CLEMSON LAW 3220 TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2027
Question 1.
What are the three key functions of the legal system?
Correct Answer: 1) influencing behavior
2) conflict behavior 3)social stability and change
Question 2.
may be viewed as a collection of rules or principles that limit and direct human behavior
Correct Answer: law
Question 3.
damages designed to punish; keep them from doing it again
Correct Answer: punitive damages
Question 4.
What is the fundamental law of the land?
Correct Answer: U.S. Constitution
Question 5.
What establishes the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government?
Correct Answer: U.S. Constitution
Question 6.
What branch of government writes the law?
Correct Answer: legislative branch
Question 7.
who creates statutory law?
Correct Answer: legislature
Question 8.
What does statutory law consist of?
Correct Answer: federal laws, state laws, and municipal laws
Question 9.
Who creates a statute?
Correct Answer: Congress
,Question 10.
Who makes regulations?
Correct Answer: agencies
Question 11.
Where did common law originate from?
Correct Answer: the English
Question 12.
who interprets decisions and applies the laws?
Correct Answer: judiciary
Question 13.
systematic way to change law
Correct Answer: common law
Question 14.
legal principle from cases is called...
Correct Answer: precedent
Question 15.
"looking back through precedents" or the use of this precedent is called...
Correct Answer: Stare Decisis
Question 16.
if there is a new issues the judge does what?
Correct Answer: makes a new law
Question 17.
true or false: common law varies by state
Correct Answer: true
Question 18.
What is the first question when we talk about a case?
Correct Answer: why is it in the book?
Question 19.
Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors, Inc. is an example of how...
Correct Answer: common law changes
, Question 20.
What was held in the Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors, Inc. case?
Correct Answer: reversed and remanded. court rejected previous common law
rule and accepted a more modern approach.
Question 21.
what is the process of the judiciary system?
Correct Answer: trial court > court of appeals > supreme court
Question 22.
the President can create law through...
Correct Answer: executive orders
Question 23.
executive orders are limited to...
Correct Answer: federal agencies
Question 24.
what are the 3 classifications of law?
Correct Answer: 1) public/private
2) civil/criminal
3) substantive/procedural
Question 25.
what type of law is legal relationships between members of society and the government?
Correct Answer: public law
Question 26.
what type of law is legal relationships among members of society?
Correct Answer: private law
Question 27.
what type of law states that the guilty can be fined, imprisoned, or both?
Correct Answer: criminal law
Question 28.
"beyond reasonable doubt" is a legal requirement for which type of law?
Correct Answer: criminal law
UPDATE 2027
Question 1.
What are the three key functions of the legal system?
Correct Answer: 1) influencing behavior
2) conflict behavior 3)social stability and change
Question 2.
may be viewed as a collection of rules or principles that limit and direct human behavior
Correct Answer: law
Question 3.
damages designed to punish; keep them from doing it again
Correct Answer: punitive damages
Question 4.
What is the fundamental law of the land?
Correct Answer: U.S. Constitution
Question 5.
What establishes the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government?
Correct Answer: U.S. Constitution
Question 6.
What branch of government writes the law?
Correct Answer: legislative branch
Question 7.
who creates statutory law?
Correct Answer: legislature
Question 8.
What does statutory law consist of?
Correct Answer: federal laws, state laws, and municipal laws
Question 9.
Who creates a statute?
Correct Answer: Congress
,Question 10.
Who makes regulations?
Correct Answer: agencies
Question 11.
Where did common law originate from?
Correct Answer: the English
Question 12.
who interprets decisions and applies the laws?
Correct Answer: judiciary
Question 13.
systematic way to change law
Correct Answer: common law
Question 14.
legal principle from cases is called...
Correct Answer: precedent
Question 15.
"looking back through precedents" or the use of this precedent is called...
Correct Answer: Stare Decisis
Question 16.
if there is a new issues the judge does what?
Correct Answer: makes a new law
Question 17.
true or false: common law varies by state
Correct Answer: true
Question 18.
What is the first question when we talk about a case?
Correct Answer: why is it in the book?
Question 19.
Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors, Inc. is an example of how...
Correct Answer: common law changes
, Question 20.
What was held in the Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors, Inc. case?
Correct Answer: reversed and remanded. court rejected previous common law
rule and accepted a more modern approach.
Question 21.
what is the process of the judiciary system?
Correct Answer: trial court > court of appeals > supreme court
Question 22.
the President can create law through...
Correct Answer: executive orders
Question 23.
executive orders are limited to...
Correct Answer: federal agencies
Question 24.
what are the 3 classifications of law?
Correct Answer: 1) public/private
2) civil/criminal
3) substantive/procedural
Question 25.
what type of law is legal relationships between members of society and the government?
Correct Answer: public law
Question 26.
what type of law is legal relationships among members of society?
Correct Answer: private law
Question 27.
what type of law states that the guilty can be fined, imprisoned, or both?
Correct Answer: criminal law
Question 28.
"beyond reasonable doubt" is a legal requirement for which type of law?
Correct Answer: criminal law
