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Law defined - ✔✔The rules of the state backed up by enforcement.
Which one of the following is NOT a component in the definition of Law? - ✔✔A)
enforcement
B)
procedures <----
C)
created by the state
D)
rules
Which property fence applies to resources like land that more than one individual owns jointly? -
✔✔common
Jurisprudence is defined as? - ✔✔the philosophy of law
In which legal system does the legislative branch both write and interpret the law? - ✔✔civil law
Which legal system originated in England (United Kingdom) and is the primary system in the United
States, Canada, Jamaica, India, Nigeria, and New Zealand? - ✔✔common law
Which classification of law in your textbook includes property law, contract law, and tort law? -
✔✔Private law
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,Collections of legislation often on the same subject are called (see your power point lecture)? - ✔✔code
The doctrine of prior precedents is called? - ✔✔stare decisis
According to your textbook, law made by agencies of the federal government like the Environmental
Protection Agency is called? - ✔✔administrative law
Which one of the following is NOT a disadvantage of using case law? - ✔✔A)
dicta
B)
conflict of precedents
C)
stare decisis <----
D)
volume of cases
According to your power point lecture and textbook, which one of the following is designed to make the
victim "whole"? - ✔✔compensatory damages
A remedy or sanction in which there is an order by the court commanding the other party actually to
perform a bargain as agreed is called? - ✔✔specific performance
According to your areas of emphasis sheet and power point lecture, the society's definition of right and
wrong is called? - ✔✔morality
Which principal system of ethics concerns itself with the moral consequences of actions (ends justify the
means)? - ✔✔consequentialism
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, According to your textbook, which formalist theory concerns itself with how to construct a just society
given the many inequalities of wealth, knowledge, and social status. - ✔✔Rawl's Social Contract Theory
Which of the following is the ultimate source of ethics? - ✔✔the individual
According to your textbook, which of the following concepts means honesty in intent and honesty in fact?
- ✔✔good faith
Appeals and supreme courts? - ✔✔can only hear issues of law
Which of the following reside at the trial court level? - ✔✔a judge
Which of the following is more theoretical in nature and only deals with issues of law? - ✔✔justice
According to your Power Point lecture, which is investigative in nature and issues indictments? -
✔✔grand jury
Which one of the following is NOT accurate regarding juries? - ✔✔A)
historically a petit jury consists of 12 members
B)
many individuals try to avoid jury duty
C)
juries must give reasons for their decisions <-----
D)
grand juries consist of 23 members
The concept which suggests that certain types of courts can only hear certain types of cases (i.e. Probate
court deals with wills and estates, Juvenile courts deal with juvenile crime and dependent children, etc.)
is called? - ✔✔subject matter jurisdiction
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