BUL 3320 - Law and Business IEXAM PREP
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
T - =The Civil Law systems are based on Roman Law, depend on comprehensive legislative
enactments and the inquisitorial method of determining disputes.
T - =Stare Decisis is the principle whereby rules of law announced and applied by courts in prior
decisions are later adhered to and relied on in deciding cases of a similar nature.
T - =Voire Dire is the examination of potential jurors.
T - =Federal Preemption is the right of the Federal government to regulate matters within its
power to the exclusion of the States.
F - =Criminal Law is an example of Private Law.
T - =Generally, the parties to a suit filed in equity are not entitled to a jury trial.
F - =Complaint, answer, motion for a directed verdict, motion for summary judgment, voir dire
and a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (i.e. judgment N. O. V.) would be the
order in which the listed steps would take place.
T - =The Legislative History of a new statute refers to the proceedings in the legislature which
led to its enactment.
F - =Interrogatories and Depositions are the written and oral instructions or charges given by
the judge to the jury for the purpose of aiding the jury in reaching its decision.
T - =Jurisdiction refers to the power or authority a court must have to hear and decide a case.
, F - =Interpretative rules, often called regulations, are in effect "administrative statutes". They
are substantive rules issued by an administrative agency under the authority delegated to it by
the legislature.
T - =Japan has a Civil Law System.
T - =Utilitarianism is a doctrine that assesses good and evil in terms of the consequences of
actions.
T - =When a State law distributes benefits unequally, the law will generally be declared valid if
the distinction it makes rationally furthers a legitimate state purpose.
F - =In 1967, large oil reserves were discovered in the Prudhoe Bay area of Alaska. As a result
the State revenues increased from $124 million in 1969 to $3.7 Billion in 1981. In 1980 the State
legislature enacted a dividend program that would distribute annually a portion of these
earnings to the States adult residents. Under the plan, each citizen, 18 years of age and older
receives on unit for each year of residency subsequent to 1959, the year Alaska became a State.
Crawford, a resident since 1978, brings suit challenging the dividend distribution plan. This
statute does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U. S.
Constitution.
F - ="A" transported from Ottawa, Illinois, to Guymon, Oklahoma, an airplane that he knew to
have been stolen. The National Motor Vehicle Theft Act of October 29, 1919, c. 89, 41 Stat. 324,
U.S.C. title 18, Section 408 provides; "Section 2. That when used in this Act: (a) The term 'motor
vehicle' shall included an automobile, automobile truck, automobile wagon, motor cycle, or any
other self propelled vehicle not designed for running on rails... Section 3. That whoever shall
transport or cause to be transported in interstate or foreign commerce a motor vehicle,
knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5000, or
by imprisonment of not more than five years, or both." A is guilty of violating the Act.
T - =The U.S. Constitution authorizes the president to enter into Treaties with the advice and
consent of the Senate "providing two-thirds of the Senators present concur."
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