HFT 3603 EXAM 1 VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE
Law definitions - Answers - 1) a set of rules used by judges when deciding disputes
2) a body of rules to which people must conform their conduct
3) a form of social control
Hospitality law covers a wide range of law applied primarily to - Answers - restaurants,
bars, places that offer lodging to the public, travel agents, and airlines
In fourteenth and fifteenth-century England, innkeepers - Answers - were believed to
associate with robbers and even to help thieves steal from guests.
Four main sources of our law - Answers - The constitution, the statutes, common law,
and administrative law
The law embodied in the U.S. Constitution is called - Answers - constitutional law. It
prescribes the organization of federal government including the executive, legislative,
and judicial branches and defines the powers of the gov and the rights of the people.
Delegated powers - Answers - Those powers expressly allocated to the federal
government in the Constitution
Interstate commerce - Answers - Business affecting more than one state, as opposed to
business done between two parties in the same state
Legislative process - Answers - The process by which the federal government, as well
as other units of the government, adopts laws
Congress - Answers - The primary law-making body of the federal government
Civil rights - Answers - Equal protection under the law, freedom of speech, free of
religion, etc
Constitution also allows the federal government to - Answers - enter treaties with other
countries.
Statutory law - Answers - law passed by legislatures
Legislature - Answers - A law-making body whose members are elected to office by the
citizenry
Legislators - Answers - An elected law-maker
Statute - Answers - A law adopted by the federal or state legislature
, Ordinance - Answers - A law adopted by a local governmental body
Common law - Answers - Legal rules that evolved in England from decisions of judges
and from customs and practices that were intended to be common or uniform for the
entire English kingdom
AKA how judges have dealt with similar issues in the past
Case decision - Answers - An interpretation of the law applied by a judge to a set of
facts in a given case
Precedent - Answers - A court decision that becomes a basis for deciding future cases
Stare decisis - Answers - The principal that courts will follow precedents when they are
applicable
Latin for "the matter stands decided"
Gives uniformity to the law
The case decision becomes the - Answers - precedent
Administrative law - Answers - refers to the laws that define the powers, limitations, and
procedures of administrative agencies
Administrative agency - Answers - a governmental subdivision charged with
administering legislation that applies to a particular industry
EX. FDA, FCC
Regulations - Answers - laws adopted by administrative agencies
Role of a judge - Answers - both "makes" the law in cases where no precedent or
statute exists, and interprets the law in cases where a statute applies
Two classifications of law - Answers - Criminal and Civil law
Civil law - Answers - Law applicable to legal wrongs other than crimes
Criminal law - Answers - The law applicable to criminal cases
Differences in criminal & civil law - Answers - 1) Civil law wrong is to an individual while
criminal law wrong is on a society as a whole and involves violation of criminal statute
2)Objective of civil lawsuit is compensation for an injury while criminal case is
punishment of wrongdoer
Law definitions - Answers - 1) a set of rules used by judges when deciding disputes
2) a body of rules to which people must conform their conduct
3) a form of social control
Hospitality law covers a wide range of law applied primarily to - Answers - restaurants,
bars, places that offer lodging to the public, travel agents, and airlines
In fourteenth and fifteenth-century England, innkeepers - Answers - were believed to
associate with robbers and even to help thieves steal from guests.
Four main sources of our law - Answers - The constitution, the statutes, common law,
and administrative law
The law embodied in the U.S. Constitution is called - Answers - constitutional law. It
prescribes the organization of federal government including the executive, legislative,
and judicial branches and defines the powers of the gov and the rights of the people.
Delegated powers - Answers - Those powers expressly allocated to the federal
government in the Constitution
Interstate commerce - Answers - Business affecting more than one state, as opposed to
business done between two parties in the same state
Legislative process - Answers - The process by which the federal government, as well
as other units of the government, adopts laws
Congress - Answers - The primary law-making body of the federal government
Civil rights - Answers - Equal protection under the law, freedom of speech, free of
religion, etc
Constitution also allows the federal government to - Answers - enter treaties with other
countries.
Statutory law - Answers - law passed by legislatures
Legislature - Answers - A law-making body whose members are elected to office by the
citizenry
Legislators - Answers - An elected law-maker
Statute - Answers - A law adopted by the federal or state legislature
, Ordinance - Answers - A law adopted by a local governmental body
Common law - Answers - Legal rules that evolved in England from decisions of judges
and from customs and practices that were intended to be common or uniform for the
entire English kingdom
AKA how judges have dealt with similar issues in the past
Case decision - Answers - An interpretation of the law applied by a judge to a set of
facts in a given case
Precedent - Answers - A court decision that becomes a basis for deciding future cases
Stare decisis - Answers - The principal that courts will follow precedents when they are
applicable
Latin for "the matter stands decided"
Gives uniformity to the law
The case decision becomes the - Answers - precedent
Administrative law - Answers - refers to the laws that define the powers, limitations, and
procedures of administrative agencies
Administrative agency - Answers - a governmental subdivision charged with
administering legislation that applies to a particular industry
EX. FDA, FCC
Regulations - Answers - laws adopted by administrative agencies
Role of a judge - Answers - both "makes" the law in cases where no precedent or
statute exists, and interprets the law in cases where a statute applies
Two classifications of law - Answers - Criminal and Civil law
Civil law - Answers - Law applicable to legal wrongs other than crimes
Criminal law - Answers - The law applicable to criminal cases
Differences in criminal & civil law - Answers - 1) Civil law wrong is to an individual while
criminal law wrong is on a society as a whole and involves violation of criminal statute
2)Objective of civil lawsuit is compensation for an injury while criminal case is
punishment of wrongdoer
