SPM4723 Legal Issues in Sport || with Complete Solutions.
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Law correct answers The entire system of rules, values, and principles that govern daily conduct that are enforceable by either the government or individual citizens through courts.
What are the four sources of law? correct answers Common, Constitutional, Statutory, Administrative.
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SPM4723 Legal Issues in Sport || with Complete Solutions.
Law correct answers The entire system of rules, values, and principles that govern daily conduct
that are enforceable by either the government or individual citizens through courts.
What are the four sources of law? correct answers Common, Constitutional, Statutory,
Administrative.
Common Law correct answers The basis of the American legal system, which began in medieval
England; It's judge made, and employs precedent and case law.
Stare Decisis correct answers "Let the prior decision stand"; Requires that a court follow the
rules of law established by the level courts in the same in factually similar/analogous cases.
How must you apply stare decisis? correct answers The case must come from the jurisdiction &
court level and have a similarity of legal issues.
Binding Precedent correct answers A court MUST follow.
Persuasive Precedent correct answers A court MAY follow, but is not required to.
Constitutional Law correct answers Bedrock to the legal system; set forth the basic organization,
powers, and limits of their respective governments.
Statutory Law correct answers The body of law enacted by legislative bodies such as state and
federal legislatures and local governments.
- Ex. Title IX, ADA
Statutes correct answers Enacted by state and federal legislatures.
Ordinances correct answers Laws created by local (ex. City) governments.
Administrative Law correct answers Specialized bodies created by local, state and federal
governments; create and enforce their own laws, often termed rules and regulations.
- Ex. IRS, OSHA
State Court System correct answers Trial Courts (Court of Entry) - Court of Appeals - Supreme
Court.
Federal Court System correct answers District Courts - Court of Appeals - Supreme Court.
What District Court of Appeals is FL in? correct answers 11th District.
Concurring Opinions correct answers Judges agree with the result reached by the lower court,
but for different reasons.
, Dissenting Opinions correct answers Judges disagree strongly with the result and feel compelled
to render their views.
Criminal Court correct answers Misdemeanors or Felonies; punished by fines, imprisonment, or
capital punishment and the victim leaves court empty handed.
Civil Court correct answers Cases between individuals, corporations, organizations, and
government entities; purposes is to seek compensation or to right an alleged wrong.
Double Jeopardy correct answers Not tried again on same charges in criminal court.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt correct answers The level of proof required to convict a person of a
crime; essentially 100% certainty.
Preponderance of Evidence correct answers More evidence than not (51% likely).
What are the steps of the trial system? correct answers Complaint, Summons, Answer, Court
Jurisdiction, Discovery, Type of Court, Trial, Judgement, Appeals Process.
Complaint correct answers Filed by the injured party (plaintiff) and initiates the lawsuit.
Summons correct answers Actual serving of notice that legal action has been initiated.
The Answer correct answers The defendant's initial pleading on the alleged violation.
What is the complaint, summons, and answer known as? correct answers Pleadings.
Discovery correct answers A pretrial procedure by which each party obtains facts and info from
the other parties to prepare for trial.
Primary Sources correct answers Actual law; constitutions, statutes, court rulings, regulations.
Only these can be relied upon in deciding the law.
Secondary Sources correct answers Examine, inform, and/or review law, legal issues and topics;
not the law themselves.
- Ex. Legal encyclopedias, professional journals, legal periodcials.
Reporters correct answers A publication in which court cases are published, or reported.
Which regional reporter is FL found in? correct answers Southern Reporter.
Headnotes correct answers Written by editors, not the judges.
Holdings correct answers Precise statement of the law utilized in reaching its decision.
Dictum correct answers Additional significant items but not intended to formulate law.
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