BLAW 3201 Chapter 1 MindTap Questions
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A law is...:
a. a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state.
b. any act prohibited by the government or an omission of an act required by public law and
made punishable by the government in a judicial proceeding brought by it.
c. litigation where the injured party sues to recover compensation for the damages and injury
sustained as a result of the defendant's wrongful conduct.
d. rules and regulations of federal and state administrative agencies. - Answers✔a.) a rule of civil
conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state.
Which of the following is a function of the law in the United States?
a. Maintain stability while simultaneously permitting change.
b. Preserving the right of landholders to control the government.
c. To establish a governmentally headed religion.
d. To create a monarchy. - Answers✔a.) Maintain stability while simultaneously permitting
chang.
Which of the following is a remedy that can only be obtained from a court acting in its powers of
equity?
a. Evidence.
b. Money damages.
c. An injunction.
d. Stare decisis. - Answers✔c.) An injunction.
Which one of the following is true of a suit brought under civil law?
a. It must be brought by the government.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
b. The purpose is to compensate the injured party.
c. Proof must be "beyond a reasonable doubt."
d. Conviction may result in imprisonment. - Answers✔b) The purpose is to compensate the
injured party.
Sources of state law include all but which of the following?
a. Rules of state administrative agencies.
b. Decisions of state courts.
c. Executive orders of the Governor.
d. Hearings before Congress. - Answers✔d.) Hearings before Congress.
Like the President of the United States, the governor of most states has the authority to issue
laws, which are called:
a. Restatements of law.
b. statutes.
c. executive orders.
d. codes. - Answers✔c) executive orders
An example of criminal law is:
a. a car crash lawsuit resulting in monetary damages.
b. a divorce.
c. a murder conviction.
d. the probate of a will. - Answers✔c.) a murder conviction
The remedies available to a judge of an equity court include all of the following except:
a. reformation.
b. specific performance.
c. stare decisis.
d. injunction. - Answers✔c.) Stare decisis
Injunction - Answers✔a judicial order that restrain 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. e.g., to make restitution to an injured party.
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