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The Legal Environment of Business, A Managerial Approach Theory to Practice
2024 Release By Sean Melvin and F. E. Guerra-Pujol
Chapter 1-25 Answers are at the End of Each Chapter
Chapter 1
Student name:
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Jurisprudence is roughly defined as the science and philosophy of law.
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⊚ false
2) Law today is crucial to business by creating some degree of reliability to be used in
business planning, commercial transactions, and promoting good faith dealing among merchants
and consumers.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) It is less common for States to amend their constitutions than it is for Congress to amend
the U.S. Constitution.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) A presidential veto may be overridden by a two-thirds majority vote of the Senate.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Most schools of jurisprudential thought center on the government’s role in creating the
law.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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,6) Courts routinely question and overturn administrative-agency decisions involving how
and when an agency enforces a regulation.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) The power of courts to establish law in matters not specifically addressed by statutes is
very limited in common law countries.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Equitable remedies are available to compensate injured parties in both civil and criminal
lawsuits.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Most states have combined courts of law and equity.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) A statute of limitations determines the maximum and minimum amounts of monetary
relief that may be granted in different types of civil lawsuits.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) The purpose of secondary sources of law is to increase uniformity and fairness across
courts in the 50 states.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) A single wrongful act may violate civil law or criminal law but cannot violate both
simultaneously.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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,13) A zoning law that regulates what a landowner may or may not do with his or her privately
owned property is an example of a public law.
⊚ true
⊚ false
14) Laws requiring that the police show reasonable cause and obtain a search warrant before
entering a place of business to search for evidence are examples of substantive laws.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Criminal law allows a party to be compensated for money lost as a result of another's
unlawful conduct.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) Statutes and ordinances are examples of private laws that provide for the rights of parties
involved in private or business transactions, such as contracts for services.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) Criminal law can be characterized as public law but can never be considered private law.
⊚ true
⊚ false
18) Freedom of speech, as defined in the Constitution, is an example of substantive law.
⊚ true
⊚ false
19) Restatements of the Law are written and revised by Congress and state legislatures as
needed.
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⊚ false
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, 20) All statutes have both a statutory scheme and a legislative history.
⊚ true
⊚ false
21) The common law is the law that all states follow to avoid confusion and to promote
consistency from state to state.
⊚ true
⊚ false
22) Civil law systems reject and prohibit the use of precedent, relying solely on strict
interpretations of statutes.
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⊚ false
23) When a Pennsylvania appellate court makes a decision, stare decisis requires that
Delaware trial courts follow the case precedent when a case with a similar fact situation arises.
⊚ true
⊚ false
24) Aggressive litigation generally results in a high monetary cost for a corporation.
⊚ true
⊚ false
25) Although arbitration and mediation are legitimate dispute resolution methods, they may
not always result in a satisfactory outcome for both sides of the dispute.
⊚ true
⊚ false
26) Ordinances will preempt state-level statutes.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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