BLAW 2200 FINAL STUDY GUIDE
Private law - Answers - involves disputes between private individuals or groups
Public Law - Answers - disputes between private individuals or groups and their
government
Civil law - Answers - Rights and responsibilities found in relationships between persons
and between persons and their government
Criminal law - Answers - Applies to situations in which someone commits an act against
the public as a unit
Constitutional law - Answers - General limits and powers of a government as interpreted
from its written constitution.
statuary law - Answers - The assortment of rules and regulations put forth by
legislatures
model or uniform laws - Answers - serve as a basis for some statutory law at the state
level
Case law or common law - Answers - The collection of legal interpretations made by
judges
stare decisis - Answers - "Standing by the decision"
Restatements of the Law - Answers - Summaries of the common law rules in a
particular area of the law that have been enacted by most states
Administrative law - Answers - The collection of rules and decisions made by all these
administrative agencies
Treaty - Answers - Binding agreement between two states or international organizations
in the US a treaty must be approved by 2/3 of the senate and generally is negated by
the executive branch
Natural law - Answers - Refers to the idea that there are certain ethical laws and
principles that are morally right and above the laws devised by humans
Legal Positivism - Answers - An interpretive guide that urges us, as it's followers, to
design our legal system on the basis of the belief that legitimate political authority
deserves our obedience when it issues a rule
, Identification of the vulnerable - Answers - The Ill, children, the aged, the disabled, and
the poor, require assistance to meet their fundamental needs of life, health, and
education
Historical school - Answers - Shaping law based on tradition or custom
Legal Realism - Answers - Based on the idea that, when ruling on a case, judges need
to consider more than just the law
Ethics - Answers - The study and practice of decisions about what is good or right
Business ethics - Answers - The application of ethics to the special problems and
opportunities business people experience
Ethical dilemma - Answers - A problem about what a firm should do for which no clear,
right decision is available
Social responsibility of business - Answers - The expectations that a community places
on the actions of firms inside that community's borders.
Relevant Stakeholders - Answers - Owners or shareholders, employees, customers,
management, the general community where the firm operates, future generations
Universalization test - Answers - What the world would be like if everyone copied our
decision
trial courts or courts of original jurisdiction - Answers - have the power to hear and
decide cases when they first enter the legal system
courts of appellate jurisdiction or appellate courts - Answers - Have the power to review
previous judicial decisions to determine weather trial courts erred in their decisions
Question of law - Answers - An issue concerning the interpretation or application of a
law
question of fact - Answers - A question about an event or characteristic of the case
in personam jurisdiction - Answers - jurisdiction over the person
Complaint - Answers - Specifies the factual and legal basis for the lawsuit and the relief
the plaintiff seeks
Summons - Answers - A court order that notifies the defendant of the lawsuit and
explains how and when to respond to the complaint
Private law - Answers - involves disputes between private individuals or groups
Public Law - Answers - disputes between private individuals or groups and their
government
Civil law - Answers - Rights and responsibilities found in relationships between persons
and between persons and their government
Criminal law - Answers - Applies to situations in which someone commits an act against
the public as a unit
Constitutional law - Answers - General limits and powers of a government as interpreted
from its written constitution.
statuary law - Answers - The assortment of rules and regulations put forth by
legislatures
model or uniform laws - Answers - serve as a basis for some statutory law at the state
level
Case law or common law - Answers - The collection of legal interpretations made by
judges
stare decisis - Answers - "Standing by the decision"
Restatements of the Law - Answers - Summaries of the common law rules in a
particular area of the law that have been enacted by most states
Administrative law - Answers - The collection of rules and decisions made by all these
administrative agencies
Treaty - Answers - Binding agreement between two states or international organizations
in the US a treaty must be approved by 2/3 of the senate and generally is negated by
the executive branch
Natural law - Answers - Refers to the idea that there are certain ethical laws and
principles that are morally right and above the laws devised by humans
Legal Positivism - Answers - An interpretive guide that urges us, as it's followers, to
design our legal system on the basis of the belief that legitimate political authority
deserves our obedience when it issues a rule
, Identification of the vulnerable - Answers - The Ill, children, the aged, the disabled, and
the poor, require assistance to meet their fundamental needs of life, health, and
education
Historical school - Answers - Shaping law based on tradition or custom
Legal Realism - Answers - Based on the idea that, when ruling on a case, judges need
to consider more than just the law
Ethics - Answers - The study and practice of decisions about what is good or right
Business ethics - Answers - The application of ethics to the special problems and
opportunities business people experience
Ethical dilemma - Answers - A problem about what a firm should do for which no clear,
right decision is available
Social responsibility of business - Answers - The expectations that a community places
on the actions of firms inside that community's borders.
Relevant Stakeholders - Answers - Owners or shareholders, employees, customers,
management, the general community where the firm operates, future generations
Universalization test - Answers - What the world would be like if everyone copied our
decision
trial courts or courts of original jurisdiction - Answers - have the power to hear and
decide cases when they first enter the legal system
courts of appellate jurisdiction or appellate courts - Answers - Have the power to review
previous judicial decisions to determine weather trial courts erred in their decisions
Question of law - Answers - An issue concerning the interpretation or application of a
law
question of fact - Answers - A question about an event or characteristic of the case
in personam jurisdiction - Answers - jurisdiction over the person
Complaint - Answers - Specifies the factual and legal basis for the lawsuit and the relief
the plaintiff seeks
Summons - Answers - A court order that notifies the defendant of the lawsuit and
explains how and when to respond to the complaint
