QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION SET
●● Purpose of Law.
Answer: Provide order, serve as alternative to conflict, encourage
justice, guarantee freedoms
●● Criminal Law.
Answer: Protects society; violations punishable by fines or
imprisonment
●● Civil Law.
Answer: Compensates parties for losses or injuries
●● Substantive Law.
Answer: Defines rights and duties
●● Procedural Law.
Answer: Rules for enforcing substantive rights
●● Public Law.
, Answer: Governs relationships between individuals and government
●● Private Law.
Answer: Governs legal relationships between private parties
●● Primary Sources of Law.
Answer: Constitution, statutory law, common law, administrative law
●● Secondary Sources of Law.
Answer: Restatements of Law and Uniform Model Laws
●● Stare Decisis.
Answer: Doctrine requiring courts to follow precedent
●● Precedent.
Answer: Prior judicial decision used to guide future cases
●● Equity Court.
Answer: Court that provides non-monetary remedies when damages are
inadequate
●● Injunction.