Clemson Law 3220 TEST 1 Exam
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What are the three key functions of the legal system? - ✔✔1) influencing
behavior
2) conflict behavior
3)social stability and change
may be viewed as a collection of rules or principles that limit and direct
human behavior - ✔✔law
damages designed to punish; keep them from doing it again - ✔✔punitive
damages
What is the fundamental law of the land? - ✔✔U.S. Constitution
What establishes the legislative, executive and judicial branches of
government? - ✔✔U.S. Constitution
What branch of government writes the law? - ✔✔legislative branch
who creates statutory law? - ✔✔legislature
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,What does statutory law consist of? - ✔✔federal laws, state laws, and
municipal laws
Who creates a statute? - ✔✔Congress
Who makes regulations? - ✔✔agencies
Where did common law originate from? - ✔✔the English
who interprets decisions and applies the laws? - ✔✔judiciary
systematic way to change law - ✔✔common law
legal principle from cases is called... - ✔✔precedent
"looking back through precedents" or the use of this precedent is called... -
✔✔Stare Decisis
if there is a new issues the judge does what? - ✔✔makes a new law
true or false: common law varies by state - ✔✔true
What is the first question when we talk about a case? - ✔✔why is it in the
book?
Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors, Inc. is an example of how... -
✔✔common law changes
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, What was held in the Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors, Inc. case? -
✔✔reversed and remanded. court rejected previous common law rule and
accepted a more modern approach.
what is the process of the judiciary system? - ✔✔trial court > court of
appeals > supreme court
the President can create law through... - ✔✔executive orders
executive orders are limited to... - ✔✔federal agencies
what are the 3 classifications of law? - ✔✔1) public/private
2) civil/criminal
3) substantive/procedural
what type of law is legal relationships between members of society and the
government? - ✔✔public law
what type of law is legal relationships among members of society? -
✔✔private law
what type of law states that the guilty can be fined, imprisoned, or both? -
✔✔criminal law
"beyond reasonable doubt" is a legal requirement for which type of law? -
✔✔criminal law
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Questions and Answers 100% Solved
What are the three key functions of the legal system? - ✔✔1) influencing
behavior
2) conflict behavior
3)social stability and change
may be viewed as a collection of rules or principles that limit and direct
human behavior - ✔✔law
damages designed to punish; keep them from doing it again - ✔✔punitive
damages
What is the fundamental law of the land? - ✔✔U.S. Constitution
What establishes the legislative, executive and judicial branches of
government? - ✔✔U.S. Constitution
What branch of government writes the law? - ✔✔legislative branch
who creates statutory law? - ✔✔legislature
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
,What does statutory law consist of? - ✔✔federal laws, state laws, and
municipal laws
Who creates a statute? - ✔✔Congress
Who makes regulations? - ✔✔agencies
Where did common law originate from? - ✔✔the English
who interprets decisions and applies the laws? - ✔✔judiciary
systematic way to change law - ✔✔common law
legal principle from cases is called... - ✔✔precedent
"looking back through precedents" or the use of this precedent is called... -
✔✔Stare Decisis
if there is a new issues the judge does what? - ✔✔makes a new law
true or false: common law varies by state - ✔✔true
What is the first question when we talk about a case? - ✔✔why is it in the
book?
Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors, Inc. is an example of how... -
✔✔common law changes
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, What was held in the Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors, Inc. case? -
✔✔reversed and remanded. court rejected previous common law rule and
accepted a more modern approach.
what is the process of the judiciary system? - ✔✔trial court > court of
appeals > supreme court
the President can create law through... - ✔✔executive orders
executive orders are limited to... - ✔✔federal agencies
what are the 3 classifications of law? - ✔✔1) public/private
2) civil/criminal
3) substantive/procedural
what type of law is legal relationships between members of society and the
government? - ✔✔public law
what type of law is legal relationships among members of society? -
✔✔private law
what type of law states that the guilty can be fined, imprisoned, or both? -
✔✔criminal law
"beyond reasonable doubt" is a legal requirement for which type of law? -
✔✔criminal law
3
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