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Score for this quiz: 19 out of 20
Submitted Jan 22 at 11:59am
This attempt took 29 minutes.
Question 1
pts
Civil law jurisdictions rely on a comprehensive legal code which tends to give
judges wide discretion.
True
False
It is true that civil law jurisdictions rely on a comprehensive legal code but
that tends to reduce judicial discretion. The role of the judge is much more
administrative in civil law nations.
Question 2
pts
Economic equality is the only way to assure liberty.
True
False
Equality before the law or of opportunity is compatible with liberty but
economic equality, or what is often referred to as “egalitarianism”, is
fundamentally at odds with liberty.
Question 3
pts
Noah Webster, the “Founding Father of American Education”, believed the
study of jurisprudence to be just below theology in importance.
True
, False
Question 4
pts
Far right parties tend to emphasize equality over order.
True
False
The far right emphasizes order. The far left emphasizes equality.
Question 5
pts
A tyrant is likely to demand what God forbids and forbid what God
commands.
True
False
Question 6
pts
The positivism in legal positivism refers to the extraordinary optimism this
approach takes.
True
False
Score for this quiz: 19 out of 20
Submitted Jan 22 at 11:59am
This attempt took 29 minutes.
Question 1
pts
Civil law jurisdictions rely on a comprehensive legal code which tends to give
judges wide discretion.
True
False
It is true that civil law jurisdictions rely on a comprehensive legal code but
that tends to reduce judicial discretion. The role of the judge is much more
administrative in civil law nations.
Question 2
pts
Economic equality is the only way to assure liberty.
True
False
Equality before the law or of opportunity is compatible with liberty but
economic equality, or what is often referred to as “egalitarianism”, is
fundamentally at odds with liberty.
Question 3
pts
Noah Webster, the “Founding Father of American Education”, believed the
study of jurisprudence to be just below theology in importance.
True
, False
Question 4
pts
Far right parties tend to emphasize equality over order.
True
False
The far right emphasizes order. The far left emphasizes equality.
Question 5
pts
A tyrant is likely to demand what God forbids and forbid what God
commands.
True
False
Question 6
pts
The positivism in legal positivism refers to the extraordinary optimism this
approach takes.
True
False
