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Procedural law establishes the process for enforcing rights and remedies. correct answers True The President of the United States a. can veto Congressional legislation. b. creates federal common law. c. passes statutes. d. determines the constitutionality of statutes. correct answers a. can ...

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Procedural law establishes the process for enforcing rights and remedies. correct answers True

The President of the United States
a. can veto Congressional legislation.
b. creates federal common law.
c. passes statutes.
d. determines the constitutionality of statutes. correct answers a. can veto Congressional
legislation

The United States Supreme Court has the power to
a. issue executive orders.
b. void laws passed by Congress.
c. appoint judges to serve on the Supreme Court.
d. ratify treaties. correct answers b. void laws passed by Congress.

The majority of cases filed in the U.S. are filed in state courts. correct answers True

Venue is
a. the court's authority over the parties to the dispute.
b. the court's authority to decide a case based on the subject matter of the dispute.
c. the determination of whether the case is to be held in federal or state court.
d. the determination of the most appropriate location for trial of the dispute. correct answers d.
the determination of the most appropriate location for trial of the dispute.

Marlene is an Ole Miss law school professor speaking about the philosophy of law under the
British system. Which of the following legal categories is she addressing?
a. jurisprudence
b. statutory construction
c. historical jurisdiction
d. Ordinances correct answers a. jurisprudence

Business ethics refers to that special set of ethical principles that applies only to the business
world. correct answers False

Luke hit a golf ball from his front yard into a parking lot. The ball smashed the window of
Abigail's car. The type of law that gives Abigail the right to be compensated monetarily for
Luke's conduct is which of the following?
a. It is criminal and substantive.
b. It is civil and public.
c. It is public and procedural.
d. It is civil and substantive correct answers d. It is civil and substantive

What two conditions must exist for federal courts to have diversity jurisdiction?
a. an individual is bringing suit against a corporation and the amount in dispute exceeds $75,000

,b. the plaintiff and defendant are from the same family and the amount in dispute exeeds
$50,000.
c. the case has been tried in two different states with two different outcomes and the amount in
dispute exceeds $50,000.
d. the plaintiff and defendant are citizens of different states and the amount in dispute exceeds
$75,000. correct answers a. an individual is bringing suit against a corporation and the amount in
dispute exceeds $75,000

Corporations are generally held to a higher standard of accountability than are public bodies.
correct answers False

When an appeal is filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, the Supreme Court
a. must hear the case if two or more U.S. courts of appeals have decided the legal issue
differently.
b. must hear all cases.
c. has discretion as to which cases it hears.
d. must hear the case if the validity of a federal statute is in question. correct answers c. has
discretion as to which cases it hears.

Judicial review is the power
a. of the Courts to invalidate laws inconsistent with the constitution.
b. of the President to review judges and choose those qualified for elevation to the federal courts.
c. of the Senate to review those judges chosen by the President for appointment to the federal
courts.
d. of Congress to "pack" the Supreme Court with additional justices. correct answers a. of the
Courts to invalidate laws inconsistent with the constitution.

Sharron was a trial attorney representing a defendant in a lawsuit. She was asking a series of
questions of a witness for the opposing party in a lawsuit. These questions came after the
plaintiff's attorney had asked questions of the witness. What is this form of questioning called?
a. Witness examination
b. Cross examination
c. Direct examination
d. Charging the witness correct answers b. Cross examination

The law can be defined as predictions of the way in which a court will decide specific legal
questions. correct answers True

The Pines, a small motel at Sardis Lake, may be subject to federal regulation even though it is
not close enough to the state borders to have many guests from other states. correct answers True

Personal jurisdiction, or jurisdiction over parties:
a. is obtained by seizing the defendant's property
b. is also known as in rem jurisdiction
c. may arise only through a party's consent

,d. may be obtained by personally serving a person within a state if that person is domiciled in
that state correct answers d. may be obtained by personally serving a person within a state if that
person is domiciled in that state

Ethics is the study of how people should act. correct answers True

Honoring ethical values and respecting communities and the environment while recognizing the
interests of shareholders are elements of corporate citizenship. correct answers True

Deontologists would agree that the increasing medical concern over obesity in the United States
justifies federal regulation of high fat, high sugar, low nutrition food advertising during
children's television programs. correct answers True

If the title of an appellate court case appears as Jones v. Smith,
a. it means that Smith won the trial court decision.
b. the trial judge was Jones and the appellate judge is Smith.
c. then it is correct to say that Jones is the plaintiff and Smith is the defendant.
d.you cannot determine which party is the plaintiff, because when a defendant loses a trial and
files an appeal, some courts (but not all) reverse the names of the parties. correct answers d.you
cannot determine which party is the plaintiff, because when a defendant loses a trial and files an
appeal, some courts (but not all) reverse the names of the parties.

When might the plaintiff and appellee be the same?
a. when the jury decides against the plaintiff and the plaintiff decides not to accept the verdict
b. when the jury decides against the defendant and the defendant decides not to accept the verdict
correct answers b. when the jury decides against the defendant and the defendant decides not to
accept the verdict

Diversity of citizenship is a form of federal personal jurisdiction when the amount in controversy
exceeds $75,000. correct answers True

Paul Oliver chooses to devote his efforts to producing a wine that is has the greatest health
benefits possible. He does so because he wishes to promote healthy living and to avoid
individual and societal illnesses and disabilities due to alcohol use and abuse. He believes he has
a duty to provide the public with the most "health-friendly" wine possible. Paul Oliver's
approach to ethical decision-making is best characterized as:
a. ethically fundamental
b. deontological
c. utilitarian
d. ethically relative correct answers b. deontological

The common law is the law that all states follow to avoid confusion and to promote consistency
from state to state. correct answers False

State long-arm statutes are used to establish personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants.
correct answers True

, After answering a summons and complaint, Mike received a set of written questions from the
plaintiff's attorney. He was directed to respond to the questions in writing under oath. This
discovery technique is called
a. interrogatories.
b. a request for admission.
c. a deposition.
d. a request for the production of documents. correct answers a. interrogatories.

In Mississippi, state trial courts of general jurisdiction that hear disputes seeking legal remedies
are called:
a. Justice Courts
b. Municipal Courts
c. Chancery Courts
d. Circuit Courts correct answers d. Circuit Courts

In reaching their verdicts, appellate courts conduct trials and rehear all evidence. correct answers
False

Common law refers to
a. law made when judges decide cases and then follow those decisions in later cases.
b. the legal systems of France, Germany, and Italy.
c. law made by legislatures in the form of statutes.
d. law that is the same or similar in all the states. correct answers a. law made when judges
decide cases and then follow those decisions in later cases.

Generally, constitutional protections do NOT apply to
a. acts of the federal government.
b. acts of state government.
c. acts of privately owned businesses.
d. acts of administrative agencies. correct answers c. acts of privately owned businesses.

When a Mississippi appellate court makes a decision, stare decisis requires that Texas trial courts
follow the case precedent when a case with a similar fact situation arises. correct answers False

Freedom of speech, as defined in the Constitution, is an example of substantive law. correct
answers True

The law that creates, defines, and regulates legal rights and obligations is known as:
a. Criminal law
b. constitutional law
c. substantive law
d. procedural law correct answers c. substantive law

Which of the following would be an example of a civil lawsuit?

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