LEGL 2700 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Which courts have multiple judges and can affirm/reverse the decision of lower courts and remand
(redo) the trial with new information - answerappellate courts
What is it called in a case where plaintiffs and defendants are citizens of different sta...
Which courts have multiple judges and can affirm/reverse the decision of lower courts and remand
(redo) the trial with new information - answer✔appellate courts
What is it called in a case where plaintiffs and defendants are citizens of different states -
answer✔diversity of citizens
How many federal circuit courts are there - answer✔13
Which Supreme Court case formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the united states under
Article III of the US constitution - answer✔Marbury V Madison
Cases that have federal jurisdiction due to diversity of citizenship must also have - answer✔amount of
controversy over $75,000
The first known set of laws that included both procedural and substantive laws was the - answer✔Code
of Hammurabi
The most recently appointed supreme court justice is - answer✔Kentaji Brown
In order for a supreme court to hear a case, the person must have a personal stake in the case known as
- answer✔standing
Which is NOT a proper response to a complaint - answer✔motion for a directed verdict
When a defense lawyer questions the defense witness - answer✔direct examination
During discovery, lawyers called witnesses to office and asks them questions under oath and records
them in a written - answer✔desposition
Natural Law - answer✔can be determined through human nature
Positive law - answer✔law based on the dictates of a central political authority
Historical Law - answer✔laws should focus on legal principles that have withstood the test of time
Sociological Jurisprudence - answer✔law can and should change to meet new developments in society
Legal Realism - answer✔goes beyond the words of law and focuses on the minds of officials as they
interpret, enforce, and apply laws
Procedural Law - answer✔provides machinery by which rights and duties are enforced
The precedent of stare decisis is part of - answer✔case law
stare decisis - answer✔holds that courts and judges should honor "precedent"—or the decisions,
rulings, and opinions from prior cases
Probate Court is an example of - answer✔special jurisdiction (granting a will, estates, etc.)
Remedies for breach of contract that are sanctions or damages intended to make the injured parties
"whole" in an financial sense - answer✔compensatory damages
The question of which state law applies to a multi-state dispute - answer✔conflicts of law
Federal district courts are called - answer✔trial courts
In order for the US Supreme court to hear your case, you must file - answer✔Petition for Writ of
Certiorari
Which amendment includes the due process clause and the equal protection clause - answer✔14th
amendment
The bill of rights protections that applies to state and local governments is termed the -
answer✔incorporation document
Protections of the 1st amendment - answer✔Freedom of:
-Speech
-Press
-Exercise (religion)
-Peacefully assemble
-Petition the government
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