BUL 3130 Test 1 || A+ Verified Solutions.
Law correct answers A set of written rules that define standards of conduct that are acceptable or
unacceptable
Roles of Law correct answers 1) Influence behavior
2) Resolve disputes
3) Maintain values
4) Assist social change
Assault correct answers Apprehend
Battery correct answers Unknowingly get injured (touching)
Assault & Battery correct answers Both can exist together in civil and criminal law
(Ex. Three ladies and one leans over to hit the other and 3rd one gets hit instead)
ADR- Alternate Dispute Resolution correct answers -A way to solve legal problems before jury
trial
-Civil law
-Unclogs Judicial system
-Two types of ADR
1) Mediation
2) Arbitration
Negotiation is NOT part of ADR
Mediation correct answers -Attempt at settling the case
-No Verdict
-62-68% of the time it works
Arbitration correct answers -Attempt at settling the case
-Gives a verdict in the case
- 82-84% of the time case is over
Binding Arbitration correct answers -No Appeal
-Verdict sticks
Non-Binding Arbitration correct answers -Can file appeal
-2/3 vote
In Florida every case must go to mediation before trial correct answers True
-62-68% of the time it works
Stare Decisis correct answers -Use of precedent decisions for guidance in a present case
i.e. Rowe vs Wade (which has never been overturned)
, Sources of Law correct answers -Case Law
-Common Law
-Statutory Law
Case Law correct answers -A dispute come to court in the form of a case
-Dispute between 2 or more resolved by legal process
-Judges uses precedent cases to resolve
-Derived from Common Law
Common Law correct answers -Law common to the people of England
-Law made and applied by judges as they resolve disputes among private parties
-Foundation of agency, contract, property and tort law
Statutory Law correct answers -Legislatures write a bill and it gets passed by Congress, President
signs it then it becomes a statute/law
Public Law correct answers - Cases between Individual vs Government Agency
Private Law correct answers -Cases between Person to Person or Corporation and Person
Civil Law correct answers -Body of Law
-Rights and responsibilities that exist among members of society or individuals and the gov't in
non-criminal matters
-Lower standard of proof than criminal cases
Criminal Law correct answers -Legal wrong doings or crimes committed against the state
-Guilty: Evidence presented showed beyond a reasonable doubt that the person committed the
crime
Which state does not follow English Common Law? correct answers Louisiana
Substantive Law correct answers -Body of Law
-What conduct is acceptable
-Defines the rights and duties of persons to each other
i.e. Pancake box, Murder
Procedural Law correct answers -How the law is enforced
i.e. Back of pancake box, Bring in the murderer
Slander correct answers -Prove someone uttered a false word about you and it was not true
-Publicized to a third party
-Damages person (reputation etc)
Ethics correct answers -Rules or standards governing the conduct of members of a profession &
how standards are put into action within the organization
Law correct answers A set of written rules that define standards of conduct that are acceptable or
unacceptable
Roles of Law correct answers 1) Influence behavior
2) Resolve disputes
3) Maintain values
4) Assist social change
Assault correct answers Apprehend
Battery correct answers Unknowingly get injured (touching)
Assault & Battery correct answers Both can exist together in civil and criminal law
(Ex. Three ladies and one leans over to hit the other and 3rd one gets hit instead)
ADR- Alternate Dispute Resolution correct answers -A way to solve legal problems before jury
trial
-Civil law
-Unclogs Judicial system
-Two types of ADR
1) Mediation
2) Arbitration
Negotiation is NOT part of ADR
Mediation correct answers -Attempt at settling the case
-No Verdict
-62-68% of the time it works
Arbitration correct answers -Attempt at settling the case
-Gives a verdict in the case
- 82-84% of the time case is over
Binding Arbitration correct answers -No Appeal
-Verdict sticks
Non-Binding Arbitration correct answers -Can file appeal
-2/3 vote
In Florida every case must go to mediation before trial correct answers True
-62-68% of the time it works
Stare Decisis correct answers -Use of precedent decisions for guidance in a present case
i.e. Rowe vs Wade (which has never been overturned)
, Sources of Law correct answers -Case Law
-Common Law
-Statutory Law
Case Law correct answers -A dispute come to court in the form of a case
-Dispute between 2 or more resolved by legal process
-Judges uses precedent cases to resolve
-Derived from Common Law
Common Law correct answers -Law common to the people of England
-Law made and applied by judges as they resolve disputes among private parties
-Foundation of agency, contract, property and tort law
Statutory Law correct answers -Legislatures write a bill and it gets passed by Congress, President
signs it then it becomes a statute/law
Public Law correct answers - Cases between Individual vs Government Agency
Private Law correct answers -Cases between Person to Person or Corporation and Person
Civil Law correct answers -Body of Law
-Rights and responsibilities that exist among members of society or individuals and the gov't in
non-criminal matters
-Lower standard of proof than criminal cases
Criminal Law correct answers -Legal wrong doings or crimes committed against the state
-Guilty: Evidence presented showed beyond a reasonable doubt that the person committed the
crime
Which state does not follow English Common Law? correct answers Louisiana
Substantive Law correct answers -Body of Law
-What conduct is acceptable
-Defines the rights and duties of persons to each other
i.e. Pancake box, Murder
Procedural Law correct answers -How the law is enforced
i.e. Back of pancake box, Bring in the murderer
Slander correct answers -Prove someone uttered a false word about you and it was not true
-Publicized to a third party
-Damages person (reputation etc)
Ethics correct answers -Rules or standards governing the conduct of members of a profession &
how standards are put into action within the organization
