BUL 4310 EXAM 1 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
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ANSWERS BRAND NEW EXAM ALREADY GRADED (A+
PASS)
Holmes view Ans✓✓✓ law = rules of conduct enforced by courts
Blackstones' view Ans✓✓✓ a rule of civil conduct by a supreme power
commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong
Hobbesian view Ans✓✓✓ men & women submit rights to state so that
through the lar, the state can protect their lives and property (men would
do bad if not controlled)
Montesquieu Ans✓✓✓ checks and balances and separation of power
Locke Ans✓✓✓ liberating view- law should extend freedoms and grow
rights. social contract means individuals and govt have to respect each
others rights
Ethics and morals influence law Ans✓✓✓ drunk driving, racism, sexual
harassment, slaver
Moral and Ethical codes Ans✓✓✓ George Bernard Shaw: most ppl
don't reason out own moral/ethical code, therefore we interpret moral
viewpoints from history
,Civil disobedience Ans✓✓✓ knowingly breaking law to make statement
against it
Law effects morals and ethics Ans✓✓✓ (less common than vice versa)
Brown v Board, Roe v Wade
Purposes of Law Ans✓✓✓ Facilitates deals and compromises: requires
ppl to honor word, maintains order, stability, justice, fairness, equality,
and influences people's conduct
Code law Ans✓✓✓ systematic collection of laws
Code of Hammurabi (Babylonian) Ans✓✓✓ reciprocal law lex talionis
(punishment eye for eye). code was from Shamash, sun god. Shaw
addressed that laws from gods are inflexible and hard to update
Code of Solon (Greece) Ans✓✓✓ law comes from human reason.. not
gods. Laws were rule of the people (free men who earned property but
still move to democracy)
Code of Justinian (Rome) Ans✓✓✓ Civil law system= systemized to
find law by subject. Most prevalent in the world outside of US
, Code of Napoleon (France) Ans✓✓✓ Law depends heavily on code
written by legislature (Louisiana uses Napoleon > common law)
Common law Ans✓✓✓ case law or judge-made law. William the
Conquerer: Normans overthrew English king and furthered [not created]
common law by writing down cases to keep verdicts consistent. Law
yearbooks: laws est. by legal precedents. Stare Decisis "let decision
stand"
"Commentaries on the Laws of England" by William Blackstone
Ans✓✓✓ 1769 "Greatest law reference text from British"
"The Common Law" Oliver Holmes Jr Ans✓✓✓ 1881 Most recent to
shape common law
Important concepts in common law system Ans✓✓✓ Precedents and
stare decisis: "check" on power of judges and requires precedent is
followed
Classification of crimes Ans✓✓✓ crime- wrong against public [only
prosecutor can commence criminal proceedings] (guilt)
tort- wrong against private person/business [victim can bring tort claim]
(liable)
Types of crimes Ans✓✓✓ felonies: graver offenses = > a year in prison,
sometimes removes rights
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS BRAND NEW EXAM ALREADY GRADED (A+
PASS)
Holmes view Ans✓✓✓ law = rules of conduct enforced by courts
Blackstones' view Ans✓✓✓ a rule of civil conduct by a supreme power
commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong
Hobbesian view Ans✓✓✓ men & women submit rights to state so that
through the lar, the state can protect their lives and property (men would
do bad if not controlled)
Montesquieu Ans✓✓✓ checks and balances and separation of power
Locke Ans✓✓✓ liberating view- law should extend freedoms and grow
rights. social contract means individuals and govt have to respect each
others rights
Ethics and morals influence law Ans✓✓✓ drunk driving, racism, sexual
harassment, slaver
Moral and Ethical codes Ans✓✓✓ George Bernard Shaw: most ppl
don't reason out own moral/ethical code, therefore we interpret moral
viewpoints from history
,Civil disobedience Ans✓✓✓ knowingly breaking law to make statement
against it
Law effects morals and ethics Ans✓✓✓ (less common than vice versa)
Brown v Board, Roe v Wade
Purposes of Law Ans✓✓✓ Facilitates deals and compromises: requires
ppl to honor word, maintains order, stability, justice, fairness, equality,
and influences people's conduct
Code law Ans✓✓✓ systematic collection of laws
Code of Hammurabi (Babylonian) Ans✓✓✓ reciprocal law lex talionis
(punishment eye for eye). code was from Shamash, sun god. Shaw
addressed that laws from gods are inflexible and hard to update
Code of Solon (Greece) Ans✓✓✓ law comes from human reason.. not
gods. Laws were rule of the people (free men who earned property but
still move to democracy)
Code of Justinian (Rome) Ans✓✓✓ Civil law system= systemized to
find law by subject. Most prevalent in the world outside of US
, Code of Napoleon (France) Ans✓✓✓ Law depends heavily on code
written by legislature (Louisiana uses Napoleon > common law)
Common law Ans✓✓✓ case law or judge-made law. William the
Conquerer: Normans overthrew English king and furthered [not created]
common law by writing down cases to keep verdicts consistent. Law
yearbooks: laws est. by legal precedents. Stare Decisis "let decision
stand"
"Commentaries on the Laws of England" by William Blackstone
Ans✓✓✓ 1769 "Greatest law reference text from British"
"The Common Law" Oliver Holmes Jr Ans✓✓✓ 1881 Most recent to
shape common law
Important concepts in common law system Ans✓✓✓ Precedents and
stare decisis: "check" on power of judges and requires precedent is
followed
Classification of crimes Ans✓✓✓ crime- wrong against public [only
prosecutor can commence criminal proceedings] (guilt)
tort- wrong against private person/business [victim can bring tort claim]
(liable)
Types of crimes Ans✓✓✓ felonies: graver offenses = > a year in prison,
sometimes removes rights
