BLAW 200 Exam 1 Questions and Answers
Citation
Name of case, date it was decided, and court that decided it
Facts
Reasons of lawsuit, identity and arguments of plaintiffs and defendants
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Issue
Question form, issue presented before the court
Decision
Yes or ...
Citation - answer Name of case, date it was decided, and court that decided it
Facts - answer Reasons of lawsuit, identity and arguments of plaintiffs and
defendants
Issue - answer Question form, issue presented before the court
Decision - answer Yes or a no, courts answer to the question
Reason - answer Brief summary of reasons given by court for decision
Charters - answer Instrument that establishes a body
Statutes - answer Made by the federal government, legislative branch
Ordinances - answer Made by the local government
Treaties - answer Agreement formed between two or more independent nations
Constitutions - answer Laws based on US Constitution
Case law, precedent, stare decisis - answer Rules of law announced in court
decisions
Executive order - answer Actions chief executive can take
Administrative law - answer Body of law created by administrative agencies to carry
our duties and responsibilities
Contract - answer Agreement that can be enforced in court
Initiative and recall - answer Enables citizens to bypass state legislature, allows
citizens to remove and replace public official before end of a term of office
Referendum - answer General term which refers to a measure that appears on ballot
Common law - answer Body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in
English and US courts
, Equity - answer Rights and procedures to provide fairness
Hawaiian customs - answer Observed over islands, part of law
International law - answer Treaties between countries
Law - answer Body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals
and between individuals and they society
Levels of making law - answer Federal, all 13 sources of law
State, all except treaties
County/local, all except treaties
What can only be made at the federal level? - answer Treaties
Judicial branch - answer Makes case law (precedent, stare decisis)
Executive branch - answer Responsible for half of the statutes. Executive orders,
administrative agencies, and negotiating treaties
Legislative branch - answer Responsible for other half of statutes, passes statutes
for chief executive to sign
The people - answer Initiative and recall, referendum, contracts
What do courts of equity use? - answer Equitable maxims
Substantive law - answer Gives rights and duties
Procedural law - answer How we enforce rights and duties
Civil law - answer Branch of law dealing with definition and enforcement of all private
or public goods
Criminal law - answer Law that defines and governs actions that constitute crimes,
committed against society
Jurisdiction - answer Official power to make legal decisions/judgements
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) - answer Resolution of disputes in ways other
than those involved in traditional judicial process
Negotiation - answer Process by which parties attempt to settle their dispute without
going to court
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