FSU BUL 3310 Exam 1 Marzen 2026
Questions and Answers
Law - Correct answer-enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals
and between individuals and their society
Three types of Law - Correct answer-Legislative laws, judicial pronouncements,
procedural law
Legislative Law - Correct answer-laws, including federal and state constitutions,
that have been passed by legislative bodies
Judicial Pronouncements - Correct answer-Legal statements made by courts. Based
on statutory interpretation or common law.
Procedural Law(type of law) - Correct answer-Rules of evidence and legal/court
procedure
Public Law - Correct answer-Bodies of law that affect the public generally
(Constitutional, Administrative, Criminal Laws)
Private Law - Correct answer-Law that pertains to the relationships between
individuals in an organized society (contracts, torts, property)
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,Criminal Law - Correct answer-Applies to acts that society deems so harmful to
the public welfare that government is responsible for prosecuting and punishing the
perpetrators
Civil Law(Classification) - Correct answer-Classification of law that applies to
legal matters not governed by criminal law and that protect rights and provide
remedies for breaches of duties owed to others.
Substantive Law - Correct answer-A classification of law that creates, defines, and
regulates parties' rights, duties, and powers.
Procedural Law (classification) - Correct answer-A classification of law that
prescribes the steps, or processes, for enforcing the rights and duties defined by
substantive law
Sources of Law - Correct answer--Constitutions
-Legislation
-Judicial decisions
-Administrative law
-Equity and Equitable Principles
Common Law - Correct answer-Body of law derived from court decisions as
opposed to statues or constitutions
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, US Legal System has what kind of foundation? - Correct answer-Common law
foundation; the written laws passed by congress and legislatures, and the decisions
of court cases
Civil Law (Source of Law) - Correct answer-Codes of written laws, or statutes,
apply primarily to all legal questions.
Courts of Equity - Correct answer-Issues decrees/injunctions to provide relief
where monetary judgements were inadequate; utilized general legal principles
(maxims) to guide decisionmaking. Equitable remedies include those such as
specific performance (a court ordering performance) of a contract.
Hierarchy of Laws - Correct answer-Federal law trumps state law. U.S.
Constitution is highest; then federal statutes; then state constitutions; then state
laws.
US and State Constitutions - Correct answer-the basis of the legal system. they
represent supreme law (supremacy clause)
Constitutions - Correct answer-Define the powers and functions of the branches of
government
Federal Laws can or cannot violate the US Constitution? - Correct answer-
CANNOT
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Questions and Answers
Law - Correct answer-enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals
and between individuals and their society
Three types of Law - Correct answer-Legislative laws, judicial pronouncements,
procedural law
Legislative Law - Correct answer-laws, including federal and state constitutions,
that have been passed by legislative bodies
Judicial Pronouncements - Correct answer-Legal statements made by courts. Based
on statutory interpretation or common law.
Procedural Law(type of law) - Correct answer-Rules of evidence and legal/court
procedure
Public Law - Correct answer-Bodies of law that affect the public generally
(Constitutional, Administrative, Criminal Laws)
Private Law - Correct answer-Law that pertains to the relationships between
individuals in an organized society (contracts, torts, property)
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,Criminal Law - Correct answer-Applies to acts that society deems so harmful to
the public welfare that government is responsible for prosecuting and punishing the
perpetrators
Civil Law(Classification) - Correct answer-Classification of law that applies to
legal matters not governed by criminal law and that protect rights and provide
remedies for breaches of duties owed to others.
Substantive Law - Correct answer-A classification of law that creates, defines, and
regulates parties' rights, duties, and powers.
Procedural Law (classification) - Correct answer-A classification of law that
prescribes the steps, or processes, for enforcing the rights and duties defined by
substantive law
Sources of Law - Correct answer--Constitutions
-Legislation
-Judicial decisions
-Administrative law
-Equity and Equitable Principles
Common Law - Correct answer-Body of law derived from court decisions as
opposed to statues or constitutions
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, US Legal System has what kind of foundation? - Correct answer-Common law
foundation; the written laws passed by congress and legislatures, and the decisions
of court cases
Civil Law (Source of Law) - Correct answer-Codes of written laws, or statutes,
apply primarily to all legal questions.
Courts of Equity - Correct answer-Issues decrees/injunctions to provide relief
where monetary judgements were inadequate; utilized general legal principles
(maxims) to guide decisionmaking. Equitable remedies include those such as
specific performance (a court ordering performance) of a contract.
Hierarchy of Laws - Correct answer-Federal law trumps state law. U.S.
Constitution is highest; then federal statutes; then state constitutions; then state
laws.
US and State Constitutions - Correct answer-the basis of the legal system. they
represent supreme law (supremacy clause)
Constitutions - Correct answer-Define the powers and functions of the branches of
government
Federal Laws can or cannot violate the US Constitution? - Correct answer-
CANNOT
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