BLAW EXAM 1 UMD UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Federalism
Answer:
the state's power to make law in certain areas
Question:
2. Constitution
Answer:
A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the
fundamental laws that govern a society
Question:
3. when created by the President + foreign governments + approved by 2/3 of the
U.S. senate, this becomes the "Law of the Land'
Answer:
Treaties
Question:
4. Statutes
Answer:
Laws created by elected representatives in Congress or state legislature
Question:
5. Uniform Acts
Answer:
model statutes drafted by private bodies of lawyers and scholars; not law until
legislature enacts them
Question:
6. Ordinances
Answer:
counties, municipalities, and townships that exercise various government
functions; sub-state level law
, Question:
7. Common Law
Answer:
law made and applied by judges as they decide cases not governed by statutes
or other types of law
Question:
8. Precedents
Answer:
following the decisions of past judges
Question:
9. executive order
Answer:
a rule or order issued by the president or governor that applies to issue law; only
law-making powers chief executives have
Question:
10. Administrative regulations and decisions
Answer:
state and fed legislatures get power by delegation of power from legislatures;
two types of law made by administrative agencies; subsidiary rules to help
implement statutes
Question:
11. Criminal Law
Answer:
Law under which the government prosecutes someone for committing a crime
Question:
12. Civil Law
Answer:
Law applied when one party sues another
Question:
13. Substantive Law
Answer:
sets the rights and duties of people as they act in society
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Federalism
Answer:
the state's power to make law in certain areas
Question:
2. Constitution
Answer:
A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the
fundamental laws that govern a society
Question:
3. when created by the President + foreign governments + approved by 2/3 of the
U.S. senate, this becomes the "Law of the Land'
Answer:
Treaties
Question:
4. Statutes
Answer:
Laws created by elected representatives in Congress or state legislature
Question:
5. Uniform Acts
Answer:
model statutes drafted by private bodies of lawyers and scholars; not law until
legislature enacts them
Question:
6. Ordinances
Answer:
counties, municipalities, and townships that exercise various government
functions; sub-state level law
, Question:
7. Common Law
Answer:
law made and applied by judges as they decide cases not governed by statutes
or other types of law
Question:
8. Precedents
Answer:
following the decisions of past judges
Question:
9. executive order
Answer:
a rule or order issued by the president or governor that applies to issue law; only
law-making powers chief executives have
Question:
10. Administrative regulations and decisions
Answer:
state and fed legislatures get power by delegation of power from legislatures;
two types of law made by administrative agencies; subsidiary rules to help
implement statutes
Question:
11. Criminal Law
Answer:
Law under which the government prosecutes someone for committing a crime
Question:
12. Civil Law
Answer:
Law applied when one party sues another
Question:
13. Substantive Law
Answer:
sets the rights and duties of people as they act in society
