [deux liewes
priès. Et tousjours le suivoit et costioit sa navire, et
15 vint jusques[334]] à deux petites liewes priès de Kem, à
une ville et sus un havene que on appelle Austrehem;
jusques à là, et sus le rivière de Ourne, qui court
parmi Kem, [il fist venir le conte[335]] de Hostidonne,
qui en estoit conduisières et paterons.
20 Li connestables de France et li aultre signeur, qui
là estoient assamblé, gettièrent moult souffisamment
le ville de Kem celle nuit, et ne fisent mies trop grant
compte des Englès. L’endemain au matin, li dit signeur,
baron et chevalier qui là estoient, s’armèrent
25 et fisent armer leurs gens et tous les bourgois de le
ville, et puis se traisent en conseil ensamble pour savoir
comment il se mainte[n]roient. Si fu adonc li intention
et ordenance dou connestable de France et
[142] dou conte de Tankarville, que nulz ne vuidast le ville,
mais gardaissent les portes et le pont et le rivière, et
laissassent les premiers fausbours as Englès, pour tant
qu’il n’estoient point fremés; car encores seroient il
5 bien ensonniiet de garder le corps de le ville, qui n’estoit
fremée fors de le rivière. Chil de le ville respondirent
qu’il ne feroient mies ensi, et qu’il se trairoient
sus les camps et attenderoient la poissance dou roy
d’Engleterre, car il estoient gens et fors assés pour le
10 combatre. Quant li connestables oy leur bonne volenté,
si respondi: «Ce soit ou nom de Dieu, et vous
ne vous combaterés point sans mi et sans mes gens.»
Dont se traisent au dehors de le ville, et se misent à
ce commencement assés en bonne ordenance, et
15 fisent grant semblant d’yaus bien deffendre et de
mettre leurs vies en aventure.
§ 262. En ce jour se levèrent li Englès moult

matin, et se apparillièrent d’aler celle part. Si oy li
dis rois messe devant soleil levant, et puis monta à
20 cheval et li princes ses filz et messires Godefrois de
Harcourt, qui estoit mareschaus et gouvrenères de
l’host, et par quel conseil li rois ouvroit en partie. Si
se traisent tout bellement celle part leurs batailles
rengies, et chevauçoient les banières des mareschaus
25 tout devant. Si approcièrent durement le grosse ville
de Kem et ces gens d’armes qui tout s’estoient trait
sus les camps, et par samblant assés en bon couvenant.
Si tretost que chil bourgois de le ville de Kem
veirent approcier ces Englès qui venoient en trois
30 batailles drut et sieret, et perchurent ces banières et
ces pennons à grant fuison bauloiier et venteler, et
[143] oïrent ces arciers ruire qu’il n’avoient point acoustumé
de veir ne de sentir, si furent si effraet et si
desconfi d’yaus meismes, que tout cil dou monde ne
les euissent mies retenus qu’il ne se fuissent mis à la
5 fuite. Si se retraisent cescuns viers leur ville, sans
arroi, vosist li connestables ou non. Adonc peuist on
veir gens fremir et esbahir, et celle bataille ensi rengie
desconfire à peu de fait, car cescuns se pena de rentrer
en le ville à sauveté. Là eut grant encauch et
10 maint homme reversé et jetté par terre. Et cheoient
à mons l’un sus l’autre, tant estoient il fort enhidé. Li
connestables de France et li contes de Tankarville et
aucun chevalier se misent en une porte sus l’entrée
dou pont à sauveté; car bien veirent, puisque leurs
15 gens fuioient, que de recouvrier n’i avoit point; car
cil Englès estoient jà entré et avalé entre yaus, et les
occioient sans merci à volenté. Aucun chevalier et
escuier et aultres gens, qui savoient le chemin viers
le chastiel, se traioient celle part. Et tous les recueilloit
20 messires Robers de Wargni, car li chastiaus est
durement grans et plentiveus. Chil furent à sauveté
qui là peurent venir. Englès, gens d’armes et arciers,
qui encauçoient les fuians, faisoient grant occision,
car il ne prendoient nullui à merci.
25 Dont il avint que li connestables de France et li
contes de Tankarville, qui estoient monté en celle
porte au piet dou pont à sauveté, regardoient au
lonch et amont le rue, et veoient si grant pestilence
et tribulation que grans hideurs estoit à considerer
30 et imaginer. Si se doubtèrent d’eulz meismes que il
n’escheissent en ce parti et entre mains d’arciers, qui
point ne les cognuissent. Ensi que il regardoient aval
[144] en grant doubte ces gens tuer, il perçurent un gentil
chevalier englès, qui n’avoit c’un oel, que on clamoit
monsigneur Thumas de Hollandes, et cinq ou six bons
chevaliers avoecques lui: lequel monsigneur Thumas
5 ravisèrent bien, car il s’estoient aultre fois veu et
compagniet l’un l’autre à Grenade et en Prusse et en
aultres voiages, ensi que chevalier se truevent. Si
furent tout reconforté quant il le veirent; si l’appellèrent
en passant, et li disent: «Monsigneur Thumas,
10 monsigneur Thumas, parlés à nous!» Quant li chevaliers
se oy nommer, il s’arresta tous quois et demanda:
«Qui estes vous, signeur, qui me cognissiés?»

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