BLAW 3310 EXAM WITH 3 DIFFERENT VERSIONS
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300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Definition of Law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔rules, standards, and principles that define the
behavioral boundaries for people and business activities.
Question: What 3 branches have the ability to create law? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
1. Judicial Branch - courts create legal precedents thru their decisions and by ruling on
constitutionality of actions of Congress or the executive branch
2. Congress Legislative Branch - passes statutes
3. Executive Branch - President/Admin agencies
Question: Where does the law come from? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The Constitution
NOTE: The U.S. Constitution allocates the powers of government between states and the federal
government powers not granted to the Fed Govt are retained by states or are left to the ppl.
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Question: Laws and the Legal System serve what key roles in society? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
1. influencing the behavior of the members of a society.
2. resolving disputes within society
3. maintaining important social values
4. providing a method for assisting social change
Question: Stare Decisis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔is the principle that courts are often influenced
by and have the choice to follow what other courts have done.
deciding of new cases by referencing previous decisions is the foundation of the Angelo-
American judicial process
"TO STAND ON DECIDED CASES"; judges expected to stand by established rules of law.
Question: Examples of Societal Changes Resulting in Diff. Stare Decisis outcome - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Gay Marriage / Gay Rights in Employers
- Paternity tests and marriages
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**Change in law due to societal changes
Question: Judicial Review - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔is the doctrine under which legislative and
executive actions are subject to review by the judiciary. A court with judicial review power may
invalidate laws and decisions that are incompatible with a higher authority, such as the terms of
a written constitution.
- Judiciary also reviews actions taken by the executive branch and admin agencies to make sure
they comply w/ the constitution
Question: Laws created by federal and state legislatures are known as: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Statutory Law or Written Laws
Question: Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔in context of business practitioners has to do with
rules or standards governing the conduct of members of a profession and how standards are
put into action within an org
Question: Integrity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔living by a moral code and standards of ethics
Question: Morality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔concerns conformity to rules of correct conduct
within the context of society, religion, or other institutions.
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Question: Ethics, Integrity, and Morality are - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔voluntarily adopted
standards of conduct
Question: Federal Judges - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔nominated by the president and confirmed by
a majority vote in the US Senate.
- Constitution guarantees federal judges the right to serve "during good behavior" so they enjoy
a LIFETIME appointment
Question: State Judges - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔elected, appointed, or chosen by a method that
mixes the election and appointment processes. judges selected serves until the next election.
Question: Doctrine of Judicial Immunity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔an official or judge is
absolutely immune from suit for damages for judicial acts.
ex: Judge determines someone loses a lawsuit and they owe someone else money and they
send a court official out to collect the money out of someone's bank acct to give to plaintiff; the
official is following judge's orders and cannot be sued.
Question: State and Federal court systems have lower courts of ____ - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Original Jurisdiction where disputes are first brought and tried
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