Legal Nurse Consulting Principles
Questions & answers (updated 2026)
ConstitutionalBLawB-
BAnswerIsBaBcompilationBofBlawsBprinciplesBandBamendmentsBderivedBfromBTheBunitedBstates
BandBstateBconstitutionsBthatBgovernBandBguideBfederalBandBstateBgoverments,corportations,s
ociety,andBindividuals.
StatutesB-BAnswerlawsBenactedBbyBstateBorBfederalBlegislatures
OrdinancesB-
BAnswerpiecesBofBlegislationBcreatedBbyBaBtownBorBcityBcouncilBorBbyBaBcountyBboardBorBco
mmission
CaseBLawB-
BAnswermadeBwhenBanBappellateBcourtBendorsesBaBruleBtoBbeBusedBinBdecidingBcourtBcases
StareBDecisisB-
BAnswerdoctrineBthatBrequiresBlowerBcourtsBtoBfollowBexistingBcaseBlawBinBdecidingBsimilarBc
ases
AdministrativeBagenciesB-BAnswergovernmentalBbodiesBformedBtoBcarryBoutBparticularBlaw
CivilBLawB-
BAnswergroupBofBlawsBusedBtoBprovideBremedyBforBwrongsBagainstBindividuals.BgroupBofBlaw
sBthatBdefinesBandBsetsBpunishmentsBforBoffensesBagainstBsociety
DealBwithBtheBremediesBforBaBpersonBorBentityBinvolveBmoneyBorBcompensationBtoBmakeBth
eBplaintiffBwholeBagain.
CriminalBLawB-
BAnswergroupBofBlawsBthatBdefinesBandBsetsBpunishmentsBforBoffensesBagainstBsociety.B
IsBcreatedBtoBprovideBguidanceBandBprotectionBtoBthoseBinjuredBbyBOffensesBagainstBsociety.
, CrimeB-
BAnsweranBoffenseBagainstBsociety,BanBactBthatBbreaksBaBlawBandBcausesBharmBtoBpeopleBor
BsocietyBinBgeneral
ProceduralBLawB-
BAnswergroupBofBlawsBthatBdefineBtheBmethodsBforBenforcingBlegalBrightsBandBduties
SubstantiveBLawB-BAnswergroupBofBlawsBthatBdefineBrightsBandBduties
ResBjudicataB-BAnswer(aBthingBorBmatterBsettledBbyBjudgement)B
TheBdoctrineBpreventsBtheBsameBpartiesBfromBtryingBaBcaseBbasedBonBtheBsameBissueBinBm
oreBthenBoneBcivilBcase
ResBipsaBlongiturB-BAnswer(theBthingBthatBspeaksBforBitBself)
ABlegalBdoctrineBcommonlyBuseBinBoperatingBroomBcasesBwhereBthingsBhaveBbeenBleftBinBab
domenBorBotherBcavitiesBandBwhereBtheBpatientsBconditionBisBotherwiseBcompletelyBincontol
BofBtheBpersonBaccusedBofBnegligence.
ThisBdoctrineBshiftsBtheBburdenBofBprovingBmalpracticeBtoBtheBdefenseBwhichBmustBdisprove
Bnegligence.
Ex.BInBHeastieBv.BrobertsBtheBsupremeBcourtBofBillinoiseBdecidedBthatBresBipsaBlongiturBappli
edBtoBaBcaseBthatBaBpatientBwasBaloneBinBaBroomBrestrainedBwhenBaBfireBbrokeBoutBptBwa
sBburnedBtheBcourtBheldBthatBexpertBtestimonyBwasBnotBrequiredBtoBproveBmalpracticeBandB
thatBtheBjuryBwasBentitledBtoBfindBerBstaffBnegligentBinBtheBabsenceBofBanyotherbrationalBex
planation.
