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/The
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/found /in /the /federal /and /state /constitutions /form /the /basis /of /modern /constitutional /law
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/correct /answer(s) /✔✔ /legislative /acts /declaring, /commanding, /or /prohibiting /something
Case
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/correct
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/Based /upon /previous /Appellate /court /decisions /that /are /binding /on /lower /court /decisions
-interpret /the /constitution
-clarify /statutes
,Judicial
/Review /-
/correct /answer(s) /✔✔ /Protects /the /rights /of /the /individual /from /unconstitutional /legislation
differentiate
/between /the /letter /of /the /law /and /the /spirit /of /the /law /- /correct /answer(s) /✔✔ /"Letter /of /the
/law
/means
/that
/the
/law
/is
/strictly
/applied
/in /accordance /with /the /literal /meaning /of /the /statute, /leaving /no /room /for /interpretation.
Spirit
/of
/the
/law /means /that /the /law /is /applied /in /accordance /with /the /intent /of /the /legislature /and /not /in
/literal /compliance /with /the /words /of /the /statute."
differentiate /between /criminal /and /civil /law /- /correct /answer(s) /✔✔ /"Criminal /Law /
- /Definition: /Violation /of /a /criminal /statute /
Also /known /as /Crime
- /Prosecutor: /The /State
- /Purpose /Punishment
Civil /Law
- /Definition: /Noncriminal /violations /of /the /law
Also /known /as- /Tort
Failure /to /comply /is /a /- /Breach /of /Contract
, - /Prosecutor: /The /plaintiff
- /Purpose: /Redress /(right /a /wrong)
Example
/of
/Tort
/by
/Omission /-
/correct /answer(s) /✔✔ /A /store /owner /failed /to /alert /customers /to /a /hazardous /situation, /such
/as
/the
/wet
/floor,
/resulting /in /an /injured /customer. /The /store /owners /failure /to /act /could /lead /to /a /civil /action.
(Key /words, /Act /or /negligence)
Recall
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/statutory
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a
/crime /-
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vol_2 Exam Questions with correct answers
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Constitutional
/Law /-
/correct
/answer(s)
/✔✔
/The
/rules
/and
/provisions
/found /in /the /federal /and /state /constitutions /form /the /basis /of /modern /constitutional /law
Statuary
/Law /-
/correct /answer(s) /✔✔ /legislative /acts /declaring, /commanding, /or /prohibiting /something
Case
/Law /-
/correct
/answer(s)
/✔✔
/Based /upon /previous /Appellate /court /decisions /that /are /binding /on /lower /court /decisions
-interpret /the /constitution
-clarify /statutes
,Judicial
/Review /-
/correct /answer(s) /✔✔ /Protects /the /rights /of /the /individual /from /unconstitutional /legislation
differentiate
/between /the /letter /of /the /law /and /the /spirit /of /the /law /- /correct /answer(s) /✔✔ /"Letter /of /the
/law
/means
/that
/the
/law
/is
/strictly
/applied
/in /accordance /with /the /literal /meaning /of /the /statute, /leaving /no /room /for /interpretation.
Spirit
/of
/the
/law /means /that /the /law /is /applied /in /accordance /with /the /intent /of /the /legislature /and /not /in
/literal /compliance /with /the /words /of /the /statute."
differentiate /between /criminal /and /civil /law /- /correct /answer(s) /✔✔ /"Criminal /Law /
- /Definition: /Violation /of /a /criminal /statute /
Also /known /as /Crime
- /Prosecutor: /The /State
- /Purpose /Punishment
Civil /Law
- /Definition: /Noncriminal /violations /of /the /law
Also /known /as- /Tort
Failure /to /comply /is /a /- /Breach /of /Contract
, - /Prosecutor: /The /plaintiff
- /Purpose: /Redress /(right /a /wrong)
Example
/of
/Tort
/by
/Omission /-
/correct /answer(s) /✔✔ /A /store /owner /failed /to /alert /customers /to /a /hazardous /situation, /such
/as
/the
/wet
/floor,
/resulting /in /an /injured /customer. /The /store /owners /failure /to /act /could /lead /to /a /civil /action.
(Key /words, /Act /or /negligence)
Recall
/the
/statutory
/definition
/of /
a
/crime /-
/correct
/answer(s)
/✔✔
/Penal
/code
/15 /-
/an
/act
/committed
/or /omitted /in /violation /of /a /law /forbidding /or /commanding /it, /and /to /which /is /annexed, /upon
/conviction, /
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