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REAL 4000 Midterm Review Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
What is Law? - Answer✔️✔️-The collection of rules for the operation
of society as established by the sovereign government.
What is the highest law within the United States? - Answer✔️✔️-The
U.S. Constitution.
What is the order of priority in regards to the law? (Bottom to Top
Pyramid) - Answer✔️✔️-U.S. Constitution
Federal Legislative Enactments (Statutes)
Federal Administrative Regulations
State Constitution
State Legislative Enactments (Statutes)
State Administrative Regulations
County Ordinances
City and Borough Ordinances
Private Law (Case Law / Common Law)
COURT DECISIONS BASED ON ALL PREVIOUS LAWS.
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What establishes Federal Law as "the supreme law of the land" in
the U.S.? - Answer✔️✔️-The Supremacy Clause of the U.S.
Constitution.
True or False: The Bill of Rights (1st through 10th Amendments to
the U.S. Constitution) protects our natural rights from Federal and
State government power. - Answer✔️✔️-True
What is the 4th Amendment? - Answer✔️✔️-Prohibits searches and
seizures of persons/property without probable cause.
True or False: The 5th Amendment does not prohibits Federal gov't
from depriving (regulation) any person of life, liberty or property
without due process of law. - Answer✔️✔️-False.
What does U.S.C § mean? - Answer✔️✔️-United States Code, Section
:
What carries out the lawful purposes of the Constitution
(Fed/State)? - Answer✔️✔️-Legislative Enactments.
What carries out the lawful purposes of the legislative enactments
(Fed/State)? - Answer✔️✔️-Administrative Regulations.
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What are Uniform Laws? - Answer✔️✔️-Laws written to be applied
throughout all the states. Each state has to decide whether to adopt
them or not via a vote.
What does the County, City, and Local Ordinances refer to? -
Answer✔️✔️-Often "Uniform Laws"; they cover a wide range of
regulations regarding zoning, building development, noise, permits,
taxes, etc.
True or False: Private law consists of rules, regulations, and
contracts created by the government. - Answer✔️✔️-False.
How can Private Law be enforced like public law? - Answer✔️✔️-
Through the court system.
What is Case Law? - Answer✔️✔️-Laws made by the courts through
their decisioning.
True or False: Court decisions apply constitutions, statutes,
regulations, ordinances, and contracts to make "Case Law". -
Answer✔️✔️-True.
When courts look to prior cases, either local or out of state,
regarding any types of laws or previous decisions, what is that
known as? - Answer✔️✔️-Precedent.
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True or False: When courts face a decision in which their is no prior
case/precedent, they look to historical common doctrines to help
inform on their ruling, known as "Common Law". - Answer✔️✔️-True.
28 U.S.C. §1 is a citation to: - Answer✔️✔️-Federal Legislative
Statute.
True or False: The Gallagher Amendment and the TABOR (Tax
Payers Bill of Rights) are amendments to the Colorado Constitution
that don't affect real property in Colorado. - Answer✔️✔️-False.
What is "Stare Decisis"? - Answer✔️✔️-Latin for "let the decision
stand".
In the North Caroline Swine Farm Nuisance Litigation, What was
the facts, issue, rationale, decision, and rule of law? - Answer✔️✔️-
The issue was that 26 plaintiffs lived near Murphy-Brown LLC
property which consisted of hog operations which brought smells,
trash, sounds, and traffic near the plaintiffs property.
They brought a nuisance suit, and Murphy-Brown called for
summary judgement on the fact that the plaintiffs lacked standing
as they did not hold lawful rights to the property they resided.
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