LES 305 Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
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LES 305
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LES 305
LES 305 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
Public Law - Answer️️ -Laws enacted by some form of government.
Includes state and federal constitutions and statutes.
Private law - Answer️️ -Law developed between two individuals.
Landlords and homeowners associations are an e...
LES 305 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
Public Law - Answer✔️✔️-Laws enacted by some form of government.
Includes state and federal constitutions and statutes.
Private law - Answer✔️✔️-Law developed between two individuals.
Landlords and homeowners associations are an example.
Criminal law - Answer✔️✔️-A wrong against society. Have penalties such as
fines and imprisonment.
Civil law - Answer✔️✔️-A wrong against another person. Require
restitution; violator must compensate the harmed party.
Substantive law - Answer✔️✔️-Laws that give rights and responsibilities.
For example, when someone breaches a contract they are breaching this
kind of law.
Procedural law - Answer✔️✔️-Laws that provide the means for enforcing
substantive rights. These laws govern how suit is brought up and the trial
process.
Common law - Answer✔️✔️-These laws have been in existence since 1066.
William the conquerer sought these set of laws for governing a then-
divided England.
Stare decisis - Answer✔️✔️-"Let the decision stand"
Statutory law - Answer✔️✔️-Laws that are passed by some form of
governmental body and written in some form.
Equity - Answer✔️✔️-A body of law that attempts to do justice when the law
does not provide a remedy, when the remedy is inadequate, or when the
application of law is terribly unfair.
Injunctions - Answer✔️✔️-A type of equity that prohibits certain conduct or
orders certain acts.
Brief - Answer✔️✔️-A tool used by lawyers, law students, and judges to
summarize a case and focus on its facts and the key points of the decision
of the court.
Jurisprudence - Answer✔️✔️-An area of legal study that is based on
different theories and values of law. A latin term meaning, "wisdom of the
law."
Positive law school of thought - Answer✔️✔️-A theory where people believe
that the critical part of law is obedience so that we can have an orderly
society.
Natural law school of thought - Answer✔️✔️-A theory that holds that we
have certain rights that cannot be taken away by law. Slavery is an
example.
Justice Holmes - Answer✔️✔️-This philosopher said, "If I do live with others
they tell me what I must do if I wish to remain alive. If I do live with others
they tell me what I must do and abstain from doing various things or they
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