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Definition of Law correct answers a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is "wrong" (Blackstone) Functions of Law correct answers to maintain stability in the social, political, and economic system through dispute resolu...

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BUS 250 Exam 1 || Questions and 100% Verified Answers.
Definition of Law correct answers a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a
state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is "wrong" (Blackstone)

Functions of Law correct answers to maintain stability in the social, political, and economic
system through dispute resolution, protection of property, and the preservation of the state, while
simultaneously permitting ordered change

Origins of Our Law- Founding Fathers created a multi-level government which guaranteed
__________ correct answers citizen's rights

Origins of Our Law- from where was much of it inherited? correct answers British law

Origins of Our Law- What makes up the common law? correct answers accumulation of
precedent in legal cases

Origins of Our Law- Statutes are passed by ________ correct answers legislative body

Origins of Our Law- Parties' rights are stated by correct answers substantive rules

Origins of Our Law- What determines how courts should settle disputes? correct answers
procedural rules

Sources of contemporary law: correct answers 1) U.S. Constitution
2) State Constitutions
3) Statutes
4) Common Law
5) Equity
6) Administrative Law
7) treaties and executive orders

Law of the Land correct answers United States Constitution

1) Establishes Congress, the Presidency and Courts
2) Gives to states powers not given to Federal government
3) Guarantees basic rights to citizens correct answers United States Constitution

Create state executive, legislative, and judicial system correct answers State Constitutions

laws passed by federal and state governments correct answers Statutes

established by precedent, or earlier cases decided by courts correct answers Common Law

courts may issue rulings such as injunctions to provide an equitable remedy correct answers
Equity

, created by agencies correct answers administrative law

Classifications of law (4) correct answers Criminal Law
Civil Law
Substantive Law vs. Procedural Law
Public Law vs. Private Law

Criminal Law: correct answers -Dangerous behavior outlawed by society
-Government prosecutes accused
-Guilt is determined
-Punishment or fine is imposed

Civil Law: correct answers -Regulates rights and duties of parties
-Victim, not government brings suit
-Guilt not determined
-Compensation is ordered

defines the rights of the people correct answers Substantive Law

establishes processes for settling disputes correct answers Procedural Law

sets the duties of government to its citizens correct answers Public Law

regulates duties between individuals correct answers Private Law

Jurisprudence, or "What is Law?" correct answers -Legal Positivism
-Natural Law
-Legal Realism

Law is what the sovereign says it is;
Decisions stand, regardless of morality correct answers Legal Positivism

An unjust law is no law at all and need not be obeyed;
Law must have a good moral basis correct answers Natural Law

Enforcement of the law is more important than the law itself;
Enforcers determine if the law is applied in a fair and consistent way correct answers Legal
Realism

The United States Supreme Court has the power to: correct answers void laws and declare

The treaty known as the North American Free Trade Agreement could only become law in the
U.S. after the U.S. Senate did what? correct answers ratified the treaty

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