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Exam 1 GSU BUSA 2106 (Binder) Courts I Exam 2024 Questions With All Correct Answers
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Exam 1 GSUBUSA 2106
(Binder) Courts I
Exam 2024
Questions With
All Correct
Answers.
EUNICE
, Plaintiff - ANSWERS:A person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
Prosecutor - ANSWERS:A person, especially a public official, who institutes legal
proceedings against someone.
Defendant - ANSWERS:A person or entity accused of a crime in criminal prosecution or
a person or entity against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case.
What is Negligence? - ANSWERS:Carelessness
What are the elements of "Negligence?" - ANSWERS:1) Does the defendant owe a duty
to the plaintiff?
2) Did the defendant "breach" that duty?
3) By "proximately causing"...
4) Damages
How many parts are there to Proximate Cause, and what are they? - ANSWERS:2
Parts
1) Was the action foreseeable to the defendant?
2) Was there a superseding cause that broke the chain of causation?
How many sources of law are there? - ANSWERS:Five
What are the sources of law? - ANSWERS:Cases
Statutes
Constitutions
Admin. Regulations
Preemption Doctrine
How many Statues are there and what are they? - ANSWERS:2- Federal and State
How many Constitutions are there? - ANSWERS:51
Who passes Admin Regulations? - ANSWERS:Government Agencies- ex. IRS
What case represents a Proximate Cause hearing? - ANSWERS:Palsgraf vs. Long
Island Railroad Co.
What happened in the Palsgraf vs. Long Island Railroad Co. case? - ANSWERS:The
conductor pulls a passenger on the train, the passenger drops explosives on the track.
This sends vibrations down the track causing a metal plate to fall on a women. The
women sues the railroad.
Who won the Palsgraf vs. Long Island Railroad Co. case and why? - ANSWERS:The
railroad wins because of proximate cause.
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