Media Law Midterm Question and answers correctly solved
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Media Law Midterm Question and answers correctly solved
1. common law
2. equity law
3. statutory law
4. constitutional law
5. executive orders and administrative rules
what are the five sources of US law?
common law
law that is found/discovered by judges based on the way particular d...
Media Law Midterm Question and
answers correctly solved
1. common law
2. equity law
3. statutory law
4. constitutional law
5. executive orders and administrative rules
what are the five sources of US law?
common law
law that is found/discovered by judges based on the way particular disputes or
transgressions were handles by prior judges or courts; a tradition of the law;
relies heavily on precedent
1. accept it
2. modify it
3. distinguish it
4. overrule it
what are the four ways that a judge might use precedent?
precedent
,an earlier occurrence or something similar; something done or said that may
serve as an example/rule to authorize or justify a subsequent act of the same
or an analogous kind; a person or thing that serves as a model
injunction
a judicial order that restrains a person from beginning or continuing an action
threatening or invading the legal right of another, or that compels a person to
carry out a certain act; an authoritative command or order
equity law
an area of the law based on what is fair and equitable; judges make judicial
decrees for the outcome of each of these cases
statutory law
law created by elected legislative bodies at the local, state, and federal levels
constitutional law
the segment of the law that deals with basic governmental framework, such as
in a state or federal consititution
executive orders
orders issued by elected officers of the government, from the president to city
councils
,administrative rules
laws administered by an administrative agency; administrative agencies are
specialty groups with knowledge in key areas, and members are often
appointed by government officials
crimes
what does criminal law deal with?
a social harm that the law makes punishable
how is crime defined?
misdemeanor
felony
major crime, usually defined as carrying a jail term of more than one year
1. omission (failing to perform a legally commanding duty)
2. commission (committing an illegal act)
what two means can crimes be accomplished by?
, personal damage actions
what does civil law deal with?
the majority
1. seditious libel
2. restrictive licensing on printers
3. prior restraint
between 1476-1776, what three methods did the British government use to
suppress criticism of those in power?
sedition
overt conduct that instills insurrection or contempt in the general population
against the government or its functionaries
seditious libel
criticizing the government/governing body; while seditious conduct can take
any form, commonly, cases have been brought for giving speeches, and for
writing, printing, broadcasting or distributing text or pictures; tend to be acts of
libel
libel
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