LAW 205 EXAM 1 REVIEW | QUESTIONS 100%
VERIFIED
Which of the following is NOT a category of public law
a) Tort Law
b) Consitutional law
c)Criminal Law
d) Administrative - Answers - Tort law
The rules set forth how a case can be brought to trial are - Answers - procedural law
law derived from judicial decisions - Answers - common law
Which of the following statements about res judicata is NOT correct
a) It is the legal basis of a court's power of judicial review
b) It binds the parties to the decisions in a lawsuit so that neither can religiate the case
c) It is often reffered as the thing has been decided
d) It forever bars the particular involved in a dispute from litigating the same matter -
Answers - d) It forever bars the particular involved in a dispute from litigating the same
matter
Once a case is decided, it creates precedent for use in subsequent cases, which is
often referred to as - Answers - Stare Decisis
Laws that regulate and control the duties of persons, and used to resolve disputes are -
Answers - Substantive
A court has power to hear cases when it has - Answers - Jurisdiction
What does the legal reasoning include - Answers - Identifying the legal question
involved
Ben and Jerry are in business together doing lawn care. They share a lawn mower and
take turns maintaining and paying for the fuel for the lawn mower. Jerry hasn't been
maintaining the mower and Ben is suing in - Answers - Small claims
A case based on a federal question has a minimum amount of damages before it can
be tried in a Federal Court. What is the amount - Answers - No minimum amount is
required
VERIFIED
Which of the following is NOT a category of public law
a) Tort Law
b) Consitutional law
c)Criminal Law
d) Administrative - Answers - Tort law
The rules set forth how a case can be brought to trial are - Answers - procedural law
law derived from judicial decisions - Answers - common law
Which of the following statements about res judicata is NOT correct
a) It is the legal basis of a court's power of judicial review
b) It binds the parties to the decisions in a lawsuit so that neither can religiate the case
c) It is often reffered as the thing has been decided
d) It forever bars the particular involved in a dispute from litigating the same matter -
Answers - d) It forever bars the particular involved in a dispute from litigating the same
matter
Once a case is decided, it creates precedent for use in subsequent cases, which is
often referred to as - Answers - Stare Decisis
Laws that regulate and control the duties of persons, and used to resolve disputes are -
Answers - Substantive
A court has power to hear cases when it has - Answers - Jurisdiction
What does the legal reasoning include - Answers - Identifying the legal question
involved
Ben and Jerry are in business together doing lawn care. They share a lawn mower and
take turns maintaining and paying for the fuel for the lawn mower. Jerry hasn't been
maintaining the mower and Ben is suing in - Answers - Small claims
A case based on a federal question has a minimum amount of damages before it can
be tried in a Federal Court. What is the amount - Answers - No minimum amount is
required
