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FUNDAMENTALS OFAMERICAN LAW TEST 1
EXAM WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
legal analysis - correct answer-The process of applying the law to specific facts
3 steps of legal analysis - correct answer-1. Reviewing the underlying situation that
is creating the legal problem and analyzing the "relevant" facts
2. Reading and understanding the appropriate legal rules; and
3. Applying those legal rules to the relevant facts
Enacted Law - correct answer-•Constitutions/statutes/agency regulations/ordinances
•Some legal body (or bodies) created the law
Court made law - correct answer-•Common law
•The law was created by a judicial decision (almost always an appellate court)
stare decisis - correct answer-•When a court decides one way on a particular issue,
Given a similar set of facts,
Courts in the same jurisdiction will decide the case the same way
Unless they are convinced of the need for change.
sources of law - correct answer-constitution, statutes, common law, administrative
law
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