JOMC 486 ACTUAL TEST FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS EXAMPREP STUDY SHEET

JOMC 486 ACTUAL TEST FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS EXAMPREP
STUDY SHEET

●● major sources of American law
Answer: -statutes
-constitutions
-common law
-administrative regulations
-executive orders


●● constitutions
Answer: describe the organization of government, the powers of the
various branches of the government and the limitations on those powers


●● judicial review
Answer: the process by which judicial branches decide whether statutes
are constitutional


●● facial challenge
Answer: the complaining party is arguing the language of the statute, on
its face, makes it unconstitutional; over broad or too vague

, ●● as-applied challenge
Answer: even if the statute can be constitutionally applied in some cases,
it was not constitutional to apply it to the complaining party in this
particular instance


●● common law
Answer: concept comes from England; arises from the customs and
practices of the people; it is not written down


●● precedents
Answer: earlier cases


●● stare decisis
Answer: "let the decision stand;" when judges follow the precedent,
deciding the case before them in the same way the earlier case was
decided


●● administrative regulations
Answer: created by administrative agencies established by the
legislature to handle specific issues; examples: Federal Trade
Commission, Federal Communications Commission


●● Federal Trade Commission