INTRODUCTION TO LAW AND THE LEGAL
SYSTEM ACTUAL TEST PAPER UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● What is the common law tradition in American law?
Answer: American law is largely based on English common law, while
Louisiana law follows a civil law system.
●● What are the two classifications of law?
Answer: Substantive Law and Procedural Law.
●● What does substantive law do?
Answer: It consists of laws that create legal rights and obligations.
●● What is procedural law?
Answer: It outlines the methods of enforcing the rights established by
substantive law.
●● What is civil law concerned with?
Answer: It spells out the rights and duties between persons and between
persons and the government.
, ●● What is criminal law?
Answer: It deals with wrongs committed against the public as a whole,
defined by government statutes.
●● Who is the plaintiff in a lawsuit?
Answer: The party who initiates the lawsuit.
●● Who is the defendant in a lawsuit?
Answer: The party against whom the lawsuit is brought.
●● What is judicial review?
Answer: The process by which a court decides the constitutionality of
legislative and executive actions.
●● Which case established judicial review in the U.S.?
Answer: Marbury v. Madison (1803).
●● What is jurisdiction in legal terms?
Answer: The authority of a court to hear and decide a case.
●● What are the types of jurisdiction?
Answer: In personam, In rem, and Long-Arm Statutes.
SYSTEM ACTUAL TEST PAPER UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● What is the common law tradition in American law?
Answer: American law is largely based on English common law, while
Louisiana law follows a civil law system.
●● What are the two classifications of law?
Answer: Substantive Law and Procedural Law.
●● What does substantive law do?
Answer: It consists of laws that create legal rights and obligations.
●● What is procedural law?
Answer: It outlines the methods of enforcing the rights established by
substantive law.
●● What is civil law concerned with?
Answer: It spells out the rights and duties between persons and between
persons and the government.
, ●● What is criminal law?
Answer: It deals with wrongs committed against the public as a whole,
defined by government statutes.
●● Who is the plaintiff in a lawsuit?
Answer: The party who initiates the lawsuit.
●● Who is the defendant in a lawsuit?
Answer: The party against whom the lawsuit is brought.
●● What is judicial review?
Answer: The process by which a court decides the constitutionality of
legislative and executive actions.
●● Which case established judicial review in the U.S.?
Answer: Marbury v. Madison (1803).
●● What is jurisdiction in legal terms?
Answer: The authority of a court to hear and decide a case.
●● What are the types of jurisdiction?
Answer: In personam, In rem, and Long-Arm Statutes.
