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Test Bank For Introduction to Law 6th Edition By Joanne B.Hames; Yvonne Ekern
Why study law? - ANSWER:fundamental knowledge of legal terms and framework
relevant to safety;
provide context to the rules S&S professionals need to comply with;
provide an introduction to the three pillars of S&S
Three pillars of safety and security - ANSWER:Public, international and industrial
Four macro functions of law - ANSWER:Public, political, social, international order
Four micro functions of law - ANSWER:defining limits of acceptable behavior;
defining consequences of certain forms of behavior;
defining processes for the transactions of business and other activities;
creating regulatory frameworks
Two main classifications of law - ANSWER:Public and private/civil law
What does public law do? - ANSWER:it organizes the relationship between the state
and its citizens
What does private or civil law do? - ANSWER:it organizes the relationship between
individuals/legal entities towards each other
Three branches of public law - ANSWER:constitutional, administrative and criminal
law
Five branches of private/civil law - ANSWER:Contract, tort, property, trusts and
family law
What is constitutional law? - ANSWER:branch of law dealing with the procedures of
the government (national and local), citizenship and the civil rights of citizens
What is administrative law? - ANSWER:principles that deal with issues arising
between government agencies and individuals such as pension, income support and
child support
What is criminal law? - ANSWER:a system of law concerned with the punishment of
those who commit crimes.
What is private law? - ANSWER:rights and duties of individuals towards each other
What is tort? - ANSWER:a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than
under contract) leading to civil legal liability.
, Codification or formalization of law - ANSWER:Putting customs, traditions and
cultures in writing
Criminal Justice System - ANSWER:rules in a society that help to punish those who
break the law
Why do you have criminal law? - ANSWER:a system that helps to punish and
prosecute those who break the law
Objectives of the criminal justice system - ANSWER:Provide due process to the law
Rendering fair judgments
Dispensing just punishment
Assuring victim's rights
Two models of the criminal justice system - ANSWER:1. Adversarial model,
associated with common law
2. Inquisitorial model, associated with civil law
How does common law work in relation to judges? - ANSWER:Judges have an active
role in developing rules
How does civil law work in relation to judges? - ANSWER:Civil law is based on fixed
codes and thus only require an interpreting role of the judges
common law procedure - ANSWER:adversarial
adversarial system - ANSWER:the judge acts as a neutral arbiter between disputing
parties
Role of the Judge in the adversary system - ANSWER:not find the ultimate truth but
oversee the proceedings, does not question the parties and makes a descision based
on the more convincing presentation
civil law procedure - ANSWER:inquisitorial
inquisitorial system - ANSWER:judges take an active role in examining witnesses
role of the court in inquisitorial process - ANSWER:clarify issues and help parties
make their arguments
main role of the judge in inquisitorial process - ANSWER:establishing the material
truth based on the evidence availible, acertain the definite truth and make a just
decision
Influences on the civil law tradition - ANSWER:Roman civil law; canon law;
commercial law; revolution; legal science
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