BLAW 3310 EXAM 3 REVIEW PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ What causes changes in law to cause changes in acceptable
behavior? Answer: The legal system provides a way to bring about
changes in "acceptable" behavior
*Something you are not used to doing, but you can do it now
◉ How did the government get powers when they were not listed in
the federal constitution? Answer: The states
◉ Three main branches of the government Answer: Legislative -
Congress (House & Senate); makes the laws
Executive -President and his cabinet; implements the laws
(executive orders)
Judicial -Supreme Court; interpret the laws
◉ What happens when a law contradicts the Constitution? Answer:
It is considered "unconstitutional"
,*Known as the judicial review
◉ State Constitution Answer: *The highest law of the land for the
state law.
Specify how state officials are chosen and removed, how laws are
passed, how the court systems run, and how finances and revenues
are paid and collected
◉ Who creates statutory law? Answer: The legislatures
◉ What is judicial review, and what do courts do with federal and
state statutes? Answer: Judicial review is the court's authority to
interpret the law.
Federal courts may review statutes passed by Congress to ensure
they do not violate the US Constitution.
State courts may review statutes passed by their legislatures to
ensure they do not violate the constitution of the state or of the
United States.
◉ How many statutes get sent to the president each year to be
signed into law? Answer: 200-300
, ◉ What a bi-cameral legislature is and why we use them? Answer:
Two legislatures containing a House of Representatives and a Senate
dividing power between two houses is intended to serve as an added
check on government power
◉ How is an administrative agency created? Answer: It is created by
a delegation of legislative power to the executive branch
◉ To get a dispute resolved by a court, you must bring a case
Answer:
◉ What precedent mean in case law? Answer: Judges look for
guidance by studying decisions from earlier recorded cases. It is
applied to the facts of the new cases under consideration and helps
to guide the decision.
◉ Stare decisis Answer: The use of precedent in deciding current
cases, "to stand on decided cases"
◉ The advantages of the use of precedent in law for business
Answer: 1. Consistency in the legal system improves the ability to
plan business decisions
2. People become increasingly confident the rule will be followed in
the resolution of future disputes
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ What causes changes in law to cause changes in acceptable
behavior? Answer: The legal system provides a way to bring about
changes in "acceptable" behavior
*Something you are not used to doing, but you can do it now
◉ How did the government get powers when they were not listed in
the federal constitution? Answer: The states
◉ Three main branches of the government Answer: Legislative -
Congress (House & Senate); makes the laws
Executive -President and his cabinet; implements the laws
(executive orders)
Judicial -Supreme Court; interpret the laws
◉ What happens when a law contradicts the Constitution? Answer:
It is considered "unconstitutional"
,*Known as the judicial review
◉ State Constitution Answer: *The highest law of the land for the
state law.
Specify how state officials are chosen and removed, how laws are
passed, how the court systems run, and how finances and revenues
are paid and collected
◉ Who creates statutory law? Answer: The legislatures
◉ What is judicial review, and what do courts do with federal and
state statutes? Answer: Judicial review is the court's authority to
interpret the law.
Federal courts may review statutes passed by Congress to ensure
they do not violate the US Constitution.
State courts may review statutes passed by their legislatures to
ensure they do not violate the constitution of the state or of the
United States.
◉ How many statutes get sent to the president each year to be
signed into law? Answer: 200-300
, ◉ What a bi-cameral legislature is and why we use them? Answer:
Two legislatures containing a House of Representatives and a Senate
dividing power between two houses is intended to serve as an added
check on government power
◉ How is an administrative agency created? Answer: It is created by
a delegation of legislative power to the executive branch
◉ To get a dispute resolved by a court, you must bring a case
Answer:
◉ What precedent mean in case law? Answer: Judges look for
guidance by studying decisions from earlier recorded cases. It is
applied to the facts of the new cases under consideration and helps
to guide the decision.
◉ Stare decisis Answer: The use of precedent in deciding current
cases, "to stand on decided cases"
◉ The advantages of the use of precedent in law for business
Answer: 1. Consistency in the legal system improves the ability to
plan business decisions
2. People become increasingly confident the rule will be followed in
the resolution of future disputes
