BLAW 3310 TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● What 3 branches have the ability to create law?
Answer: 1. Judicial Branch - courts create legal precedents thru their
decisions and by ruling on constitutionality of actions of Congress or the
executive branch
2. Congress Legislative Branch - passes statutes
3. Executive Branch - President/Admin agencies
●● Where does the law come from?
Answer: The Constitution
NOTE: The U.S. Constitution allocates the powers of government
between states and the federal government powers not granted to the Fed
Govt are retained by states or are left to the ppl.
●● Laws and the Legal System serve what key roles in society?
Answer: 1. influencing the behavior of the members of a society.
2. resolving disputes within society
,3. maintaining important social values
4. providing a method for assisting social change
●● Stare Decisis
Answer: is the principle that courts are often influenced by and have the
choice to follow what other courts have done.
deciding of new cases by referencing previous decisions is the
foundation of the Angelo-American judicial process
"TO STAND ON DECIDED CASES"; judges expected to stand by
established rules of law.
●● Examples of Societal Changes Resulting in Diff. Stare Decisis
outcome
Answer: - Gay Marriage / Gay Rights in Employers
- Paternity tests and marriages
**Change in law due to societal changes
●● Davis v. Wall Industrial Contractor Case (Change in law)
, Answer:
●● Judicial Review
Answer: is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are
subject to review by the judiciary. A court with judicial review power
may invalidate laws and decisions that are incompatible with a higher
authority, such as the terms of a written constitution.
- Judiciary also reviews actions taken by the executive branch and admin
agencies to make sure they comply w/ the constitution
●● Laws created by federal and state legislatures are known as:
Answer: Statutory Law or Written Laws
●● Ethics
Answer: in context of business practitioners has to do with rules or
standards governing the conduct of members of a profession and how
standards are put into action within an org
●● Integrity
Answer: living by a moral code and standards of ethics
●● Morality
VERIFIED ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● What 3 branches have the ability to create law?
Answer: 1. Judicial Branch - courts create legal precedents thru their
decisions and by ruling on constitutionality of actions of Congress or the
executive branch
2. Congress Legislative Branch - passes statutes
3. Executive Branch - President/Admin agencies
●● Where does the law come from?
Answer: The Constitution
NOTE: The U.S. Constitution allocates the powers of government
between states and the federal government powers not granted to the Fed
Govt are retained by states or are left to the ppl.
●● Laws and the Legal System serve what key roles in society?
Answer: 1. influencing the behavior of the members of a society.
2. resolving disputes within society
,3. maintaining important social values
4. providing a method for assisting social change
●● Stare Decisis
Answer: is the principle that courts are often influenced by and have the
choice to follow what other courts have done.
deciding of new cases by referencing previous decisions is the
foundation of the Angelo-American judicial process
"TO STAND ON DECIDED CASES"; judges expected to stand by
established rules of law.
●● Examples of Societal Changes Resulting in Diff. Stare Decisis
outcome
Answer: - Gay Marriage / Gay Rights in Employers
- Paternity tests and marriages
**Change in law due to societal changes
●● Davis v. Wall Industrial Contractor Case (Change in law)
, Answer:
●● Judicial Review
Answer: is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are
subject to review by the judiciary. A court with judicial review power
may invalidate laws and decisions that are incompatible with a higher
authority, such as the terms of a written constitution.
- Judiciary also reviews actions taken by the executive branch and admin
agencies to make sure they comply w/ the constitution
●● Laws created by federal and state legislatures are known as:
Answer: Statutory Law or Written Laws
●● Ethics
Answer: in context of business practitioners has to do with rules or
standards governing the conduct of members of a profession and how
standards are put into action within an org
●● Integrity
Answer: living by a moral code and standards of ethics
●● Morality
