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BA 3301
___________ law gives us individual rights, thereby imposing duties on others to observe these rights. correct answers Substantive
Remedies at law can best be described as _________ . correct answers money damages: the wrongdoer must compensate the innocent party for loss or harm the wrongdoer c...
BA 3301 Midterm Review || with Accurate Answers 100%.
___________ law gives us individual rights, thereby imposing duties on others to observe these
rights. correct answers Substantive
Remedies at law can best be described as _________ . correct answers money damages: the
wrongdoer must compensate the innocent party for loss or harm the wrongdoer caused.
The primary sources of law include ____________ . correct answers 1. constitutional law
2. administrative law
3. common law
A Texas appeals court ruled in 2015 that a dog owner is always liable when his dog bites another
person. If a dog bite case arises after 2015, will the judge hearing the case make the same
decision (assuming the case is in the lower trial courts of Texas)? correct answers Most likely
yes, based on the doctrine of stare decisis
__________ law is the supreme law of the land, the foundation for all U.S. law. correct answers
Constitutional
__________ laws are written to compensate someone who is wrongly injured by another person.
correct answers Civil
_________ laws are designed to punish wrongdoers when they fail to follow the rules of
conduct. correct answers Criminal
An example of an ordinance is _________. correct answers Houston's ban on firecrackers inside
the city limits
Judge-made law is called ___________ . correct answers common law
The law has multiple purposes. According to the text, the primary purposes include
____________ . correct answers 1. to promote good faith dealings between merchants
2. to provide reliability in applying the law
3. to provide a system of order that defines rules of conduct
The imposition of tariffs by the U.S. President on certain goods from specific foreign countries is
an example of the exercise of power under ___________ . correct answers Article II of the U.S.
Constitution
The first three articles of the US Constitutions create three coequal branches of government.
These branches are the ______________ branches. correct answers 1. legislative
2. executive
3. judicial
, The ______________ prohibits state governments from denying persons equal protection under
the law. correct answers Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution
Congress's broadest power originates in the Constitution's ___________ which gives Congress
the power to "regulate Commerce amonth the several states." correct answers Commerce Clause
The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution provide protections to
individuals and businesses from government overreaching. This protection is known collectively
as ____________ . correct answers due process (substantive and procedural) requirements
The U.S. Constitution grants specific powers to the three branches of the federal government.
These powers are known as ___________. correct answers enumberated powers
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as __________ . correct answers the
Bill of Rights
The role of judicial review is best explained by which of the following answer choices: correct
answers the right of federal courts to invalidate state and federal laws not consistent with the US
Constitution.
When any state law conflicts with federal law on a particular issue or topic, the __________ of
the U.S. Constitution provides that federal law is supreme, thereby overruling conflicting state
law. correct answers Supremacy Clause
Congress has the power to regulate business activity that is local in nature (as opposed to activity
taking place across state lines) when the activity ___________ . correct answers produces a
substantial economic effect on interstate commerce
A legal system in which the law is interpreted and developed by courts in written case decisions
is called _____________ . correct answers a common law system
_____________ is a principle that says a court must/should, in future similar cases, follow the
rule set out in a previous similar case. correct answers Precedent
The person who starts a civil lawsuit in a trial court is ________ . correct answers the plantiff
If a trial court's error is substantial, the appellate court can reverse the trial court's decision and
send the case back to the trial court to do over. Sending a case back to the trial court is called
__________ . correct answers remand
The person who starts a criminal case is ________ . correct answers the district attorney (or other
government prosecutor)
For a court to decide a dispute between party A and party B, the court must have _______ .
correct answers jurisdiction over A and B.
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