LEGL 225 Towson TEST 1 Questions AND Correct Answers
1) 3 Legal Philosophies - ✔✔Legal Realism- Who enforces the
law counts more than what is in writing
Legal Positivism - Law is what the sovereign says
Natural Law-An unjust law is no law at all
1) Civil Law - ✔✔Preponderance of Evidence / Pay In $ for
crimes or issue
1) Criminal Law - ✔✔Beyond a reasonable doubt / Jail time
1) How many amendments are there? - ✔✔27 admendments
1) What are the 3 branches of government? - ✔✔Legislative,
Executive, Judicial
1) What are the sources of law? - ✔✔**
1. Statutory Law
2. Common Law
, 3. Administrative Law
4. Constitutional Law
1) Where did the US legal system come from? - ✔✔English /
CHECK BOOK FOR OTHER ANSWER
2) Ethics - ✔✔How people should behave
2) Ethics Decision - ✔✔any choice about how a person should
behave that is based on a sense of right and wrong
2) Theories of ethics - ✔✔Utilitarian (John Stuart Mill)- Correct
decision maximizes profit minimizes pain.
Deontological(Immanuel Kant)- act is acceptable if it's ethical
for everyone to do
Raulsian Justice(John Rauls)- Hard work matters, luck plays a
roll, your circumstance matters
1) 3 Legal Philosophies - ✔✔Legal Realism- Who enforces the
law counts more than what is in writing
Legal Positivism - Law is what the sovereign says
Natural Law-An unjust law is no law at all
1) Civil Law - ✔✔Preponderance of Evidence / Pay In $ for
crimes or issue
1) Criminal Law - ✔✔Beyond a reasonable doubt / Jail time
1) How many amendments are there? - ✔✔27 admendments
1) What are the 3 branches of government? - ✔✔Legislative,
Executive, Judicial
1) What are the sources of law? - ✔✔**
1. Statutory Law
2. Common Law
, 3. Administrative Law
4. Constitutional Law
1) Where did the US legal system come from? - ✔✔English /
CHECK BOOK FOR OTHER ANSWER
2) Ethics - ✔✔How people should behave
2) Ethics Decision - ✔✔any choice about how a person should
behave that is based on a sense of right and wrong
2) Theories of ethics - ✔✔Utilitarian (John Stuart Mill)- Correct
decision maximizes profit minimizes pain.
Deontological(Immanuel Kant)- act is acceptable if it's ethical
for everyone to do
Raulsian Justice(John Rauls)- Hard work matters, luck plays a
roll, your circumstance matters
