BLAW 3201 Kristi Richard Exam 1 Questions
and Correct Verified Answers
Law answer - - concerns the relations of individuals with one another as such relations affect
the social economic order
- product of civilization and means by which civilization is maintained
- rule of civil conduct prescribed by supreme power state, commanding what is right and
prohibiting what is wrong (Blackstone)
persuasive answer - Law is ______
- it interacts with and influences political, economic, and social systems of every civilized society
prohibitory answer - Law is ___________
- certain acts must not be committed
- ex. no murder, no stealing
partly mandatory answer - Law is __________
- certain acts must be done or be done in a prescribed way
- ex. taxes paid, corps must make and file certain reports, traffic must keep to right
permissive answer - Law is ________
- individuals may choose to perform or not to perform certain acts
- one may or may not enter into contract, one may or may not dispose of one's estate by will
legal order answer - (Roscoe Pound) multiple meanings:
, - regime of ordering human activities and relations through systematic application of the force
of politically organized society
- social pressure: society backed by such force
- "respect for law" "end of law"
aggregate of laws or legal precepts answer - (Roscoe Pound) multiple meanings:
- body of authoritative grounds of judicial and administrative action established in such a society
- body of received and established materials on which judicial and administrative
determinations proceed
- "systems of law" "justic eaccording to law"
judicial process (Justice Cardozo) answer - (Roscoe Pound) multiple meanings:
- process of determining controversies, whether it actually takes place or as the public, jurists,
and the practitioners in curt hold it ought to take place
primary functions of law answer - maintain stability in the social, political, and economic system
through dispute resolution, protection of property, and the preservation of the state, while
simultaneously permitting change
disputes answer - may involve criminal or noncriminal matters, threaten stability of society
- legal system institutes societal remedies instead of private remedies like revenge
recognition of private ownership of property answer - - fundamental to economic system
because based in exchange of goods and services among privately held units of consumption
- legal system protects owner's use of property and facilitates voluntary agreements
(contracts) regarding exchanges of property and services
and Correct Verified Answers
Law answer - - concerns the relations of individuals with one another as such relations affect
the social economic order
- product of civilization and means by which civilization is maintained
- rule of civil conduct prescribed by supreme power state, commanding what is right and
prohibiting what is wrong (Blackstone)
persuasive answer - Law is ______
- it interacts with and influences political, economic, and social systems of every civilized society
prohibitory answer - Law is ___________
- certain acts must not be committed
- ex. no murder, no stealing
partly mandatory answer - Law is __________
- certain acts must be done or be done in a prescribed way
- ex. taxes paid, corps must make and file certain reports, traffic must keep to right
permissive answer - Law is ________
- individuals may choose to perform or not to perform certain acts
- one may or may not enter into contract, one may or may not dispose of one's estate by will
legal order answer - (Roscoe Pound) multiple meanings:
, - regime of ordering human activities and relations through systematic application of the force
of politically organized society
- social pressure: society backed by such force
- "respect for law" "end of law"
aggregate of laws or legal precepts answer - (Roscoe Pound) multiple meanings:
- body of authoritative grounds of judicial and administrative action established in such a society
- body of received and established materials on which judicial and administrative
determinations proceed
- "systems of law" "justic eaccording to law"
judicial process (Justice Cardozo) answer - (Roscoe Pound) multiple meanings:
- process of determining controversies, whether it actually takes place or as the public, jurists,
and the practitioners in curt hold it ought to take place
primary functions of law answer - maintain stability in the social, political, and economic system
through dispute resolution, protection of property, and the preservation of the state, while
simultaneously permitting change
disputes answer - may involve criminal or noncriminal matters, threaten stability of society
- legal system institutes societal remedies instead of private remedies like revenge
recognition of private ownership of property answer - - fundamental to economic system
because based in exchange of goods and services among privately held units of consumption
- legal system protects owner's use of property and facilitates voluntary agreements
(contracts) regarding exchanges of property and services
