BULW 301 exam 1 Questions And Answers Rated 100% Correct
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BULW 301
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BULW 301
regulations - ️️laws created by government agencies. Same power as statutes but
created by different pieces of government
Statutory Law - ️️the body of law enacted by the legislative bodies (as opposed to
constitutional law, administrative law, or case law); been through the legislative ...
BULW 301 exam 1
regulations - ✔️✔️laws created by government agencies. Same power as statutes but
created by different pieces of government
Statutory Law - ✔️✔️the body of law enacted by the legislative bodies (as opposed to
constitutional law, administrative law, or case law); been through the legislative process
State Constitutions - ✔️✔️long and detailed about day to day relationship with
government and citizens
Law - ✔️✔️consists of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and
between individuals and their society
Why do we have laws? - ✔️✔️to provide stability, to keep society running, system in
place if something goes wrong
Liability - ✔️✔️the state of being legally responsible (liable) for something such as a
debt or obligation
Ethics - ✔️✔️the principles governing what constitutes right or wrong behavior
Primary or secondary: US Constitution - ✔️✔️Primary
Primary or secondary: statutory law - ✔️✔️primary
Primary or secondary: regulations - ✔️✔️primary
primary or secondary: case law and common law doctrines - ✔️✔️primary
primary or secondary: encyclopedias - ✔️✔️secondary
primary or secondary: treatises - ✔️✔️secondary
Primary sources of law describe: - ✔️✔️What the law is/origin of the laws
biggest primary source - ✔️✔️U.S. constitution
"Supreme Law of the Land" - ✔️✔️U.S. Constitution
Class action lawsuit - ✔️✔️people with similar legal injuries sue
, True/False: if any law conflicts with the Constitution, the law is rendered invalid -
✔️✔️True
True/False: state laws work in any state - ✔️✔️False: State laws only work in their own
state
Secondary sources of law are: - ✔️✔️restatements of the law
Why did the NCCUSL draft model laws? - ✔️✔️To make commerce easier across state
borders
Statute - ✔️✔️a bill/law that has gone through the whole process
Our legal system developed from: - ✔️✔️England
Case Law - ✔️✔️the rules of law announced in court decisions. Interprets statutes,
regulations, constitutional provisions, and other case law
Case law is considered - ✔️✔️"judge made law"
Common law - ✔️✔️the body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in
English and U.S. courts. (Case law is part of greater common law)
Courts of law - ✔️✔️A court in which the only remedies that could be granted were
things of value, such as money damages; most often how civil legal disputes are settled
Specific performance involves - ✔️✔️ordering a party to perform an agreement as
promised; contract: one party is not doing what they said
Rescission - ✔️✔️the cancellation of a contractual obligation (both want out of the
contract)
Defendant - ✔️✔️one against whom a lawsuit is brought, or the accused person in a
criminal proceeding; must defend themselves
Plaintiff - ✔️✔️a party that initiates a lawsuit; "complaining party"
Precedent - ✔️✔️a court decision that furnishes an example or authority for deciding
subsequent cases involving identical or similar facts
Stare Decisus - ✔️✔️A common law doctrine under which judges are obligated to
follow the precedents established in prior decisions; "let the decision stand"
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