BLAW 3310 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Key functions of the law:
Answer: 1. Influence the behavior of the members of a society
2. Resolve disputes within society
3. Maintain important social values
4. Provide a method for assisting social change
●● The ___ ___ provides a way to bring about changes in "acceptable"
behavior.
Answer: legal system
●● Where do we get our law from?
Answer: The U.S. Constitution
●● Judicial Review:
Answer: is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are
subject to review by the judiciary. A court with judicial review power
may invalidate laws and decisions that are incompatible with a higher
authority, such as the terms of a written constitution.
,●● What does Judicial Review accomplish?
Answer: Acts as a check on the legislative and executive branches
●● The use of ___ in deciding current cases is a doctrine called ___ ___,
meaning "to stand on decided cases."
Answer: precedent; stare decisis
●● Under stare decisis, judges are expected to ___ ___ established rules
of law.
Answer: stand by
●● In Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors, the traditional common law
rule prevented a party who accepted a completed construction project
from later suing the contractor for flaws in construction that caused
injury to others. In reviewing such a case, the Washington state high
court held that...
Answer: ...the rule was not sensible in modern times and would be
dropped.
●● Substantive law includes common law and statutory law that ___ and
___ legal rights and regulate behavior.
Answer: define; establish
●● Examples of substantive law:
, Answer: antitrust law, contract law, criminal law, environmental law,
labor law, securities law
●● Procedural law determines how substantive law is ___ through the
___ by determining how a lawsuit begins, what documents need to be
filed, which court can hear the case, how the trial proceeds, and so on.
Answer: enforced; courts
●● Examples of procedural law:
Answer: administrative procedure, appellate procedure, civil procedure,
criminal procedure, discovery rules, evidence rules
●● Ethics, integrity, and morality concern ___ adopted standards of
conduct.
Answer: voluntarily
●● The law contains rules that are not moral or ethical but are ___ upon
people.
Answer: imposed
●● Federal judges are nominated by the ___ and confirmed by a
majority vote in the U.S. ___.
Answer: president; Senate
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Key functions of the law:
Answer: 1. Influence the behavior of the members of a society
2. Resolve disputes within society
3. Maintain important social values
4. Provide a method for assisting social change
●● The ___ ___ provides a way to bring about changes in "acceptable"
behavior.
Answer: legal system
●● Where do we get our law from?
Answer: The U.S. Constitution
●● Judicial Review:
Answer: is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are
subject to review by the judiciary. A court with judicial review power
may invalidate laws and decisions that are incompatible with a higher
authority, such as the terms of a written constitution.
,●● What does Judicial Review accomplish?
Answer: Acts as a check on the legislative and executive branches
●● The use of ___ in deciding current cases is a doctrine called ___ ___,
meaning "to stand on decided cases."
Answer: precedent; stare decisis
●● Under stare decisis, judges are expected to ___ ___ established rules
of law.
Answer: stand by
●● In Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors, the traditional common law
rule prevented a party who accepted a completed construction project
from later suing the contractor for flaws in construction that caused
injury to others. In reviewing such a case, the Washington state high
court held that...
Answer: ...the rule was not sensible in modern times and would be
dropped.
●● Substantive law includes common law and statutory law that ___ and
___ legal rights and regulate behavior.
Answer: define; establish
●● Examples of substantive law:
, Answer: antitrust law, contract law, criminal law, environmental law,
labor law, securities law
●● Procedural law determines how substantive law is ___ through the
___ by determining how a lawsuit begins, what documents need to be
filed, which court can hear the case, how the trial proceeds, and so on.
Answer: enforced; courts
●● Examples of procedural law:
Answer: administrative procedure, appellate procedure, civil procedure,
criminal procedure, discovery rules, evidence rules
●● Ethics, integrity, and morality concern ___ adopted standards of
conduct.
Answer: voluntarily
●● The law contains rules that are not moral or ethical but are ___ upon
people.
Answer: imposed
●● Federal judges are nominated by the ___ and confirmed by a
majority vote in the U.S. ___.
Answer: president; Senate