NameB4BtypesBofBlawsBaBLNCBmayBencounterB-BAnswerCivilBlaw
CriminalBlaw
ContractBlaw
TortBlaw
Questions & answers (updated 2026)
ConstitutionalBLawB-
BAnswerIsBaBcompilationBofBlawsBprinciplesBandBamendmentsBderivedBfromBTheBunitedBstates
BandBstateBconstitutionsBthatBgovernBandBguideBfederalBandBstateBgoverments,corportations,s
ociety,andBindividuals.
StatutesB-BAnswerlawsBenactedBbyBstateBorBfederalBlegislatures
OrdinancesB-
BAnswerpiecesBofBlegislationBcreatedBbyBaBtownBorBcityBcouncilBorBbyBaBcountyBboardBorBco
mmission
CaseBLawB-
BAnswermadeBwhenBanBappellateBcourtBendorsesBaBruleBtoBbeBusedBinBdecidingBcourtBcases
StareBDecisisB-
BAnswerdoctrineBthatBrequiresBlowerBcourtsBtoBfollowBexistingBcaseBlawBinBdecidingBsimilarBc
ases
AdministrativeBagenciesB-BAnswergovernmentalBbodiesBformedBtoBcarryBoutBparticularBlaw
CivilBLawB-
BAnswergroupBofBlawsBusedBtoBprovideBremedyBforBwrongsBagainstBindividuals.BgroupBofBlaw
sBthatBdefinesBandBsetsBpunishmentsBforBoffensesBagainstBsociety
DealBwithBtheBremediesBforBaBpersonBorBentityBinvolveBmoneyBorBcompensationBtoBmakeBth
eBplaintiffBwholeBagain.
CriminalBLawB-
BAnswergroupBofBlawsBthatBdefinesBandBsetsBpunishmentsBforBoffensesBagainstBsociety.B
IsBcreatedBtoBprovideBguidanceBandBprotectionBtoBthoseBinjuredBbyBOffensesBagainstBsociety.
, CrimeB-
BAnsweranBoffenseBagainstBsociety,BanBactBthatBbreaksBaBlawBandBcausesBharmBtoBpeopleBor
BsocietyBinBgeneral
ProceduralBLawB-
BAnswergroupBofBlawsBthatBdefineBtheBmethodsBforBenforcingBlegalBrightsBandBduties
SubstantiveBLawB-BAnswergroupBofBlawsBthatBdefineBrightsBandBduties
ResBjudicataB-BAnswer(aBthingBorBmatterBsettledBbyBjudgement)B
TheBdoctrineBpreventsBtheBsameBpartiesBfromBtryingBaBcaseBbasedBonBtheBsameBissueBinBm
oreBthenBoneBcivilBcase
ResBipsaBlongiturB-BAnswer(theBthingBthatBspeaksBforBitBself)
ABlegalBdoctrineBcommonlyBuseBinBoperatingBroomBcasesBwhereBthingsBhaveBbeenBleftBinBab
domenBorBotherBcavitiesBandBwhereBtheBpatientsBconditionBisBotherwiseBcompletelyBincontol
BofBtheBpersonBaccusedBofBnegligence.
ThisBdoctrineBshiftsBtheBburdenBofBprovingBmalpracticeBtoBtheBdefenseBwhichBmustBdisprove
Bnegligence.
Ex.BInBHeastieBv.BrobertsBtheBsupremeBcourtBofBillinoiseBdecidedBthatBresBipsaBlongiturBappli
edBtoBaBcaseBthatBaBpatientBwasBaloneBinBaBroomBrestrainedBwhenBaBfireBbrokeBoutBptBwa
sBburnedBtheBcourtBheldBthatBexpertBtestimonyBwasBnotBrequiredBtoBproveBmalpracticeBandB
thatBtheBjuryBwasBentitledBtoBfindBerBstaffBnegligentBinBtheBabsenceBofBanyotherbrationalBex
planation.
NameB4BtypesBofBlawsBaBLNCBmayBencounterB-BAnswerCivilBlaw
CriminalBlaw
ContractBlaw
TortBlaw