Tort Law Midterm Exam With Complete Solutions (A+)
Torts can only be classified under one category?
True or False?
False
All states follow the Restatement of the Law of Torts?
True or False?
False
During the twentieth century, legal scholars advocated that the purpose of tort law was
to punish and deter inappropriate conduct rather than simply provide social justice?
True or False?
False
The goal in defining reasonableness is to balance the plaintiff's need for protection
against the defendant's claim of freedom?
True or False?
True
To discern the public policy supporting the passage of a law, the following need to be
addressed:
rationale
Black letter principles are principles of law commonly accepted by the legal
,community?
True or False?
True
Torts encompass all of the following:
Intentional
negligence
strict liability
All of the above
all of the above
Public policy issues involve the interests and objectives of society as a whole?
True or False?
True
Tort law is found upon personal morality?
True or False?
False
The rise of negligence as a cause of action coincided with the fall of the following?
action in trespass
The Restatement of the Law of Torts is criticized for the following reason?
It creates the impression of uniformity in the law where there is none.
,A tort is a criminal wrong that is punishable by law?
True or False?
false
Early in Anglo-Saxon history, compensation was paid to the clan instead of the
individual?
True or False?
true
In the law of contract, a person is bound to act as a reasonable person to all other
persons?
True or False?
false
The following is the major concern in slippery slope arguments:
An argument used in one case will allow that same argument to be used in innumerable
other cases.
A defendant cannot be held liable if he or she does not violate moral code?
True or False?
False
The remedy in a contract case is the following?
Compensate a party with the benefit of the bargain
Tort law and criminal law differ in which of the following ways?
, interests affected
standard of proof
procedural mechanisms
all of the above
all of the above
The most common category of tort law is the following:
Negligence
William Prosser, noted tort scholar, can be described in the following way:
support of strict liability
An act can be both a crime against the state and a tort against an individual?
True or False?
True
The following is true of common law
Local rules evolved into common law
In an action in trespass, damage to the plaintiff is implied.
Torts can only be classified under one category?
True or False?
False
All states follow the Restatement of the Law of Torts?
True or False?
False
During the twentieth century, legal scholars advocated that the purpose of tort law was
to punish and deter inappropriate conduct rather than simply provide social justice?
True or False?
False
The goal in defining reasonableness is to balance the plaintiff's need for protection
against the defendant's claim of freedom?
True or False?
True
To discern the public policy supporting the passage of a law, the following need to be
addressed:
rationale
Black letter principles are principles of law commonly accepted by the legal
,community?
True or False?
True
Torts encompass all of the following:
Intentional
negligence
strict liability
All of the above
all of the above
Public policy issues involve the interests and objectives of society as a whole?
True or False?
True
Tort law is found upon personal morality?
True or False?
False
The rise of negligence as a cause of action coincided with the fall of the following?
action in trespass
The Restatement of the Law of Torts is criticized for the following reason?
It creates the impression of uniformity in the law where there is none.
,A tort is a criminal wrong that is punishable by law?
True or False?
false
Early in Anglo-Saxon history, compensation was paid to the clan instead of the
individual?
True or False?
true
In the law of contract, a person is bound to act as a reasonable person to all other
persons?
True or False?
false
The following is the major concern in slippery slope arguments:
An argument used in one case will allow that same argument to be used in innumerable
other cases.
A defendant cannot be held liable if he or she does not violate moral code?
True or False?
False
The remedy in a contract case is the following?
Compensate a party with the benefit of the bargain
Tort law and criminal law differ in which of the following ways?
, interests affected
standard of proof
procedural mechanisms
all of the above
all of the above
The most common category of tort law is the following:
Negligence
William Prosser, noted tort scholar, can be described in the following way:
support of strict liability
An act can be both a crime against the state and a tort against an individual?
True or False?
True
The following is true of common law
Local rules evolved into common law
In an action in trespass, damage to the plaintiff is implied.
