Bule GMU exam 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100% SCORED A+ SOLUTIONS
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Bule GMU
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Bule GMU
Jurisdiction - ️️"the power to speak the law" Before any court can hear a case, it
must have jurisdiction over the person whom the suit is brought, or over the property
involved. The court must also have jurisdiction over the subject matter of the dispute.
Historical school of legal thought ...
Bule GMU exam 1
Jurisdiction - ✔️✔️"the power to speak the law" Before any court can hear a case, it
must have jurisdiction over the person whom the suit is brought, or over the property
involved. The court must also have jurisdiction over the subject matter of the dispute.
Historical school of legal thought - ✔️✔️Emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by
concentrating on the origin and history of the legal system.
Primary sources of law - ✔️✔️U.S. and state constitutions, statutes or laws passed by
congress and state legislatures, regulations made by administrative agencies, and case
law (court decision)
Secondary sources of law - ✔️✔️books and articles that summarize and clarify the
sources of law (legal encyclopedias)
Types of law - ✔️✔️statutory, uniform, administrative, and case law
ordinances - ✔️✔️statute of a local area
uniform laws - ✔️✔️laws dealing with states business, the state has the option to adopt
these laws
administrative laws - ✔️✔️rules, orders, decisions or an administrative agency
case laws - ✔️✔️the doctrines and principles announced in cases
common law - ✔️✔️a body of general rules that applied throughout the entire English
realm
"Stare Decisis" - ✔️✔️(to stand on decided cases)- deciding new cases with reference
to former decisions.
Two Parts: 1. Decisions made by higher courts are binding on lower courts.
2. A court should not overturn its own precedents unless there is a strong reason.
Binding Authority - ✔️✔️Any source of law that a court must follow when deciding a
case.
Persuasive Authorities - ✔️✔️Precedents from other jurisdictions.
Remedy - ✔️✔️The means given to a party to enforce a right or to compensate for the
violation of a right.
, Specific Performance - ✔️✔️An order to perform what was promised.
Jurisprudence - ✔️✔️The study of law.
Natural law - ✔️✔️Belief that Natural laws are above written man made laws.
Legal positivism - ✔️✔️Belief that National written law is the highest form of law.
Areas of law that may affect business decision making - ✔️✔️contracts, sales,
negotiable instruments, creditors rights, e-commerce, torts, and court decisions
Legal Realism - ✔️✔️Based on the idea that law is just one of the many institutions in
society that is shaped by social forces and needs.
Substantive law - ✔️✔️All laws that define, describe, regulate, and create legal rights
and obligations.
Procedural law - ✔️✔️All laws that establish the methods of enforcing the rights
established by substantive law.
Cyber law - ✔️✔️Law that governs transactions on the internet
Civil law - ✔️✔️Spells out the rights and duties that exist between persons and their
government.
Civil law system - ✔️✔️A legal system based on a written code of laws.
National law - ✔️✔️The law of a particular nation
International law - ✔️✔️Written and unwritten laws observed by independent nations
governing the acts of individuals as well as governments.
percentage of cases that state courts handle - ✔️✔️95%
How many layers do both state and federal courts have within them? - ✔️✔️3 layers.
The judiciary's role - ✔️✔️To interpret and apply the law.
Judicial review - ✔️✔️The process by which a court decides on the constitutionality of
legislative enactments and actions of the executive branch.
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