Chapter 01
Legal Foundations
Fill in the Blank Questions
1. Much of the origins of the law dealt with issues related to _______.
________________________________________
2. When the United States Supreme Court formally recognized its role in achieving equality for
all Americans during the civil rights movement, it was following a ________ philosophy.
________________________________________
3. Attorneys who work for a company and are part of the executive or midlevel management
team are specifically referred to as ________ counsel.
________________________________________
4. Attorneys, particularly in a business context, are also referred to as _______.
________________________________________
5. Measures of judicial action intended to compensate an injured party in a civil lawsuit are
called _______.
________________________________________
,6. Equitable rules used in the context of common law rules that guide courts in deciding cases
or controversies are called equitable _______.
________________________________________
7. Judicial opinions are also known as the ________ of the case.
________________________________________
8. A collection of uniform legal principles focused on a particular area of traditional state law is
called ________ of the Law.
________________________________________
9. Trial lawyers are also referred to as _______.
________________________________________
10. ________ are recognized as binding between two parties even though no specific statute or
regulation provides for the rights of the parties.
________________________________________
True / False Questions
11. Legal positivists believe that agreed-upon laws should be uniformly and strictly enforced and
may be changed only by the government.
True False
,12. Law today is crucial to business by creating some degree of reliability to be used in business
planning and commercial transactions.
True False
13. States tend to amend their constitutions less frequently than is the case with the U.S.
Constitution.
True False
14. A presidential veto may be overridden by a two-thirds majority vote of the Senate.
True False
15. Legal realism is the oldest form of American jurisprudence; it was founded during the
American Revolution and forms the basis for the U.S. Constitution.
True False
16. Courts regularly question and overturn administrative-agency decisions involving how and
when an agency enforces a regulation.
True False
17. The power of courts to establish law in matters not specifically addressed by statutes is very
limited in common law countries.
True False
, 18. Equitable remedies are available to compensate injured parties in both civil and criminal
lawsuits.
True False
19. Most states have separate courts of law and equity.
True False
20. A statute of limitations determines the maximum and minimum amounts of monetary relief
that may be granted in different types of civil lawsuits.
True False
21. The purpose of secondary sources of law is to increase uniformity and fairness across courts
in the 50 states.
True False
22. A wrongful act may violate civil law or criminal law but cannot violate both simultaneously.
True False
23. A zoning law that regulates what a landowner may or may not do with his or her privately
owned property is an example of a public law.
True False
24. Laws requiring that the police show reasonable cause and obtain a search warrant before
entering a place of business to search for evidence are examples of substantive laws.
True False
Legal Foundations
Fill in the Blank Questions
1. Much of the origins of the law dealt with issues related to _______.
________________________________________
2. When the United States Supreme Court formally recognized its role in achieving equality for
all Americans during the civil rights movement, it was following a ________ philosophy.
________________________________________
3. Attorneys who work for a company and are part of the executive or midlevel management
team are specifically referred to as ________ counsel.
________________________________________
4. Attorneys, particularly in a business context, are also referred to as _______.
________________________________________
5. Measures of judicial action intended to compensate an injured party in a civil lawsuit are
called _______.
________________________________________
,6. Equitable rules used in the context of common law rules that guide courts in deciding cases
or controversies are called equitable _______.
________________________________________
7. Judicial opinions are also known as the ________ of the case.
________________________________________
8. A collection of uniform legal principles focused on a particular area of traditional state law is
called ________ of the Law.
________________________________________
9. Trial lawyers are also referred to as _______.
________________________________________
10. ________ are recognized as binding between two parties even though no specific statute or
regulation provides for the rights of the parties.
________________________________________
True / False Questions
11. Legal positivists believe that agreed-upon laws should be uniformly and strictly enforced and
may be changed only by the government.
True False
,12. Law today is crucial to business by creating some degree of reliability to be used in business
planning and commercial transactions.
True False
13. States tend to amend their constitutions less frequently than is the case with the U.S.
Constitution.
True False
14. A presidential veto may be overridden by a two-thirds majority vote of the Senate.
True False
15. Legal realism is the oldest form of American jurisprudence; it was founded during the
American Revolution and forms the basis for the U.S. Constitution.
True False
16. Courts regularly question and overturn administrative-agency decisions involving how and
when an agency enforces a regulation.
True False
17. The power of courts to establish law in matters not specifically addressed by statutes is very
limited in common law countries.
True False
, 18. Equitable remedies are available to compensate injured parties in both civil and criminal
lawsuits.
True False
19. Most states have separate courts of law and equity.
True False
20. A statute of limitations determines the maximum and minimum amounts of monetary relief
that may be granted in different types of civil lawsuits.
True False
21. The purpose of secondary sources of law is to increase uniformity and fairness across courts
in the 50 states.
True False
22. A wrongful act may violate civil law or criminal law but cannot violate both simultaneously.
True False
23. A zoning law that regulates what a landowner may or may not do with his or her privately
owned property is an example of a public law.
True False
24. Laws requiring that the police show reasonable cause and obtain a search warrant before
entering a place of business to search for evidence are examples of substantive laws.
True False
