BUL 5810 CORE EXAM MANUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A new state law, passed by the legislature, mandates that all employers must
prohibit employee texting in employer vehicles. The law further provides that any
employer who allows an employee to text in its vehicles is subject to a court order
requiring the employer to enforce the law. This law is a matter of: - ✔✔Substantive Law
✔✔If the State of Michigan passed laws that regulate the ensuring of free and impartial
municipal elections, which essential function of the law do these laws serve? -
✔✔Preservation of the state
✔✔Next month, Mexico seeks to enter into a treaty with the State of Texas over water
rights involving the Rio Grande. Is this treaty constitutional under the U.S. Constitution?
Why or Why not? - ✔✔No, a treaty is an agreement among independent nations and
Texas is not an independent nation
✔✔Dylan believes that his neighbor, Nancy, is improperly erecting a fence on Dylan's
property. Despite efforts to get Nancy to stop the construction of the fence, she refuses.
Dylan then sues Nancy and seeks only an injunction from a court to stop the fence's
construction. What type of judicial relief is Dylan seeking from the court? - ✔✔Equity
✔✔Wendy sued Greg for a breach of contract, but the trial court found in favor of Greg.
If Wendy chooses to appeal her case, her party status on appeal is known as: -
✔✔appellant
✔✔If the case of Johnson v. Texas was decided by the United States Supreme Court,
where would the opinion of the court be published? - ✔✔U.S. Supreme Court Reports
✔✔When applying substantive law the court considers what sort of legal rights? -
✔✔The rules that regulate legal rights
such as contract law under a binding contract
✔✔If the Supreme Court of the U.S. is examining state legislation under provisions of
theU.S. Constitution, the Constitution would be paramount under what principle? -
✔✔The status of the U.S. Constitution of the supreme law of the land.
✔✔How would you compare the business law topics governed by the common law
versus those that are governed largely by statute? - ✔✔Some business law topics are
governed by common law, but MOST areas of commercial law have become largely
statutory.
, ✔✔Curtis Williams was employed by Highway Construction Engineering Corporation
(HCEC). HCEC was contracted to excavate a traffic tunnel for the State of New Jersey,
and Curtis was assigned to work on this excavation project. While working on the
excavation of the tunnel, Curtis breathed in very harmful debris resulting from the
demolition of the tunnel for the excavation. By breathing in the debris, Curtis suffered a
debilitating lung disorder. Williams sued HCEC for damages resulting for breathing in
the debris. If HCEC asserts that it has no duty to protect Curtis's safety, will it be
successful? - ✔✔No, HCEC owes a duty of care to Curtis to take reasonable steps to
protect Curtis from the foreseeable risk of harm to his health posed by the excavation of
the tunnel.
✔✔Functions of the Law (3) - ✔✔1. Maintain Stability
a) dispute resolution
b) protection of property
2. Preservation of the State
3. Permitting Ordered Change
✔✔Legal Sanctions - ✔✔Means by which the law enforces the decisions of the courts
✔✔How are laws and morals related? (2) - ✔✔1. Different but overlapping.
2. Law provides sanctions while morals do not.
✔✔How are laws and justice related? - ✔✔1. Separate and distinct concepts
2. Justice = fair, equitable, and impartial treatment of competing interests with regard for
the common good.
✔✔Justice - ✔✔Fair, equitable, and impartial treatment of competing interests with
regard for the common good.
✔✔Classifications of Law (3) - ✔✔1. Substantive vs. Procedural
-Substantive: law creating rights and duties
-Procedural: rules enforcing substantive law
2. Public vs. Private
-Public: law dealing with the relationship between government and individuals
-Private: law governing the relationships among individuals and legal entities
3. Civil vs. Criminal
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔A new state law, passed by the legislature, mandates that all employers must
prohibit employee texting in employer vehicles. The law further provides that any
employer who allows an employee to text in its vehicles is subject to a court order
requiring the employer to enforce the law. This law is a matter of: - ✔✔Substantive Law
✔✔If the State of Michigan passed laws that regulate the ensuring of free and impartial
municipal elections, which essential function of the law do these laws serve? -
✔✔Preservation of the state
✔✔Next month, Mexico seeks to enter into a treaty with the State of Texas over water
rights involving the Rio Grande. Is this treaty constitutional under the U.S. Constitution?
Why or Why not? - ✔✔No, a treaty is an agreement among independent nations and
Texas is not an independent nation
✔✔Dylan believes that his neighbor, Nancy, is improperly erecting a fence on Dylan's
property. Despite efforts to get Nancy to stop the construction of the fence, she refuses.
Dylan then sues Nancy and seeks only an injunction from a court to stop the fence's
construction. What type of judicial relief is Dylan seeking from the court? - ✔✔Equity
✔✔Wendy sued Greg for a breach of contract, but the trial court found in favor of Greg.
If Wendy chooses to appeal her case, her party status on appeal is known as: -
✔✔appellant
✔✔If the case of Johnson v. Texas was decided by the United States Supreme Court,
where would the opinion of the court be published? - ✔✔U.S. Supreme Court Reports
✔✔When applying substantive law the court considers what sort of legal rights? -
✔✔The rules that regulate legal rights
such as contract law under a binding contract
✔✔If the Supreme Court of the U.S. is examining state legislation under provisions of
theU.S. Constitution, the Constitution would be paramount under what principle? -
✔✔The status of the U.S. Constitution of the supreme law of the land.
✔✔How would you compare the business law topics governed by the common law
versus those that are governed largely by statute? - ✔✔Some business law topics are
governed by common law, but MOST areas of commercial law have become largely
statutory.
, ✔✔Curtis Williams was employed by Highway Construction Engineering Corporation
(HCEC). HCEC was contracted to excavate a traffic tunnel for the State of New Jersey,
and Curtis was assigned to work on this excavation project. While working on the
excavation of the tunnel, Curtis breathed in very harmful debris resulting from the
demolition of the tunnel for the excavation. By breathing in the debris, Curtis suffered a
debilitating lung disorder. Williams sued HCEC for damages resulting for breathing in
the debris. If HCEC asserts that it has no duty to protect Curtis's safety, will it be
successful? - ✔✔No, HCEC owes a duty of care to Curtis to take reasonable steps to
protect Curtis from the foreseeable risk of harm to his health posed by the excavation of
the tunnel.
✔✔Functions of the Law (3) - ✔✔1. Maintain Stability
a) dispute resolution
b) protection of property
2. Preservation of the State
3. Permitting Ordered Change
✔✔Legal Sanctions - ✔✔Means by which the law enforces the decisions of the courts
✔✔How are laws and morals related? (2) - ✔✔1. Different but overlapping.
2. Law provides sanctions while morals do not.
✔✔How are laws and justice related? - ✔✔1. Separate and distinct concepts
2. Justice = fair, equitable, and impartial treatment of competing interests with regard for
the common good.
✔✔Justice - ✔✔Fair, equitable, and impartial treatment of competing interests with
regard for the common good.
✔✔Classifications of Law (3) - ✔✔1. Substantive vs. Procedural
-Substantive: law creating rights and duties
-Procedural: rules enforcing substantive law
2. Public vs. Private
-Public: law dealing with the relationship between government and individuals
-Private: law governing the relationships among individuals and legal entities
3. Civil vs. Criminal
