LAWS310 Week 2: Quiz_ DeVry University
LAWS310-The Legal Environment
The Legal Environment
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LATEST Attempt 1 Time:31 minutes Score: 100 out of 100
Score for this quiz: 100 out of 100
Submitted Jul 13 at 12:07pm
This attempt took 31 minutes.
Question 1
pts
A rule of law does not accomplish which of the following?
legitimizes the law
creates or captures precedent
prevents citizens from breaking the law
prevents any defense suggesting an ignorance of the law
establishes clear rules of behavior
Correct answer
Question 2
pts
“We the people” is a very important part of the preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Why?
, It is a government of laws and not of men.
It focuses purely on individual rights.
It allows unlimited government action.
It confers power on the people as well as on the states.
It confers all legislative powers in the Congress of the United States.
Correct answer
Question 3
pts
Which of the following is most likely to be true of legal positivists?
They believe that law is simply power.
They would consider any law created by an illegitimate ruler as valid law.
They do not believe that the law is what the law says.
They believe that people have intrinsic human rights other than those created by the law.
They would most certainly comply with a law that required compulsory conscription.
Correct answer
Question 4
pts
Secondary sources of law are created by:
senators
representatives
LAWS310-The Legal Environment
The Legal Environment
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 Time:31 minutes Score: 100 out of 100
Score for this quiz: 100 out of 100
Submitted Jul 13 at 12:07pm
This attempt took 31 minutes.
Question 1
pts
A rule of law does not accomplish which of the following?
legitimizes the law
creates or captures precedent
prevents citizens from breaking the law
prevents any defense suggesting an ignorance of the law
establishes clear rules of behavior
Correct answer
Question 2
pts
“We the people” is a very important part of the preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Why?
, It is a government of laws and not of men.
It focuses purely on individual rights.
It allows unlimited government action.
It confers power on the people as well as on the states.
It confers all legislative powers in the Congress of the United States.
Correct answer
Question 3
pts
Which of the following is most likely to be true of legal positivists?
They believe that law is simply power.
They would consider any law created by an illegitimate ruler as valid law.
They do not believe that the law is what the law says.
They believe that people have intrinsic human rights other than those created by the law.
They would most certainly comply with a law that required compulsory conscription.
Correct answer
Question 4
pts
Secondary sources of law are created by:
senators
representatives
