BERGSTROM MGMT 200 FINAL PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Laws. Answer: social contracts that restrict people's rights Why do we
need them?
◉ Common law. Answer: judge made, follows customs and precedent,
law derived by courts
◉ Stare decisis. Answer: binds lower or equal courts to higher or equal
courts' decisions
◉ Precedent. Answer: decisions made by courts of equal or higher
authority, mostly followed in our judicial system
◉ Standing. Answer: something needed to have happened that invaded
legal rights, there needs to have been a harm
◉ Case or controversy. Answer: real disputes, there needs to be an
existing problem
◉ Constitutionalism. Answer: idea that the Constitution is the highest
law in the land
,◉ Natural law. Answer: higher eternal law, seen as "basic to human
conduct," inherent
◉ Positive law. Answer: regulate ordered society, stop signs
◉ Preemption. Answer: the idea that one law dominates over another
◉ In the US, contradicting federal law will preempt state law. Answer:
preemption
◉ Gerrymandering. Answer: drawing congressional districts in a way
that favors a political party
◉ Federalism. Answer: idea the government is divided between national,
governmental, and local levels
◉ Separation of powers. Answer: idea of checks and balances and that
power is distributed among three branches of government
◉ Initiative. Answer: measure taken straight to the ballet to be voted on
by the people
, ◉ Textualism/Originalist. Answer: mode of interpretation for the
Constitution, strict interpretation, listens to what the Constitution says
and meant Justice Scalia
◉ Living constitution/Judicial activist. Answer: mode of interpretation
for the Constitution, idea that law and norms are everchanging and that
the Constitution can be changed and interpreted differently Justice
Souter
◉ Eminent domain. Answer: the right of the government to take people's
property for public use as long as they pay just compensation
◉ Regulatory takings. Answer: when a rule is put into place that
diminishes the value of your property to such an extent that is
considered a taking and you must be compensated by the government
◉ Plaintiffs. Answer: bring suit
◉ Defendants. Answer: .... defend suit
◉ Damages. Answer: what is awarded, what plaintiff is seeking
◉ Civil dispute. Answer: what you could bring to court
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Laws. Answer: social contracts that restrict people's rights Why do we
need them?
◉ Common law. Answer: judge made, follows customs and precedent,
law derived by courts
◉ Stare decisis. Answer: binds lower or equal courts to higher or equal
courts' decisions
◉ Precedent. Answer: decisions made by courts of equal or higher
authority, mostly followed in our judicial system
◉ Standing. Answer: something needed to have happened that invaded
legal rights, there needs to have been a harm
◉ Case or controversy. Answer: real disputes, there needs to be an
existing problem
◉ Constitutionalism. Answer: idea that the Constitution is the highest
law in the land
,◉ Natural law. Answer: higher eternal law, seen as "basic to human
conduct," inherent
◉ Positive law. Answer: regulate ordered society, stop signs
◉ Preemption. Answer: the idea that one law dominates over another
◉ In the US, contradicting federal law will preempt state law. Answer:
preemption
◉ Gerrymandering. Answer: drawing congressional districts in a way
that favors a political party
◉ Federalism. Answer: idea the government is divided between national,
governmental, and local levels
◉ Separation of powers. Answer: idea of checks and balances and that
power is distributed among three branches of government
◉ Initiative. Answer: measure taken straight to the ballet to be voted on
by the people
, ◉ Textualism/Originalist. Answer: mode of interpretation for the
Constitution, strict interpretation, listens to what the Constitution says
and meant Justice Scalia
◉ Living constitution/Judicial activist. Answer: mode of interpretation
for the Constitution, idea that law and norms are everchanging and that
the Constitution can be changed and interpreted differently Justice
Souter
◉ Eminent domain. Answer: the right of the government to take people's
property for public use as long as they pay just compensation
◉ Regulatory takings. Answer: when a rule is put into place that
diminishes the value of your property to such an extent that is
considered a taking and you must be compensated by the government
◉ Plaintiffs. Answer: bring suit
◉ Defendants. Answer: .... defend suit
◉ Damages. Answer: what is awarded, what plaintiff is seeking
◉ Civil dispute. Answer: what you could bring to court
