BLAW Exam 1 UMD with all Correct & 100% Verified
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Federalism ✔Correct Answer--the state's power to make law in certain areas
Constitution ✔Correct Answer--A document which spells out the principles by which a government
runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society
Treaties ✔Correct Answer--when created by the President + foreign governments + approved by
2/3 of the U.S. senate, this becomes the "Law of the Land'
Statutes ✔Correct Answer--Laws created by elected representatives in Congress or state legislature
Uniform Acts ✔Correct Answer--model statutes drafted by private bodies of lawyers and scholars;
not law until legislature enacts them
Ordinances ✔Correct Answer--counties, municipalities, and townships that exercise various
government functions; sub-state level law
Common Law ✔Correct Answer--law made and applied by judges as they decide cases not
governed by statutes or other types of law
Precedents ✔Correct Answer--following the decisions of past judges
executive order ✔Correct Answer--a rule or order issued by the president or governor that applies
to issue law; only law-making powers chief executives have
Administrative regulations and decisions ✔Correct Answer--state and fed legislatures get power by
delegation of power from legislatures; two types of law made by administrative agencies; subsidiary
rules to help implement statutes
Criminal Law ✔Correct Answer--Law under which the government prosecutes someone for
committing a crime
Civil Law ✔Correct Answer--Law applied when one party sues another
Substantive Law ✔Correct Answer--sets the rights and duties of people as they act in society
Procedural Law ✔Correct Answer--controls the behavior of government bodies as they establish
and enforce rules of substantive law
Public Law ✔Correct Answer--concerns the power of government and the relations between
government and private parties
Private Law ✔Correct Answer--establishes a framework of legal rules that enables parties to set the
rights and duties they owe each other
Law ✔Correct Answer--body of rules regulated by government and enforced by courts
Answers |Actual Complete Exam| Already Graded A+
Federalism ✔Correct Answer--the state's power to make law in certain areas
Constitution ✔Correct Answer--A document which spells out the principles by which a government
runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society
Treaties ✔Correct Answer--when created by the President + foreign governments + approved by
2/3 of the U.S. senate, this becomes the "Law of the Land'
Statutes ✔Correct Answer--Laws created by elected representatives in Congress or state legislature
Uniform Acts ✔Correct Answer--model statutes drafted by private bodies of lawyers and scholars;
not law until legislature enacts them
Ordinances ✔Correct Answer--counties, municipalities, and townships that exercise various
government functions; sub-state level law
Common Law ✔Correct Answer--law made and applied by judges as they decide cases not
governed by statutes or other types of law
Precedents ✔Correct Answer--following the decisions of past judges
executive order ✔Correct Answer--a rule or order issued by the president or governor that applies
to issue law; only law-making powers chief executives have
Administrative regulations and decisions ✔Correct Answer--state and fed legislatures get power by
delegation of power from legislatures; two types of law made by administrative agencies; subsidiary
rules to help implement statutes
Criminal Law ✔Correct Answer--Law under which the government prosecutes someone for
committing a crime
Civil Law ✔Correct Answer--Law applied when one party sues another
Substantive Law ✔Correct Answer--sets the rights and duties of people as they act in society
Procedural Law ✔Correct Answer--controls the behavior of government bodies as they establish
and enforce rules of substantive law
Public Law ✔Correct Answer--concerns the power of government and the relations between
government and private parties
Private Law ✔Correct Answer--establishes a framework of legal rules that enables parties to set the
rights and duties they owe each other
Law ✔Correct Answer--body of rules regulated by government and enforced by courts
