LEGL 2700 ROESSING TEST 3
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS ACCURATE
⫸ Rule of Law Answer: -laws are made generally and apply to everyone
equally
-necessary for strong and diverse economies
-transparency in business
⫸ Property Answer: ownership-allows you to exclude others without
your permission
⫸ Common Property Answer: resources like land that multiple people
own
⫸ Contract Law Answer: enables an owner to exchange resources (bills
of sale, employment agreements)
⫸ Tort Law Answer: compensates owners whose resources are
wrongfully harmed by the actions of others (trespassing, assault, etc)
⫸ Criminal law Answer: punishes those who harm owners property
-about deterrence, not compensation
,⫸ jurisprudence Answer: the philosophy of law
⫸ natural law jurisprudence Answer: universal moral principles, evident
in nature/human reason
⫸ positive law jurisprudence Answer: command of the state backed by
force and punishment
-criminal code
⫸ historical school of jurisprudence Answer: legal principles that have
stood the test of time
⫸ sociological jurisprudence Answer: law should change w society
⫸ legal realism jurisprudence Answer: goes beyond words of law and
looks at law enforcement and how they work
⫸ common law Answer: emphasizes the role of judges in determining
law meaning
⫸ civil law Answer: relies on legislation to determine what the law is
⫸ public law Answer: constitutional law
administrative law
, criminal law`
⫸ private law Answer: property law
contract law
tort law(suing)
⫸ substantive law Answer: legal relationship between people and state
-what you can and cant do
⫸ procedural law Answer: methods and means by which substantive
law is made and administered
- tells you what happens when a law is broken, sanctions
⫸ federal law Answer: constitution > legislation(acts,statutes,codes) >
administrative law(EPA, protect business) > state law
⫸ state laws Answer: below federal law,
-state constitutions
-state statutes
-state administrative regulation
-local ordinances in cities
-case law
⫸ case law Answer: judicial decisions
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS ACCURATE
⫸ Rule of Law Answer: -laws are made generally and apply to everyone
equally
-necessary for strong and diverse economies
-transparency in business
⫸ Property Answer: ownership-allows you to exclude others without
your permission
⫸ Common Property Answer: resources like land that multiple people
own
⫸ Contract Law Answer: enables an owner to exchange resources (bills
of sale, employment agreements)
⫸ Tort Law Answer: compensates owners whose resources are
wrongfully harmed by the actions of others (trespassing, assault, etc)
⫸ Criminal law Answer: punishes those who harm owners property
-about deterrence, not compensation
,⫸ jurisprudence Answer: the philosophy of law
⫸ natural law jurisprudence Answer: universal moral principles, evident
in nature/human reason
⫸ positive law jurisprudence Answer: command of the state backed by
force and punishment
-criminal code
⫸ historical school of jurisprudence Answer: legal principles that have
stood the test of time
⫸ sociological jurisprudence Answer: law should change w society
⫸ legal realism jurisprudence Answer: goes beyond words of law and
looks at law enforcement and how they work
⫸ common law Answer: emphasizes the role of judges in determining
law meaning
⫸ civil law Answer: relies on legislation to determine what the law is
⫸ public law Answer: constitutional law
administrative law
, criminal law`
⫸ private law Answer: property law
contract law
tort law(suing)
⫸ substantive law Answer: legal relationship between people and state
-what you can and cant do
⫸ procedural law Answer: methods and means by which substantive
law is made and administered
- tells you what happens when a law is broken, sanctions
⫸ federal law Answer: constitution > legislation(acts,statutes,codes) >
administrative law(EPA, protect business) > state law
⫸ state laws Answer: below federal law,
-state constitutions
-state statutes
-state administrative regulation
-local ordinances in cities
-case law
⫸ case law Answer: judicial decisions
