LEGL2700 - Hackleman Final Exam Study Questions and Answers with Complete Solutions
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LEGL2700
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LEGL2700
Law -Correct Answer A formal social force established by the government that must be enforced to actually matter
Rule of Law -Correct Answer Laws that are made are generally and equally applicable
Property -Correct Answer The right of ownership given to a citizen; a "legal fence"
Public -C...
LEGL2700 - Hackleman Final Exam
Study Questions and Answers with
Complete Solutions 2024-2025
Law -Correct Answer ✔A formal social force established by the government that must
be enforced to actually matter
Rule of Law -Correct Answer ✔Laws that are made are generally and equally applicable
Property -Correct Answer ✔The right of ownership given to a citizen; a "legal fence"
Public -Correct Answer ✔Examples of this type of property are roads, schools,
monuments, and parks
Private -Correct Answer ✔Examples of this type of property are individually owned cars
or houses
Common -Correct Answer ✔Examples of this type of property are neighborhood pools
and tennis courts
Criminal Law -Correct Answer ✔Type of law that provides public protection for private
resources and punishes those who harm them
Tort Law -Correct 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 -Correct Answer ✔Type of law that identifies how
individuals can own and use resources in groups; includes corporate governance
Contract Law -Correct Answer ✔Type of law that determines how resources, including
labor, are exchanged between owners; selling and purchasing anything
Constitutional Law -Correct Answer ✔Type of law that establishes the framework of the
state whose purpose is to protect property in its broadest sense; interpreting or applying
the US or state constitution
Administrative and Regulatory Law -Correct Answer ✔Type of law that concerns public
laws that protect, tax, regulate, or redistribute an owner's resource; principles applying
to government agencies
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Jurisprudence -Correct Answer ✔How judges have interpreted what the law says
Natural Law -Correct Answer ✔Jurisprudence that says if a law is against nature, then
it's not going to stand
Positive Law -Correct Answer ✔Jurisprudence that says the government can make any
kind of law it wants to even if it's not morally right (slavery)
Historical School -Correct Answer ✔Jurisprudence that says laws are based off of
difference cultures and traditions, so they're bound to be different in different countries
Sociological -Correct Answer ✔Jurisprudence that says laws have to change with the
times (technology, 2nd amendment)
Legal Realism -Correct Answer ✔Jurisprudence that says it's only a law if it's actually
enforced (55 mph on 285)
Common Law System -Correct Answer ✔Emphasizes the roles of judges in determining
the law and the precedents set by previous judges
Civil Law System -Correct Answer ✔Focuses on statute in place and doesn't care what
other judges have come up with when looking at an individual case
Public Law -Correct Answer ✔Type of law that refers to matters that involve the
regulation of society as opposed to individuals interacting
Private Law -Correct Answer ✔Type of law that covers legal problems and issues that
concern your private resource relationships with other people
Civil -Correct Answer ✔Type of law that address rights between two persons
Criminal -Correct Answer ✔Type of law that addresses wrongs of society
Substantive -Correct Answer ✔Category of law describing the question you need
answered
Procedural -Correct Answer ✔Category of law describing the procedure needed to get
to the actual issue
Legislation -Correct Answer ✔Laws passed by Congress; also called acts or statutes
Codes -Correct Answer ✔Collections of legislation, often on the same subject
Ordinances -Correct Answer ✔Laws that are enforced only in certain cities or counties
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Opinion -Correct Answer ✔A decision that a judge has made on a particular case
Reporter -Correct Answer ✔A collection of opinions published in book volumes
Precedent -Correct Answer ✔Opinions from past cases and legal issues that are used
to judge current cases
Stare Decisis -Correct Answer ✔Says judges should follow precedents whenever
possible
Holding -Correct Answer ✔The precise information coming from that court that explicitly
answers the question that was asked
Dicta -Correct Answer ✔Other opinions that do not explicitly answer the question that
was asked
Constitutional Relativity -Correct Answer ✔The idea that courts should understand the
meaning of the Constitution relative to the times in which they interpret it
Originalism -Correct Answer ✔The idea that courts should interpret the Constitution only
according to the intentions of those who wrote it
Conflicts of Law -Correct Answer ✔Rules that are applied often when there are
disagreements between parties in different states
Sanction -Correct Answer ✔Method used by law enforcement officials and courts to
encourage obedience of or force compliance with the law
Remedy -Correct Answer ✔Rights of an individual to take another person's resources
as that person failed to meet the requirements of law
Breach of Contract -Correct Answer ✔When one party of a contract fails to do what he
or she agreed to do
Consequential Damages -Correct Answer ✔The result of a breach of contract that
makes up for further loss resulting from the original losses
Compensatory Damages -Correct Answer ✔The result of a breach of contract that
makes up for the original loss
Specific Performance -Correct Answer ✔The result of a breach of contract where the
court commands the party to do what they said they were going to do initially
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Intentional Tort -Correct Answer ✔Type of tort where the plaintiff must prove the
defendant intended to cross boundaries protecting the plaintiff (assault, battery,
trespassing)
Negligence -Correct Answer ✔Type of tort where the plaintiff must prove that the
defendant injured what was proper to the plaintiff through unreasonable behavior
Strict Liability -Correct Answer ✔Type of tort where the plaintiff must prove only that the
defendant has injured something proper to the plaintiff
Punitive Damages -Correct Answer ✔Penalty for a tort case used for people that knew
they were doing something wrong but still did it anyway; also called exemplary damages
Vicarious Liability -Correct Answer ✔The risk an employer takes by being liable for the
negligence of his or her employees
Corporation -Correct Answer ✔A business chartered by the state to do business as a
legal person in a certain form of organization
Corporate Governance -Correct Answer ✔Refers to the legal rules that structure,
empower, and regulate the agents of corporations and define their relationship to the
owners
Judges -Correct Answer ✔Individuals who operate courts
Petit Jury -Correct Answer ✔Trial jury that returns a verdict in criminal and civil cases
Grand Jury -Correct Answer ✔Trial jury used only in criminal cases
Counselor -Correct Answer ✔Part of a lawyer's job that says he or she should provide
advice to clients
Advocate -Correct Answer ✔Part of a lawyer's job that says he or she represents
persons or organizations in front of the court system
Public Servant -Correct Answer ✔Part of a lawyer's job that says he or she serves at
the leisure of the court and are held to a high moral standard
Court Reporter -Correct Answer ✔Member of the court personnel that takes down every
single word of the proceedings to create the record for the case
Subject Matter Jurisdiction -Correct Answer ✔The power that a court must have over
the issues involved in a case
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