BLAW PLEASANT EXAM 1 TTU UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Primary Source of Law
Answer:
a document that establishes the law on a particular issue, such as constitution, a
statute, an administrative rule, or a court decision.
Question:
2. Constitutional Law (4 sources of law)
Answer:
law based on documents setting forth for the general organizations, powers, and
limits of the government.
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3. Executive Orders
Answer:
Legally binding directive from the president.
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4. Treaties
Answer:
written agreements by 2 or more countries.
-becomes legally binding when approved by 2/3 of the senate.
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5. Statutory Law (4 sources of law)
Answer:
-laws enacted by legislative bodies at any level of government, such as statutes
passed by congress or by any state legislatures.
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6. Ordinance
Answer:
law passed by a local government, such as city council.
, Question:
7. Administrative Law (4 sources of law)
Answer:
the body of rules, regulations and decisions created by administrative agencies.
Question:
8. Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
Answer:
-Set of laws that govern various commercial transactions and are designed to
bring uniformity to state law.
-prepared in 1952 and took over 15 years and all 50 states have adopted it.
Question:
9. Case Law (4 sources of law)
Answer:
-the rules of law announced in court decisions.
-interprets statutes, regulations, constitutional provisions, etc.
-governs all areas not covered by statutory or administrative law and is part of our
common law tradition.
Question:
10. Common Law
Answer:
-the body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in English and U.S.
courts, not attributable to legislature.
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11. Precedent
Answer:
a court decision that furnished an example or authority for deciding subsequent
cases involving identical or similar legal principles or facts.
Question:
12. Reporters
Answer:
court decisions are published in books and called ___________________.
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13. Citation
Answer:
Names of parties, volume number, name of the reporter, beginning page number.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Primary Source of Law
Answer:
a document that establishes the law on a particular issue, such as constitution, a
statute, an administrative rule, or a court decision.
Question:
2. Constitutional Law (4 sources of law)
Answer:
law based on documents setting forth for the general organizations, powers, and
limits of the government.
Question:
3. Executive Orders
Answer:
Legally binding directive from the president.
Question:
4. Treaties
Answer:
written agreements by 2 or more countries.
-becomes legally binding when approved by 2/3 of the senate.
Question:
5. Statutory Law (4 sources of law)
Answer:
-laws enacted by legislative bodies at any level of government, such as statutes
passed by congress or by any state legislatures.
Question:
6. Ordinance
Answer:
law passed by a local government, such as city council.
, Question:
7. Administrative Law (4 sources of law)
Answer:
the body of rules, regulations and decisions created by administrative agencies.
Question:
8. Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
Answer:
-Set of laws that govern various commercial transactions and are designed to
bring uniformity to state law.
-prepared in 1952 and took over 15 years and all 50 states have adopted it.
Question:
9. Case Law (4 sources of law)
Answer:
-the rules of law announced in court decisions.
-interprets statutes, regulations, constitutional provisions, etc.
-governs all areas not covered by statutory or administrative law and is part of our
common law tradition.
Question:
10. Common Law
Answer:
-the body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in English and U.S.
courts, not attributable to legislature.
Question:
11. Precedent
Answer:
a court decision that furnished an example or authority for deciding subsequent
cases involving identical or similar legal principles or facts.
Question:
12. Reporters
Answer:
court decisions are published in books and called ___________________.
Question:
13. Citation
Answer:
Names of parties, volume number, name of the reporter, beginning page number.
