Exam 1

Question 1

What are the basic principles of the legal system

Answer 1

promote common good
set standards for behavior
provide order and consistency
resolve disputes
protect liberty

Question 2

who creates the laws

Answer 2

constitutions fed and local

Question 3

civil law

Answer 3

dispute between private individuals 2 businesses or 2 people

Question 4

Criminal law

Answer 4

arson, murder

Question 5

common law

Answer 5

what have courts previously decided uses past court cases
contracts
torts
property
very slow to adapt

Question 6

statutes

Answer 6

law passed by legislator written enacted laws
prepared by office of federal registry

Question 6

Ordinances

Answer 6

local statute adopted decree (zoning)

Question 7

Agencies

Answer 7

dictate small details

Question 7

executive order

Answer 7

force of law enacted by president

Question 8

Treaties

Answer 8

contracts

Question 9

International law

Answer 9

cannot be enforced

Question 10

Fed
State
Local

Answer 10

Judicial- solve disputing
Executive- mayor, governor
legislative- congress

Question 11

Precedent

Answer 11

past rulings used to determine current ruling

Question 12

regulations

Answer 12

standards adopted to determine how to enforce laws

Question 13

Tort

Answer 13

legal issue that caused injury or harm

Question 14

Contract

Answer 14

document promises

Question 15

antitrust

Answer 15

laws designed to promote fair competition
stops monopoly and cartels

Question 16

product liability

Answer 16

legal action against company by consumer

Question 17

unfair trade practices

Answer 17

any fraudulent business activity that causes harm to customer

Question 18

Securities regulation

Answer 18

regulates stocks and government securities

Question 19

injunction

Answer 19

court order to do or not do something

Question 20

specific performance

Answer 20

not for personal service
order to sell anything attached to land

Question 21

natural law

Answer 21

human nature knows what’s right and wrong

Question 22

natural person

Answer 22

born to woman and alive

Question 23

artificial person

Answer 23

legal attributes of personhood applies to businesses

Question 24

long arm jurisdiction

Answer 24

courts jurisdiction over what laws an taxes apply to you

Question 25

international shoe v Washington

Answer 25

incoperate where laws are favorable workers in washington had less income tax temp workers

Question 26

Minimum contact

Answer 26

if you make profit off of citizens where you do business then you need to pay taxes

Question 27

who appoints federal judges

Answer 27

president and senate

Question 28

what do you need to go to federal court

Answer 28

75,000 in damages and 2 people from different states

Question 29

standing

Answer 29

legal ability to sue

Question 30

state supream court

Answer 30

final authority of state law

Question 31

appellate court, u.s court of appeals, circuit court

Answer 31

review questions of law and revise decisions of lower courts (13 district courts)

Question 32

trial court

Answer 32

find facts and apply laws
pleadings

Question 33

Motion to summary judgement

Answer 33

disolve a case without a full trial

Question 34

motion to dismiss

Answer 34

happens early in court when it is decided normally not enough evidence

Question 35

motion to compel discovery

Answer 35

request of documents relavant to case

Question 36

interrogatories

Answer 36

written questions

Question 37

Disposition

Answer 37

oral examination

Question 38

limited jurisdiction trial courts

Answer 38

smaller cases, faster and cheaper, not a court of record

Question 39

final authority of law

Answer 39

supreme court

Question 40

U.s district court- trial court

Answer 40

any court where a case is filed the first instance