Business Law Homework Chapter 1

The most important primary source of our law is:

State constitutions are a primary source of law.

Any law based on a constitution is called

The U.S. Constitution is

Hector believes that a law under which he was convicted for a crime violates the Constitution. If ultimately the Supreme Court agrees with him, that law will be declared

A second primary source of law involves the U.S.

The U.S. Congress passes federal statutes. They do not apply to all states.

The uniform law adopted by all states that facilitates commerce.

Administrative agencies are created to:

The Federal Trade Commission is an example of a

Case law is based on the decisions made by those who run administrative agencies.

Case law is derived from judges' decisions for actual cases.

Part of the common law tradition relies on the doctrine of

The Latin phrase for the correct answer in the previous question means:

One of the important functions of law is to provide

A precedent is a decision that furnishes an example or authority for deciding subsequent cases involving similar legal principles or facts.

A source of law that courts must follow when deciding a case is called a binding authority. A binding authority does NOT include which of the following:

Select the order for the following words to form the basic steps in legal reasoning:

Generally speaking, the Restatements of Law:

Li Ang is researching new state inheritance laws. She will NOT bother to investigate which of the following:

One way to divide law is into:

Civil law, as opposed to criminal law, can best be described as:

Which of the following laws CANNOT be at issue in criminal law?

When Congress passes a law, you can find it in which publication?

In the field of legal research, a "citation" is:

The parties to lawsuits are the plaintiff and the defendant. Plaintiffs must always be individual persons.

The party who appeals a lower court's decision.

Whenever a court's opinion is not unanimous, but most of the judges agree with it, is it called a:

In a particular case, Judge Angle does not agree at all with the other judges' opinions. Which of the following type of opinion will he write?

Assume that Congress passes a law establishing a new administrative agency to oversee cyberlaw issues. The agency writes rules to enable it to carry out its duties. The rules written by the agency will be known as a part of:

The Illinois state legislature passes a law raising the speed limit on certain state roads. This law becomes part of a body of law known as:

Richard is a state appeals court judge. In making judicial decisions, Richard issues rulings that are consistent with precedents established in similar cases within his jurisdiction. Richard is following the principle of:

All of the cases that have been decided by U.S. judges, as well as by English judges prior to the American Revolution, constitute a body of law known as:

Sarah prevails in her lawsuit against Carl for injuries she sustained in a car accident. As a result, Sarah is entitled to a remedy. In the U.S. legal system, Sarah's remedy will most likely be in the form of:

A case comes before a Wisconsin state trial court on the subject of free speech on the Internet. It is a case of first impression, meaning that no case involving the same issue has been decided by the Wisconsin courts. In deciding such a case, it would not be considered proper for the judge to consider:

Tyler believes that some laws passed by his state's legislature are bad, and he refuses to comply with them. He believes that there is a universal law above all others that grants rights to all people and that it is above all other laws. Tyler subscribes to what school of jurisprudential thought?

Elaine is involved in a car accident where the other driver ran a red light. To determine whether she has a case, her attorney would apply which of the following classifications of law?

Most appellate court judges write opinions in which they give the reasons for their decisions. These opinions are collected and published in volumes of books known as:

Monroe is reviewing an appellate case for class and must correctly identify the parties to the case. The party appealing the case is known as the: