Anderson's Business Law and the Legal Environment Comprehensive Volume, 22nd Edition by David P. Twomey - Test Bank

,Chapter 1—THE NATURE AND SOURCES OF LAW


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1. The pattern of rules that society uses to control the conduct of individuals in their relationships is
called law.

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2. The law works to cause our society to operate in an inefficient manner.

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3. Law is often defined as the body of principles that courts will enforce.

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4. Jane asserts she has a legal right. Jane is really saying she has an obligation to perform or refrain from
performing an act.

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5. Rights always stand alone, without any duties.

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6. Rights guaranteed in the United States Constitution are accompanied by duties.

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7. Court decisions and statutes can take away rights created by the United States Constitution.

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8. One of our most important rights is the right of privacy.

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9. The right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures conducted by the police is
guaranteed by state statute.

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10. The United States Constitution provides that we have a right to be free from intrusions by others.

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11. The private life of a nonpublic citizen is subject to public scrutiny.

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12. One advantage of our current legal system is that the growth of technology has not created many new
laws.

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13. The right of privacy does not apply to intrusions into our privacy by means of new technology.

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14. Several layers of law are enacted at different levels of government to provide the framework for
business and personal rights and duties. At the base of this framework of laws is constitutional law.

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15. A constitution is a body of principles that establishes the structure of a government and the relationship
of that government to the people who are governed.

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16. Statutes are the only source of law.

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17. Within each state in the United States, only one constitution is in force.

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18. In addition to state legislatures and the United States Congress, all cities, counties, and other
governmental subdivisions have some power to adopt ordinances within their sphere of operation.

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19. Both Congress and state legislatures enact statutory law.

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20. Administrative regulations are a type of law.

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21. Administrative regulations generally do not have the force of a statute.

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22. Case law consists of the rules and regulations parties agree to as part of their contractual relationship.

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23. Courts can create law.

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24. When a court decides a new question or problem, the decision is called a precedent.

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25. The group of time-honored rules that courts have used to solve similar problems for decades is called
stare decisis.

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26. Time honored rules of the community are called the common law.

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27. Treaties made by the United States are not deemed part of the law.

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28. Uniform State Law generally is not applicable to business.

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29. Those uniform state laws that have been adopted by individual states were first written by Congress.

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30. Substantive law creates rights and duties.

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31. Civil laws define wrongs against society.

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32. Law may be classified in terms of principles of law and principles of equity.