BLAW 3391 Chapter 1 Actual Questions And Correct Detailed Answers Guaranteed Pass.

Plaintiff - correct answer the person who bring a lawsuit against another Defendant - correct answer the person against whom a lawsuit is brought or who is charged with a violation of the law 8 Sources of law - correct answer Constitutional law Executive orders Treaties Common law Statutory law Case law Administrative law Precedent Constitutional law - correct answer Federal & State constitutions this historic document gives the federal government certain reasonable powers and, at the same time, clearly limits the use of those powers. In addition, each state has a constitution of its own that gives certain powers to the various levels of government within that state Common law - correct answer English system, still influences legal decisions in US today Precedent - correct answer court decision on which later courts rely in similar cases Decisions made by US Supreme Court Stare decisis - correct answer practice of relying on previous decisions in which similar disputes arose (to stand on decided cases) Case law - correct answer the effects of court decisions that involve same or similar facts Statutory law - correct answer the field of law involving statutes Statutes - correct answer laws passed by congress or by state legislatures Ordinance - correct answer law passed by local government (city council) Administrative law - correct answer body of rules, regulations, and decisions created by administrative agencies Uniform Commercial Code - correct answer 1952 set of laws that govern various commercial transactions and are designed to bring uniformity to the laws of the states 49 states adopted UCC all except Louisana 5 classifications of law - correct answer Constitutional law Civil law Criminal law Administrative law International law Constitutional law - correct answer study of federal constitution interpreted by federal courts and its relationship to existing laws Civil law - correct answer study of rights and obligations of individuals and includes the law of property, law of contracts, and law of torts Criminal law - correct answer concerned with acts against society, (criminal acts) and the regulation of criminal activity Administrative law - correct answer concerned with the conduct of governmental administrative agencies and their regulations (tax laws and laws dealing with transportation and trade) International law - correct answer concerned with the conduct of nations in their relations with other nations Moral law - correct answer the law concerned with the unenforceable obligations that people have to one another person's conscience is often only means of enforcement Jurisdiction - correct answer authority or power of a court to hear cases Original Jurisdiction - correct answer authorized to hear and decide a case when it is first presented Appellate Jurisdiction - correct answer court has power to review the decisions of another court Venue - correct answer location of case Supreme Court - correct answer highest court in the federal system serves as the court of original jurisdiction for certain kinds of cases, such as those in which a state is one of the parties Federal Court System - correct answer includes specialized courts that hear only certain kinds of cases 1. US tax court 2. US bankruptcy court 3. US claims court Federal court - correct answer have original jurisdiction in cases involving federal statutes and in cases when parties are citizens of different states, and amount involved is >$75,000 State courts - correct answer small claims court <= $10,000