1) Law & Legal Systems

Question 1

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Answer 1

A means of settling legal disputes without using the courts

Question 2

Appeal

Answer 2

Process in which a higher court reviews alleged legal errors made by a lower court or an administrative agency

Question 3

Common Law

Answer 3

1) Law based on written opinions of appellate courts

2) The traditional nonstatutory law of England and the United States

Question 4

Diversity Jurisdiction

Answer 4

Power of federal courts to hear cases involving citizens of different states - must involve >$75,000

Question 5

Judge-made law

Answer 5

Law based on the written opinions of appellate courts, called precedent

Question 6

Jurisdiction

Answer 6

The power of a court to hear a case

Question 7

Preemption Doctrine

Answer 7

A constitutionally based doctrine that prevents a locality from enacting laws that are inconsistent with federally regulated areas of law, with some exceptions

Question 8

Precedent

Answer 8

A published opinion of an appellate court that serves as authority for determining a legal question in a later case that has substantially similar facts

Question 9

Statutory Law

Answer 9

Law enacted by local and state legislative bodies and by Congress

Question 10

Trial Court

Answer 10

Determines the facts of a case and applies the relevant law to these facts