SHEET 2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉Deductive Reasoning. Answer: Syllogism: Relationship of premises
which lead to a conclusion
◉Reasoning by Analogy. Answer: Comparing facts to facts in other
cases (similarities V. distinguishable facts)
◉Legal Reasoning. Answer: Many outcomes cannot be predicted
◉Natural Law School. Answer: Goal is to imitate system of moral
and ethical principles that are inherent in human nature
Use reason to find these principles
Universal Application
◉Positivism. Answer: Apply law of specific society at a particular
point in time
, Much respect for these laws which exist
◉Historical. Answer: Looks to the origin and history of the legal
system to discover what current law should be
◉Legal Realism. Answer: Law is one of several social institutions
Shaped by social forces and needs
Law is a tool to promote justice in society, and to be an agent of
social change
◉Substantive Law. Answer: Law that defines, describes, regulate,
create legal rights and delegations
◉Procedural Law. Answer: Laws that govern the methods by which
citizens enforce the rights granted by substantive law
◉Criminal Law. Answer: Wrongs committed against society as a
whole
Brought by public officials
Pursued on behalf of public, not victim, to punish