LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS 8TH EDITION BY CHEESEMAN - TEST BANK

,The Legal Environment of Business and Online Commerce, 8e (Cheeseman)
Chapter 1 Legal Heritage and the Digital Age

1) Law is described as ________.
A) a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority and having binding
legal force
B) a study of fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence like knowledge and
language
C) a legal system that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and
predictions
D) a group of legal hypotheses employed to explain a legal phenomenon
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Skill: Legal Concepts
LO: 1.1 Define law.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept

2) The Analytical School of jurisprudence maintains that the law should be ________.
A) shaped by logic
B) based on social behavior
C) set by the ruling class
D) based on morality
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Skill: Legal Concepts
LO: 1.1 Define law.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept

3) Which school of jurisprudence views law as a sort of evolutionary process, where changing
norms of society will be reflected in the law?
A) the Natural Law School of jurisprudence
B) the Sociological School of jurisprudence
C) the Analytical School of jurisprudence
D) the Historical School of jurisprudence
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Skill: Legal Concepts
LO: 1.1 Define law.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept




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,4) Imposing a ban on public smoking can serve as an example of a law that adheres to the
________ School of jurisprudence.
A) Command
B) Sociological
C) Law and Economics
D) Analytical
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Skill: Legal Concepts
LO: 1.1 Define law.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept

5) Proponents of the Command School of jurisprudence will assert that the law is ________.
A) developed, communicated, and enforced by the ruling party
B) a means to achieve and advance sociological goals
C) a collection of a society's traditions and customs that has developed over the centuries
D) based on human reasoning, and humans' choosing power between what is good and evil
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Skill: Legal Concepts
LO: 1.1 Define law.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept

6) Which school of jurisprudence bases its principles, for solving legal disputes, on broad notions
of fairness, and subjective decision making by judges?
A) the Natural Law School of jurisprudence
B) the Analytical School of jurisprudence
C) the Critical Legal Studies School of jurisprudence
D) the Sociological School of jurisprudence
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Skill: Legal Concepts
LO: 1.1 Define law.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept




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, 7) Which school of jurisprudential thought emphasizes using law as a tool for market efficiency
while solving legal disputes?
A) the Critical Legal Studies School of jurisprudence
B) the Command School of jurisprudence
C) the Sociological School of jurisprudence
D) the Law and Economics School of jurisprudence
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Skill: Legal Concepts
LO: 1.1 Define law.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept

8) Which school of jurisprudential thought is reflected in documents such as the U.S.
Constitution, the Magna Carta, and the United Nations Charter?
A) the Natural Law School
B) the Historical School
C) the Sociological School
D) the Analytical School
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Skill: Legal Concepts
LO: 1.1 Define law.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept

9) The U.S. government passed draft laws during the Vietnam War decreeing that men of a
certain age had to serve in the military if they met specific physical requirements. Which of the
following schools of jurisprudential thought does such draft laws adhere to the most?
A) the Historical School of jurisprudence
B) the Natural Law School of jurisprudence
C) the Sociological School of jurisprudence
D) the Command School of jurisprudence
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Skill: Legal Concepts
LO: 1.1 Define law.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept




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