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Straighterline Business LawStare decisis: - ANS Lends predictability to decisional law by relying on prior decisions
Which of the following statements is true of the adversary system? - ANS The adversary
system represents the idea that truth is best discovered through the presentation of competing
ideas
In order to appeal a decision: - ANS A party must claim that the court made an error of law or
that the evidence in the trial did not support the trial court's decision
A useful tool for understanding and persuading which combines basic analytical thinking with
recognition of the special features of the underlying legal system is: - ANS Legal reasoning
Mr. Gregg has made an inflammatory speech denouncing the action of the government in the
recent war. The government can restrict his speech through regulation: - ANS If it is the least
intrusive means to promote the government's interests
After a series of advertisements of beer and other alcoholic drinks, the government decided to
regulate commercial speech. If the courts analyze this regulation, they will: - ANS Search for
truth
A van from Mario's Squibb Company is damaged by a heavy metal keg, which rolls out of the
second floor window of the two storied Toss-Co. Flower building. Toss-Co. Flower is the sole
occupant of the building. Although the van was parked under the window while making a
delivery at the Toss Co. receiving dock, no one admits to having seen the keg fall, nor are there
any witnesses who can state where the keg was just before the accident. Can Mario recover
against Toss-Co. for negligence? - ANS Mario can shift the burden of proof onto Toss-Co. to
show that the accident was not caused by its (Toss-Co.'s) negligence if Mario can prove that
kegs do not fall out of windows in the absence of negligence and that Toss-Co. had exclusive
control of the keg prior to the accident
Under rational basis analysis: - ANS A government action will be upheld as long as it has a
reasonable relationship to the achievement of a legitimate purpose, even if those provisions are
foolish
To assume the risk of a danger, the plaintiff must: - ANS Fully understand the nature and extent
of the risk
Fully understand the nature and extent of the risk - ANS Substantive due process
, The problem with the view that a corporation should attempt to act in the best interests of all of
its various constituencies is that: - ANS The values of these constituencies may conflict
Res Ipsa Loquitur means: - ANS "The thing speaks for itself," or that negligence is inferred in
certain cases when an injury would not normally occur in the absence of negligence and the
defendant has exclusive control of whatever caused the injury
All of the following are ways in which corporate behavior limits the power of law except that: -
ANS Legal action taken after a corporation has engaged in dangerous activity, compensates for
many harms that have already occurred
A defendant may make a motion to dismiss the case when: - ANS The correct answer is: It is
clear that the plaintiff does not have a case and it would be wasteful to continue
Mike tells Tom, who is away from home, that he spent the night with Tom's girlfriend Kathy. Tom
becomes enraged and calls Kathy long-distance. He threatens to "beat her to pulp for
two-timing" when he returns home. When Tom gets back to campus two days later, he goes to
Kathy's fifth-floor apartment where he finds her asleep. He writes the word "tramp" on her
forehead using a permanent marker and quickly leaves. Which of the following torts could Kathy
prove in a lawsuit against Tom? - ANS Battery and defamation
Esther sued Stop-n-Slop for injuries she suffered when she walked into and through the plate
glass front of her local Stop-n-Slop store, crying "Ouch!' and bleeding all over her new summer
dress. The evidence at trial revealed that there were no signs or markings on the glass and that
several people had already walked into the glass and bounced off. Which of the following is a
FALSE statement? - ANS The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applies and the burden has shifted to
Stop-n-Slope to prove that it was not negligent
A common defense to the tort of interference with contract is: - ANS Privilege
Punitive damages: - ANS Are damages in excess of the plaintiff's injuries, awarded to punish
the defendant
Law may not be up to the task of forcing corporations to engage in ethical behavior for a number
of reasons, including that: - ANS It is not clear that all corporations will respond to the threat of
financial penalties imposed by law
Strict liability: - ANS Is described as liability without fault
A corporate manager looking for ethical guidance that neither the law nor social norms accounts
for, must rely on: - ANS His/her individual conscience
If a person carelessly runs a car into yours, the person has committed: - ANS Civil tort of
negligence
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