LSB 3213 Exam 1 (Lucas) Questions and Correct Verified Answers Latest Version
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LSB 3213
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LSB 3213
What are the four key sources of law?
Constitutions
Statutes
Administrative
Common law
The roles of parties in litigation
The plaintiff is the one bringing the action (suing), the defendant is the
one who action is being brought upon. (In criminal cases, the
prosecutor is the one who...
✓ An authoritative opinion is binding on lower courts and courts in the
same jurisdiction, while a persuasive opinion serves only to act as a
point of precedence, and is persuading to any court ruling on a similar
case.
Civil law vs Criminal law
✓ Civil law deals with the rights and duties of persons and when these
rights are violated, whereas criminal law deals with wrongs committed
against the public as a whole.
Unanimous Opinion
✓ When all judges/justices agree on an outcome
Majority opinion
✓ When the majority of the judges agree on a single outcome, but not
all.
Concurring Opinion
✓ When a judge agrees with the majority opinion's result, but not their
legal reasoning to get to that result. Their opinions are written to include
the reasoning they believe to be correct.
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