Legal 2700 – Questions With Correct Solutions
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private plaintiff has to show preponderance of evidence that defendant is liable
for plaintiffs injuries
must have 51% of jury
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1 Law 2 public law
3 equal access 4 burden of proof (civil)
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Terms in this set (148)
Law set of rules enforced by state or federal government
rule of law law is applied equally to all people
can have right to exclude others from things that legally
property rights
belong to you
important for rules to be clear so people can
transparency
understand them
, for an economy to work well, everyone must have equal
equal access
access to it
natural law law must reflect universal moral principles
every country has its own culture, law should reflect
historical school
those
countries, cultures, experience, technologies change
sociological jurisprudence
over time so laws should change too
trying to actually describe what law is, what officials
legal realism
actually do about it
law develops over time, judges in court decisions set
common law
legal precedent
civil law judges are less important, all about legislation itself
common law notion that once a judge meets a decision
stare decisis
then other judges must follow that decision
areas of law that concern regulation of society in
public law
general, i.e. constitutional law, criminal law
govern relationships and disputes among private parties
private law
i.e. law of contracts
criminal law state vs accused (government entity vs private party)
any other type of case besides criminal, private parties
civil law
suing each other
U.S. Constitution federal statutes, federal regulations
state constitutions state statutes, state regulations
judicial decisions have the effect of law
case law
based on decisions judges have made in past cases
morals- internal and subjective
morals vs ethics vs laws
ethics- external and objective
focus exclusively on the action and not the result and
formalism
given action is always right or wrong
people have a duty to act a certain way and always have
duty based conception
inalienable rights
golden rule, should always be consistent in your actions
Immanuel kant -
and act towards people how you want them to act
"categorical imperative"
towards you
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Practice questions for this set
Learn 1/6 Study with Learn
private plaintiff has to show preponderance of evidence that defendant is liable
for plaintiffs injuries
must have 51% of jury
Choose an answer
1 Law 2 public law
3 equal access 4 burden of proof (civil)
Don't know?
Terms in this set (148)
Law set of rules enforced by state or federal government
rule of law law is applied equally to all people
can have right to exclude others from things that legally
property rights
belong to you
important for rules to be clear so people can
transparency
understand them
, for an economy to work well, everyone must have equal
equal access
access to it
natural law law must reflect universal moral principles
every country has its own culture, law should reflect
historical school
those
countries, cultures, experience, technologies change
sociological jurisprudence
over time so laws should change too
trying to actually describe what law is, what officials
legal realism
actually do about it
law develops over time, judges in court decisions set
common law
legal precedent
civil law judges are less important, all about legislation itself
common law notion that once a judge meets a decision
stare decisis
then other judges must follow that decision
areas of law that concern regulation of society in
public law
general, i.e. constitutional law, criminal law
govern relationships and disputes among private parties
private law
i.e. law of contracts
criminal law state vs accused (government entity vs private party)
any other type of case besides criminal, private parties
civil law
suing each other
U.S. Constitution federal statutes, federal regulations
state constitutions state statutes, state regulations
judicial decisions have the effect of law
case law
based on decisions judges have made in past cases
morals- internal and subjective
morals vs ethics vs laws
ethics- external and objective
focus exclusively on the action and not the result and
formalism
given action is always right or wrong
people have a duty to act a certain way and always have
duty based conception
inalienable rights
golden rule, should always be consistent in your actions
Immanuel kant -
and act towards people how you want them to act
"categorical imperative"
towards you
