UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Law - CORRECT ANSWER Consists of rules that regulate the conduct of individuals,
businesses, and other organizations in society
Functions of Law - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Keeping the peace
2. Shaping moral standards
3. Promoting social justice
4. Maintaining the status quo
5.Facilitating orderly change
6. Facilitating planning
7. Providing a basis for compromise
8. Maximizing individual freedom
Standerfer v. United States - CORRECT ANSWER Example of the Fairness of the Law:
Chief Justice Warren Burger of the U.S. Supreme Court stated "This case does no more than manifest
the simple, if discomforting, reality that different juries may reach different results under any criminal
statue. That is one of the consequences we accept under our jury system."
Brown v. Board of Education - CORRECT ANSWER Example of Flexibility of the Law:
Case that challenged separate school systems of four states - Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and
Delaware. Supreme Court decided to revisit the "separate but equal" doctrine. Allowed them to
integrate many of the public schools.
Jurisprudence - CORRECT ANSWER The philosophy or science of the law