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, Test Bank For Introduction to Law and the Legal SystemCHAPTER I Introduction
CHAPTER I Introduction
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
1. Understand each of five jurisprudential approaches to answering the question, What is law?
2. Explain the legal objectives that are common to American public and private law.
3. Understand how our nation’s legal history and culture have contributed to law and legal institutions
as we know them today.
4. Develop the ability to read and brief an appellate court opinion.
5. Explain in general terms the concepts underlying the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses.
6. Understand the basic differences between civil and criminal law.
7. Understand the basic differences between tort and contract law.
TRUE/FALSE
1. One example of public law would be when one person contracts to buy flowers from another.
ANS: F REF: 6 OBJ: LO2
2. One example of private law would be when a state prosecutes a criminal.
ANS: F REF: 6 OBJ: LO2
3. Both public and private law seek justice, speed, and economy.
ANS: T REF: 7 OBJ: LO2
4. At the conclusion of a bench trial the judge will announce findings of fact, conclusions of law, and
award a judgment.
ANS: T REF: 13 OBJ: LO6
5. U.S. Supreme Court cases tend to be quite long. Thus, when reading a court opinion, a student should
focus only on whether the decision was just.
ANS: F REF: 14 OBJ: LO4
6. The party that appeals a suit is the appellant; the party against whom the appeal is taken is the
appellee.
ANS: T REF: 15 OBJ: LO6
7. Briefing a case is the process of presenting legal arguments to the court.
ANS: F REF: 22 OBJ: LO4
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CHAPTER I Introduction
8. The Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution focuses on “life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness.”
ANS: F REF: 23 OBJ: LO5
9. The Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause controls both the federal government and the
state governments.
ANS: F REF: 24 OBJ: LO5
10. In order to meet the burden of proof to find a person guilty of a crime, the defendant’s guilt must be
proven beyond the shadow of a doubt.
ANS: F REF: 38 OBJ: LO6
11. A wrongful act must be intentional to be considered a tort.
ANS: F REF: 43 OBJ: LO7
12. Tort law allows an individual to require the state to file criminal charges when someone fails to meet
established standards of conduct.
ANS: F REF: 43 OBJ: LO6, LO7
13. An intentional tort can lead to both criminal and civil charges.
ANS: T REF: 43 OBJ: LO7
14. It is common for contracts to be imposed by law.
ANS: F REF: 44 OBJ: LO7
15. When a person fails to perform a contractual obligation, they commit a tortious act.
ANS: F REF: 44 OBJ: LO 7
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Why were the elites attracted to the idea of historical jurisprudence?
a. It resulted in the greatest fairness for the most people.
b. It maintained the status quo, which preferred the elites.
c. It banned lawsuits against the elites.
d. It promoted rapid change and easily kept up with the times.
ANS: B REF: 2 OBJ: LO1
2. In the 1960s during the Civil Rights movement, people would frequently protest laws that permitted
segregation based upon race by peacefully refusing to obey them. For example, Rosa Parks, an African
American woman, was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a Montgomery bus. Many such
protesters justified their disobedience based upon the belief that the segregation laws were immoral
and unfair. They believed that arbitrary classifications based upon immutable traits, such as race,
should not be respected as law because the government has a moral duty to treat all persons equally
and fairly whatever their race. Which jurisprudential school of thought is reflected in such beliefs?
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CHAPTER I Introduction
a. Legal Realism c. Historical Jurisprudence
b. Natural Law d. Utilitarian Law
ANS: B REF: 2 OBJ: LO1
3. Which of the following legal areas retains aspects of historical jurisprudence?
a. Tort law c. Real Estate law
b. Family law d. Entertainment law
ANS: C REF: 3 OBJ: LO1
4. Ezra is not concerned about the morality involved in Insider Trading prohibitions. Instead he
adamantly believes that because these laws are valid statutes passed by Congress, people ought to obey
them—end of story. To which jurisprudential school of thought would Ezra belong?
a. Natural law c. Utilitarian law
b. Positive law/analytical positivism d. Sociological law
ANS: B REF: 3 OBJ: LO1
5. One reason that vague criminal laws may be ruled unconstitutional is because they may authorize
arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement. Even laws that are not vague; i.e., those which seem
straightforward and impartial—are often applied in an unfair manner because of the prejudices and
biases of people participating in the justice system. The belief that the law is often applied in an
arbitrary manner because of social realities is associated with what jurisprudential school of thought?
a. Analytical Positivism
b. Legal Realism or Sociological Jurisprudence
c. Utilitarian Law
d. Natural Law
ANS: B REF: 4 OBJ: LO1
6. Many observers disagreed with the verdict in the famous first Rodney King case, believing that the
verdict was not based on the evidence. In other words, many observers believe that race, money, and
personal prejudices were the basis for the verdict, not the evidence, and that the law did not reflect
what happened in the courtroom. To what jurisprudential school of thought would these observers
belong?
a. Analytical Positivism c. Natural Law
b. Utilitarian Law d. Legal Realism
ANS: D REF: 5 OBJ: LO1
7. Our nation is committed to the rule of law. What does that mean?
a. Our laws were enacted for and apply primarily to the elites.
b. Our laws apply to everyone— no person is above the law.
c. Our laws were enacted for and apply primarily to the poor and uneducated.
d. None of the above is true.
ANS: B REF: 6 OBJ: LO2
8. The king most involved in the development of the English common law was
a. Edward the Confessor. c. Richard III.
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