COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK for The Legal
and Regulatory Environment of Business, 19th
Edition by Marisa Anne Pagnattaro
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Questions & 100 % Correct Answers with
Rationales for Exam Preparations
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, Chapter 1: Law as a Foundation for Business
1. Law and "rule of law" are synonymous terms. True False
2. The first known written set of laws was the Code of Hammurabi. True False
3. Rule-of-law nations adopt laws supporting the private market because it is in everyone's interest,
including the lawmakers'.
True False
4. Common property, applies to public resources owned by the government (or "state") like roads,
public buildings, public lands, and monuments.
True False
5. Contract law compensates owners whose resources are wrongfully harmed by the actions of
others. True False
6. The secret to economic prosperity and the wealth of nations lies in the foundation of property law
and the legal system to implement it under the rule of law.
True False
7. Jurisprudence is the rule of law. True False
8. Natural law theory asserts that law contains universal moral principles. True False
9. Sociological jurisprudence emphasizes that contemporary law should focus on legal principles that
have withstood the test of time in a nation.
True False
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,10. Jurisprudence refers to the general body of law interpretations by judges as different from
legislation passed by legislators.
True False
11. Legal realism is the idea that courts should understand the meaning of the Constitution relative to
the times in which they interpret it.
True False
12. The United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Jamaica, India, Nigeria, New Zealand, and a
few other countries—all colonized by England—follow the common law.
True False
13. Civil law arose in the eleventh and twelfth centuries as the English monarch appointed royal
judges to ride circuits around the English countryside and to resolve disputes in the name of the king
(or queen).
True False
14. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. that follows a partial civil law system due to Louisiana's
historical ties with France, a civil law nation.
True False
15. Common law relies more on legislation than judicial decisions to determine what the law is. True
False
16. In administrative law, a government official represents society, or "the people," and the official is
responsible for seeking justice to achieve the ends of society.
True False
17. Although property law is categorized as one kind of private law; in our legal system, it is at the
heart of both public and private law.
True False
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, 18. Contract law often but not always requires actual injury to the owner's resources. True False
19. Legislation passed by the Congress is called a statute or an act. True False
20. The Second Amendment to the Constitution holds that "No State shall . . . deprive any person of
life, liberty or property without due process of law."
True False
21. Disadvantages of case law do not destroy the benefits of certainty, predictability, and stability
provided by case law and stare decisis.
True False
22. Judges in future cases are not so likely to follow the dicta in prior cases as they are the holdings.
True False
23. Conflicting precedents when applying the principle of stare decisis do not create confidence in
the certainty of law.
True False
24. With reference to the hierarchy of sources of law, Case law prevails over local ordinances. True
False
25. The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution recognizes that the law is enforced by taking a
person's life, freedom, or the resources that he or she owns.
True False
26. Whether it's stated in the contract or not, when a breach of contract occurs, the injured party will
usually recover her attorney fees as part of her compensatory damages.
True False
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and Regulatory Environment of Business, 19th
Edition by Marisa Anne Pagnattaro
All Chapters Fully Covered 1-22| Verified
Questions & 100 % Correct Answers with
Rationales for Exam Preparations
TB
Ac
1
er
, Chapter 1: Law as a Foundation for Business
1. Law and "rule of law" are synonymous terms. True False
2. The first known written set of laws was the Code of Hammurabi. True False
3. Rule-of-law nations adopt laws supporting the private market because it is in everyone's interest,
including the lawmakers'.
True False
4. Common property, applies to public resources owned by the government (or "state") like roads,
public buildings, public lands, and monuments.
True False
5. Contract law compensates owners whose resources are wrongfully harmed by the actions of
others. True False
6. The secret to economic prosperity and the wealth of nations lies in the foundation of property law
and the legal system to implement it under the rule of law.
True False
7. Jurisprudence is the rule of law. True False
8. Natural law theory asserts that law contains universal moral principles. True False
9. Sociological jurisprudence emphasizes that contemporary law should focus on legal principles that
have withstood the test of time in a nation.
True False
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,10. Jurisprudence refers to the general body of law interpretations by judges as different from
legislation passed by legislators.
True False
11. Legal realism is the idea that courts should understand the meaning of the Constitution relative to
the times in which they interpret it.
True False
12. The United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Jamaica, India, Nigeria, New Zealand, and a
few other countries—all colonized by England—follow the common law.
True False
13. Civil law arose in the eleventh and twelfth centuries as the English monarch appointed royal
judges to ride circuits around the English countryside and to resolve disputes in the name of the king
(or queen).
True False
14. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. that follows a partial civil law system due to Louisiana's
historical ties with France, a civil law nation.
True False
15. Common law relies more on legislation than judicial decisions to determine what the law is. True
False
16. In administrative law, a government official represents society, or "the people," and the official is
responsible for seeking justice to achieve the ends of society.
True False
17. Although property law is categorized as one kind of private law; in our legal system, it is at the
heart of both public and private law.
True False
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, 18. Contract law often but not always requires actual injury to the owner's resources. True False
19. Legislation passed by the Congress is called a statute or an act. True False
20. The Second Amendment to the Constitution holds that "No State shall . . . deprive any person of
life, liberty or property without due process of law."
True False
21. Disadvantages of case law do not destroy the benefits of certainty, predictability, and stability
provided by case law and stare decisis.
True False
22. Judges in future cases are not so likely to follow the dicta in prior cases as they are the holdings.
True False
23. Conflicting precedents when applying the principle of stare decisis do not create confidence in
the certainty of law.
True False
24. With reference to the hierarchy of sources of law, Case law prevails over local ordinances. True
False
25. The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution recognizes that the law is enforced by taking a
person's life, freedom, or the resources that he or she owns.
True False
26. Whether it's stated in the contract or not, when a breach of contract occurs, the injured party will
usually recover her attorney fees as part of her compensatory damages.
True False
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