LENB Test 1 El-Jourbagy Exam Study Guide
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What is Criminal Law? - ANSWER✔✔-The body of laws that involve the
rights and responsibilities an individual has with respect to the public as a
whole. (A violation of the publics trust)
What is Civil Law? - ANSWER✔✔-The body of laws that govern the rights
and responsibilities either between persons or between persons and their
government (general dispute)
What is the supreme law of the land? - ANSWER✔✔-U.S. Constitution
What are sources of law? - ANSWER✔✔-Constitutions, Statues, Cases,
Treaties, Administrative, Executive Orders
What is written in US Code? - ANSWER✔✔-Federal Statutes
What is The National Conference of Commissioners (NCC) - ANSWER✔✔-
A group of legal scholars and lawyers that create uniform laws.
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,What law is significant to businesses? - ANSWER✔✔-Uniform Commercial
Code (UCC)
Precedent - ANSWER✔✔-A tool used by judges to make rulings on cases
on the basis of key similarities to previous cases. (Uses past decisions to
make rulings on current case)
Give an example of precedent. - ANSWER✔✔-Brown v. Board of
Education overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
What type of laws "fill in the gaps"? - ANSWER✔✔-Administrative Laws
What are some examples of Admin law? - ANSWER✔✔-Net Neutrality,
Clean Water Act
What is a binding agreement between two nations or states? -
ANSWER✔✔-Treaties
What are some examples of treaties? - ANSWER✔✔-NAFTA(no longer in
effect)
Who negotiates treaties? - ANSWER✔✔-Executive Branch
Who approves treaties? - ANSWER✔✔-The Senate (2/3 majority)
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, How is an executive order defined? - ANSWER✔✔-Directives issued by the
executive branch to fulfill constitutional duties.
What are some examples of a federal executive order? - ANSWER✔✔-FDR
internment camps for Japanese people in the US during WWII. Trumps
travel ban( ruled unconstitutional)
What are some examples of a state executive orders? - ANSWER✔✔-Gov.
Kemp establishing a Code of Ethics for Executive Branch Officers and
Employees
Natural Law - ANSWER✔✔-A doctrine that society should be governed by
certain ethical principles that are part of nature and, as such, can be
understood by reason.
Civil Disobedience - ANSWER✔✔-A nonviolent, public refusal to obey
allegedly unjust laws.
Where do most civil or criminal start when they enter the legal system? -
ANSWER✔✔-Trial Courts (Court of Original Jurisdiction)
Trial Courts are also known as what in state court systems? - ANSWER✔✔-
Courts of Common Pleas, County Courts
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What is Criminal Law? - ANSWER✔✔-The body of laws that involve the
rights and responsibilities an individual has with respect to the public as a
whole. (A violation of the publics trust)
What is Civil Law? - ANSWER✔✔-The body of laws that govern the rights
and responsibilities either between persons or between persons and their
government (general dispute)
What is the supreme law of the land? - ANSWER✔✔-U.S. Constitution
What are sources of law? - ANSWER✔✔-Constitutions, Statues, Cases,
Treaties, Administrative, Executive Orders
What is written in US Code? - ANSWER✔✔-Federal Statutes
What is The National Conference of Commissioners (NCC) - ANSWER✔✔-
A group of legal scholars and lawyers that create uniform laws.
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,What law is significant to businesses? - ANSWER✔✔-Uniform Commercial
Code (UCC)
Precedent - ANSWER✔✔-A tool used by judges to make rulings on cases
on the basis of key similarities to previous cases. (Uses past decisions to
make rulings on current case)
Give an example of precedent. - ANSWER✔✔-Brown v. Board of
Education overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
What type of laws "fill in the gaps"? - ANSWER✔✔-Administrative Laws
What are some examples of Admin law? - ANSWER✔✔-Net Neutrality,
Clean Water Act
What is a binding agreement between two nations or states? -
ANSWER✔✔-Treaties
What are some examples of treaties? - ANSWER✔✔-NAFTA(no longer in
effect)
Who negotiates treaties? - ANSWER✔✔-Executive Branch
Who approves treaties? - ANSWER✔✔-The Senate (2/3 majority)
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, How is an executive order defined? - ANSWER✔✔-Directives issued by the
executive branch to fulfill constitutional duties.
What are some examples of a federal executive order? - ANSWER✔✔-FDR
internment camps for Japanese people in the US during WWII. Trumps
travel ban( ruled unconstitutional)
What are some examples of a state executive orders? - ANSWER✔✔-Gov.
Kemp establishing a Code of Ethics for Executive Branch Officers and
Employees
Natural Law - ANSWER✔✔-A doctrine that society should be governed by
certain ethical principles that are part of nature and, as such, can be
understood by reason.
Civil Disobedience - ANSWER✔✔-A nonviolent, public refusal to obey
allegedly unjust laws.
Where do most civil or criminal start when they enter the legal system? -
ANSWER✔✔-Trial Courts (Court of Original Jurisdiction)
Trial Courts are also known as what in state court systems? - ANSWER✔✔-
Courts of Common Pleas, County Courts
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