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BLAW EXAM 1 (Chapters 1-4)Constitutional Law - correct answer ✔✔Both Federal and State
Statutory Law - correct answer ✔✔Federal, State, Ordinances, Uniform Commercial code
Administrative Law - correct answer ✔✔Federal Agencies and State Local Agencies
Federal Constitution - correct answer ✔✔-Supreme law of the land.
-Every state has their own constitution as well
Supreme Court - correct answer ✔✔-9 Justices
-only need 5/9 votes to rule
Case Law - correct answer ✔✔Case Law governs all areas of law not covered by statutory or
administrative law
Negligence - correct answer ✔✔Breach your duty to something/ someone
Early English Courts - correct answer ✔✔American Law is based largely on English Common Law which
was based largely on traditions, social customs, rules, and cases dating back to 1066 A.D.
Stare Decisis (to stand on decided cases) - correct answer ✔✔Judge-made law.
Remedy - correct answer ✔✔-means given to a party to enforce a right or compensate for the violation
of the right.
-Courts have the power to award monetary damages (compensate for loss)
Equitable Remedies - correct answer ✔✔-Specific Performance
, -Injunctions
-Recissions
-Beyond Law; looks at notions of fairness and justice
Injunction - correct answer ✔✔court order to prohibit someone or something to perform a certain act
Specific Performance - correct answer ✔✔Order someone to follow through a contractual obligation
Natural Law School - correct answer ✔✔-believe a higher or universal law exists that applies to all
humanity, and all written laws should imitate these principles.
-Laws contrary to natural law are "unjust" and need not be obeyed
Legal Positivism - correct answer ✔✔-Law is the supreme will of the State and must be abided.
-Law, and therefore rights and ethics, are not universal. Whether a law is "good" or "bad" is irrelevant.
-No matter where you're from, you must obey the written law of the land you are in.
Legal Realism - correct answer ✔✔-Law is not simply the written law, but a product of the views of
judicial decision makers, as well as social, economic, and contextual influences.
-Takes all factors into account to make a decision
Classifications of Law - correct answer ✔✔Laws will be either:
-Substantive or Procedural
-Civil or Criminal
-Public or Private
Civil Law vs. Criminal Law - correct answer ✔✔-Civil Law defines the rights between individuals or
individuals and governments
-Criminal Law defines an individual's obligations to society as a whole
-Burden of Proof
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