BULE 303 Exam 1 questions and
answers graded A+
Nature of law - correct answer ✔✔law is a body of enforceable rules governing relationships
among individuals and between individuals and their society
natural law tradition - correct answer ✔✔laws should reflect inalienable rights (life, liberty,
equal in dignity)
legal positivism - correct answer ✔✔rights are only given to a certain society
legal realism - correct answer ✔✔laws change over time and should reflect current values
(same sex marriage)
*sociological school- law should promote justice
historical school - correct answer ✔✔laws based off of history
case law - correct answer ✔✔-rules announced in court decisions; includes the aggregate of
reported cases within the last 100 years
-doctrines and principles embodied in case law governs all areas not covered by statutory law or
agency regulations
common law - correct answer ✔✔body of law developed from custom of judicial decisions
includes case law
, equity - correct answer ✔✔relief in court that doesn't request money
injunction - correct answer ✔✔order from the court
substantive vs procedural law - correct answer ✔✔-substantive: the content of the law (the
speed limit is telling you what to do)
-procedural: the law is setting up steps for your case to go through court (speeding ticket
process)
civil vs criminal law - correct answer ✔✔-civil: case between individuals (person suing robber)
-criminal: violation of state rules (if you rob, the issue is between the robber and the state
because the state law does not allow it)
national vs international - correct answer ✔✔i.e.: United Nations, International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant of Economic, Social, Cultural Rights
administrative law - correct answer ✔✔rules created by an administrative agency
stare decisis - correct answer ✔✔when judges look to similar cases in the past to determine the
rules of law applied to a case at bar
It is a case of first impression, meaning that no case involving the same issue has been decided
by the Wisconsin courts. In deciding such a case, it would not be considered proper for the
judge to consider - correct answer ✔✔the judge's personal feelings about the Internet.
answers graded A+
Nature of law - correct answer ✔✔law is a body of enforceable rules governing relationships
among individuals and between individuals and their society
natural law tradition - correct answer ✔✔laws should reflect inalienable rights (life, liberty,
equal in dignity)
legal positivism - correct answer ✔✔rights are only given to a certain society
legal realism - correct answer ✔✔laws change over time and should reflect current values
(same sex marriage)
*sociological school- law should promote justice
historical school - correct answer ✔✔laws based off of history
case law - correct answer ✔✔-rules announced in court decisions; includes the aggregate of
reported cases within the last 100 years
-doctrines and principles embodied in case law governs all areas not covered by statutory law or
agency regulations
common law - correct answer ✔✔body of law developed from custom of judicial decisions
includes case law
, equity - correct answer ✔✔relief in court that doesn't request money
injunction - correct answer ✔✔order from the court
substantive vs procedural law - correct answer ✔✔-substantive: the content of the law (the
speed limit is telling you what to do)
-procedural: the law is setting up steps for your case to go through court (speeding ticket
process)
civil vs criminal law - correct answer ✔✔-civil: case between individuals (person suing robber)
-criminal: violation of state rules (if you rob, the issue is between the robber and the state
because the state law does not allow it)
national vs international - correct answer ✔✔i.e.: United Nations, International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant of Economic, Social, Cultural Rights
administrative law - correct answer ✔✔rules created by an administrative agency
stare decisis - correct answer ✔✔when judges look to similar cases in the past to determine the
rules of law applied to a case at bar
It is a case of first impression, meaning that no case involving the same issue has been decided
by the Wisconsin courts. In deciding such a case, it would not be considered proper for the
judge to consider - correct answer ✔✔the judge's personal feelings about the Internet.
