BUL3310 Exam 1 Orozco Questions and Answers 100% Pass

BUL3310 Exam 1 Orozco Questions and Answers 100% Pass Law Categories - ANSWER -Substantive Law Procedural Law Consititutional (Public Law) Administrative (Public Law) Criminal (Public Law) Contracts (Private Law) Torts (Private Law) Property (Private Law) Substantive Law - ANSWER -part of the law that creates and defines the rights, duties, and power or individuals - the right to sue for breach of contract - the power to amend the articles of incorporation - the duty of care owed to a person on business property Procedural Law - ANSWER -the rules that prescribe the steps for having rights judicially enforced -e.g. FL statute of limitations that says you have to bring a contract lawsuit w/in 5 years from date of breach 2 | P a g e Created by ©EmilyCharlene 2025. All rights reserved. -e.g. "hearsay" generally not admissible in court as evidence Public Law - ANSWER -when the state is an actor Kelo v. City of New London (Connecticut) - ANSWER -Eminent domain Adjudication - ANSWER -"applying the rule" Crimes - ANSWER -Wrongful actions against society Criminal Law - ANSWER -regulate certain behavior through deterrance and imposing penalties Civil Actions (Torts) - ANSWER -a wrong that causes someone else to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the act; involves private parties - Individual (complainant) has the option to pursue - Individual (complainant) has to pay expenses - Primary objective to compensate injured party Law & Economics Perspective - ANSWER -Level of deterrence and the cost of enforcement Null hypothesis - ANSWER -Accused is innocent (default) Hypothesis - ANSWER -Accused is guilty Criminal Standard of Proof - ANSWER -More than 75% (reasonable doubt) to convict Civil Standard of Proof - ANSWER -More than 50% (more likely than not) doubt Type I Error - ANSWER -False Positives (to reduce: increase standard of proof) False Positives - ANSWER -Innocent found Guilty Reducing Type I Error - ANSWER -Increases Type II Error 3 | P a g e Created by ©EmilyCharlene 2025. All rights reserved. Type II Error - ANSWER -False Negatives False Negatives - ANSWER -Guilty found Innocent Speluncean Explorers Hypothetical Ethics Case - ANSWER -Truepenny: affirmed lower court of finding them guilty, wants Executive branch to pardon them Foster: reverse law, law of nature, people in those situations don't weigh the deterrent effect Tafting: they acted willfully, Tafting was intermediate about the decision Keen: legal positivism (judges are only middlemen, law is strict), affirm Handy: law should reflect common sense, legal realism, statistics, empirical data (social costs, how many lives vs died, etc) Non-Compete Agreeement - ANSWER -if you sign (in exchange for benefits) you agree to not compete for a period of time after the relationship ends (reasonable to duration, region, type of business) - illegal in California - strict legality in N Dakota; being sued over violating rights to make a livelihood Judge - ANSWER -rules based on matters of the law - legal elements of offense, carrier or burden, standard of proof, grant/deny motions, admissibility of evidence Jury - ANSWER -the finder of fact - intent, what led to the harm occurring Attorney's Role - ANSWER -officer of the court, client's advocate ("zealous advocate") Client's Role - ANSWER -the party asserting the case requires standing