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, TEST ITEM FILEMadonna Maidment
Law and Society
Fourth Canadian Edition
Steven Vago
Saint Louis University
Adie Nelson
University of Waterloo
Toronto
ISBN: 978-0-2058-9757-5
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, Vago/Nelson Law and Society, Fourth Canadian Edition
Chapter 1 Introduction
1. Traditional societies rely almost exclusively on __________ as the source of legal rules.
a. conventions
b. norms
c. compensatory rule
d. customs
e. prerogative powers
ANSWER: D DIFFICULTY: EASY PAGE: 2
2. Rules for conduct, involving a sense of duty and obligation, are known as ___________.
a. conventions
b. norms
c. compensatory rule
d. customs
e. prerogative powers
ANSWER: A DIFFICULTY: EASY PAGE: 8
3. Which of the following statements is false in describing sociological jurisprudence?
a. Sociological jurisprudence is the study of law and legal philosophy.
b. Sociological jurisprudence is based on a comparative study of legal doctrines.
c. Sociological jurisprudence considers law as it actually is—“the law in action.”
d. Ralf Dahrendorf is generally identified as the father of sociological jurisprudence.
e. The writings of early sociologists such as Adamson Ross and Lester Ward greatly
influenced the development of legal philosophy and sociological jurisprudence.
ANSWER: D DIFFICULTY: MODERATE PAGE: 3
4. Which sociologist relied heavily on earlier findings to argue that law should be studied as a social
institution?
a. Oliver Wendell Holmes
b. Roscoe Pound
c. Adamson Ross
d. Lester Ward
e. Ralf Dahrendorf
ANSWER: B DIFFICULTY: MODERATE PAGE: 3
5. The International Institute for the Sociology of Law was founded in _______ in ________.
a. the United States; 1965
b. Israel; 1949
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Chapter 1 Introduction
c. Spain; 1988
d. Germany; 1989
e. England; 1950
ANSWER: C DIFFICULTY: MODERATE PAGES: 4–5
6. According to Vilhelm Aubert, legal thinking ___________.
a. is a synonym for scientific thinking
b. is a synonym for rationalistic thinking
c. endeavours to establish dramatic connections between means and ends
d. regards truth as normative and nonprobabilistic
e. is future-oriented
ANSWER: D DIFFICULTY: MODERATE PAGE: 7
7. Legal literacy refers to all of the following, except _________.
a. the capacity to mobilize for change
b. the process of acquiring critical awareness
c. the ability to assert rights
d. the propensity to look to the past for legal structuring
e. A, B, and C
ANSWER: D DIFFICULTY: MODERATE PAGE: 6
8. In the ________ style of law, the deviant is viewed as a violator of a prohibition and an offender is
subjected to punishment and condemnation.
a. penal
b. compensatory
c. therapeutic
d. conciliatory
e. retributive
ANSWER: D DIFFICULTY: MODERATE PAGE: 9
9. In the _________ style of social control, the deviant’s conduct is defined as abnormal—the person
needs help, such as treatment or medical intervention.
a. penal
b. compensatory
c. therapeutic
d. conciliatory
e. retributive
ANSWER: C DIFFICULTY: MODERATE PAGE: 9
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