BLAW 2200 CHAPTER 1 STUDY GUIDE
Law - Answers - A body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals
and between individuals and their society
Liability - Answers - The state of being legally responsible (liable) for something, such
as a debt or obligation
Ethics - Answers - The moral principles and values that govern what constitutes right or
wrong behavior
Primary Sources of Law - Answers - Sources that establish the law such as
constitutions, statutes, and regulations
Secondary sources of law - Answers - Sources that summarize and clarify the primary
sources of law such as treaties and legal encyclopedias
Constitution - Answers - Set forth the fundamental rights of the people living withing the
United States or a given state, describe and empower the various branches of
government, and prescribe limitations on that power
Statutes - Answers - Passed by Congress and state legislatures
Ordinances - Answers - Passed by local governing bodies.
Executive agencies - Answers - Contained within cabinet departments and are subject
to the authority of the president, who has the power to appoint and remove their officers.
Independent regulatory agencies - Answers - have officers that serve for fixed terms
and cannot be removed without just cause.
Case law - Answers - The doctrines and principles announced in cases that govern all
areas not covered by statutory or administrative law
Common law - Answers - the body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in
English and US courts that is not attributable to a legislature
Remedies - Answers - The relief given to an innocent party to enforce a right or
compensate for the violation of a right
Courts of equity - Answers - have the power to award any kind of non-monetary relief
Equitable maxims - Answers - A party's right to receive equitable relief and a court's
power to grant it
Law - Answers - A body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals
and between individuals and their society
Liability - Answers - The state of being legally responsible (liable) for something, such
as a debt or obligation
Ethics - Answers - The moral principles and values that govern what constitutes right or
wrong behavior
Primary Sources of Law - Answers - Sources that establish the law such as
constitutions, statutes, and regulations
Secondary sources of law - Answers - Sources that summarize and clarify the primary
sources of law such as treaties and legal encyclopedias
Constitution - Answers - Set forth the fundamental rights of the people living withing the
United States or a given state, describe and empower the various branches of
government, and prescribe limitations on that power
Statutes - Answers - Passed by Congress and state legislatures
Ordinances - Answers - Passed by local governing bodies.
Executive agencies - Answers - Contained within cabinet departments and are subject
to the authority of the president, who has the power to appoint and remove their officers.
Independent regulatory agencies - Answers - have officers that serve for fixed terms
and cannot be removed without just cause.
Case law - Answers - The doctrines and principles announced in cases that govern all
areas not covered by statutory or administrative law
Common law - Answers - the body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in
English and US courts that is not attributable to a legislature
Remedies - Answers - The relief given to an innocent party to enforce a right or
compensate for the violation of a right
Courts of equity - Answers - have the power to award any kind of non-monetary relief
Equitable maxims - Answers - A party's right to receive equitable relief and a court's
power to grant it
