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HEALTH
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QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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As /
/provided /
/in /
/the /
/lecture /
/in /
/this /
/class, /
/the //sources //of //law //in //the //U.S, //including //the //Federal //government //and //the //states //are:
Statutes
Common //Law
Administrative //Law
Constitution
What //is //a //"Writ //of //Mandamus"?
An //order //from //a //court //to //a //government //official //to //perform //his //official //duty
Identify //the //correct //statement //below:
Summary /
/judgment /
/is /
/properly /
/granted /
/when //there //is //no //genuine //issue //of //material //fact //and //only //questions //of //law //remain
,A/
/subpoena /
/duces /
/tecum /
/requires /
/the /
/person /
/to /
/whom /
/the //subpoena //is //directed //to //produce //and //deliver //to //the //party //issuing //the //subpoena //the
//documents //or //things //set //out //in //the //subpoena.
True
Relative //to //what //we //have //studied //in //this //class, //a //"Complaint" //is:
The /
/first /
/thing //
a/
/plaintiff /
/files /
/in //
a/
/law /
/suit //to //inform //the //court //and //defendant //of //the //allegations //of //damage //to //the //plaintiff //by
//the //defendant.
Common //law //is //based //on //the //prior //court //decisions.
True
What /
/is //the //name //of //the //process //when //Congress, //or //a //state //legislature, //gives //authority //to //an
//administrative //agency //to //make //a //rule?
Delegation //of //Legislative //Authority
"Statutory //Law" //emanates //from //a //state //or //federal //legislatures.
True
,The /
/President /
/of /
/the /
/United /
/States /
/has /
/the /
/authority /
/to /
/create //a //statute //that //violates //the //U.S. //Constitution //if //there //is //an //emergency //situation.
False
Based /
/on /
/what /
/you /
/know /
/if /
/the /
/Constitution /
/from /
/our /
/studies /
/and /
/lectures, /
/the /
/Supreme /
/Court /
/may /
/declare //
a/
/law /
/invalid /
/and /
/unenforceable /
/if /
/it /
, /determines /
/that //the //law //is //bad //policy, //such //as //if //most //of //the //Justices //believe //that //a //statute //allows
//coal //powered //electricity //generating //plants //to //emit //too //much //CO2 //into //the //atmosphere.
False
Common //law //in //the //United //States //had //its //origins //in:
England
Laws //that //are //established //by //legislative //bodies //are:
Statutes
The /
/type /
/of /
/pleading //which //must //be //filed //by //the //defendant //with //the //initial //responsive //pleading //is:
An //Affirmative //Defense
The /
/person /
/who /
/initiates //
a //civil //law //suit //seeking //damages //or //other //legal //relief //is //named //or //referred //to //as //the:
Plaintiff
One //basis //for //attacking //the //validity //of //an //administrative //rule //is:
That //the //rule //was //developed //and //adopted //in //an //arbitrary //and //capricious //manner.
An /
/administrative /
/agency /
/may /
/only /
/make /
/rules /
/that /
/implement, //interpret, //or //make //specific //and //particular //powers //and //duties //granted //by //the
//enabling //statute.
True