Quiz for LRW questions with complete
solutions
Stare Decisis - correct answer ✔✔requires court to follow its own prior decisions when faced
with the same legal issue
precedent - correct answer ✔✔binding prior court decision
What is the difference between persuasive law and binding law - correct answer ✔✔Binding
law has mandatory authority, it comes from case law and statutes; persuasive law has
persuasive authority, it is not binding, it can come from other jurisdictions, legal encyclopedias,
or journal articles
What are the three branches of government, give a short description of each - correct answer
✔✔The legislative enacts statutes, the judicial produces case law, and the executive issues
regulations and executive orders
What branch of government is the source of statutes? Regulations? Administrative law?
Common law? - correct answer ✔✔Statutes-legislator, regulations-executive, administrative
law-executive, common law-judicial
what branch contains courts - correct answer ✔✔judicial
give an example of a federal court that is part of the executive branch - correct answer
✔✔military courts, immigration courts
what is a potential conflict between federal law and state law - correct answer ✔✔With the
legalization of marijuana, some state laws legalized marijuana; yet, it is illegal federally
solutions
Stare Decisis - correct answer ✔✔requires court to follow its own prior decisions when faced
with the same legal issue
precedent - correct answer ✔✔binding prior court decision
What is the difference between persuasive law and binding law - correct answer ✔✔Binding
law has mandatory authority, it comes from case law and statutes; persuasive law has
persuasive authority, it is not binding, it can come from other jurisdictions, legal encyclopedias,
or journal articles
What are the three branches of government, give a short description of each - correct answer
✔✔The legislative enacts statutes, the judicial produces case law, and the executive issues
regulations and executive orders
What branch of government is the source of statutes? Regulations? Administrative law?
Common law? - correct answer ✔✔Statutes-legislator, regulations-executive, administrative
law-executive, common law-judicial
what branch contains courts - correct answer ✔✔judicial
give an example of a federal court that is part of the executive branch - correct answer
✔✔military courts, immigration courts
what is a potential conflict between federal law and state law - correct answer ✔✔With the
legalization of marijuana, some state laws legalized marijuana; yet, it is illegal federally
