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LEGL 2700 Hackleman Final Exam With Questions AndCorrect Answers Latest Update
Law - ANSWER A formal social force created by the government that must be enforced
in order to really exist
Rule of Law - ANSWER Laws created are generally and equally applied
Property - ANSWER A right of ownership extended to the citizen; a "legal fence"
Public - ANSWER Examples of this form of property include roads, schools, monuments,
and parks
Private- ANSWER Examples of this type of property are individually owned cars or
houses
Common- ANSWER Examples of this type of property are neighborhood pools and tennis
courts
Criminal Law- ANSWER Type of law that provides public protection for private
resources and punishes those who harm them
Tort Law - ANSWER Type of law that protects and compensates owners through private
civil lawsuits when their resources, including those they have in themselves, are
wrongfully harmed by the actions of others
Law of Business Organizations - ANSWER Type of law that identifies how individuals can
own and use resources in groups; includes corporate governance
,Contract Law - ANSWER Type of law which governs how resources, including labour,
are exchanged by owners; selling and buying anything
Constitutional Law - ANSWER Type of law which establishes the structure of the state
whose function is to protect property in its widest sense; interpreting or applying the US
or state constitution
Administrative and Regulatory Law - ANSWER Type of law that concerns public laws
that protect, tax, regulate, or redistribute an owner's resource; principles applying to
government agencies
Jurisprudence - ANSWER How judges have interpreted what the law says
Natural Law - ANSWER Jurisprudence that says if a law is against nature, then it's not
going to stand
Positive Law - ANSWER Jurisprudence that says the government can make any kind of
law it wants to even if its not morally right slavery
Historical School - ANSWER Jurisprudence that says laws are based off of difference
cultures and traditions, so they are bound to be different in different countries
Sociological - ANSWER Jurisprudence that says laws have to change with the times
technology, 2nd amendment
Legal Realism- ANSWER Jurisprudence that says its only a law if its actually enforced
(55 mph on 285)
Common Law System- ANSWER Emphasizes the roles of judges in determining the law
and the precedents set by previous judges
,Civil Law System- ANSWER Focuses on statute in place and doesnt care what other
judges have come up with when looking at an individual case
Public Law - ANSWER Type of law refers to matters that involve the regulation of society
as opposed to individuals interacting
Private Law - ANSWER Type of law which covers legal problems and issues that
concern your private resource relationships with other people
Civil - ANSWER Type of law that address rights between two persons
Criminal - ANSWER Type of law that addresses wrongs of society
Substantive - ANSWER Type of law which refers to the issue you want an answer to
Procedural - ANSWER Type of law which refers to what steps are taken in order to get to
the actual issue
Legislation - ANSWER Laws which have been enacted by Congress; also known as acts
or statutes
Codes - ANSWER Groupings of legislation, usually on a related topic
Ordinances - ANSWER Laws which are enforced only in a particular town or county
Opinion - ANSWER A decision that the judge has decided in a case
Reporter - ANSWER A compilation of opinions printed in book form volumes
, Precedent - ANSWER Previous opinions on cases and legal issues that are used to judge
current cases
Stare Decisis - ANSWER States that judges must follow precedents when possible
Holding - ANSWER The specific details resulting from that court that actually answers
the question being asked
Dicta - ANSWER Other opinions that do not explicitly answer the question that was
asked
Constitutional Relativity - ANSWER The idea that courts should understand the meaning
of the Constitution relative to the times in which they interpret it
Originalism - ANSWER The idea that courts should interpret the Constitution only
according to the intentions of those who wrote it
Conflicts of Law - ANSWER Rules that are applied often in cases where disagreements
arise between parties of different states.
Sanction - ANSWER Method employed by police and courts to encourage obedience of
or force compliance with the law
Remedy - ANSWER Rights of an individual to take another person's resources as that
person failed to meet the requirements of law
Breach of Contract- ANSWER When one party of a contract fails to do what he or she
agreed to do
Consequential Damages- ANSWER The result of a breach of contract that makes up for
further loss resulting from the original losses
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