Exam 1: Introduction to Law

In nearly every jurisdiction in the United States,courts of common law and courts of equity have combined into a single court that administers both systems of law.

The courts are likely to provide remedies in all but which of the following cases?

A(n)____ is the fundamental law of a particular level of government.

The federal Constitution provides that federal statutes and treaties are paramount to state constitutions.

Under the principle of stare decisis,the U.S.Supreme Court must follow a rule of law applied by a district court (federal trial court)in a prior decision involving a similar issue.

Explain how the terms civil law and civil law system differ.

A ____ is any act or omission prohibited by public law in the interest of protection of the public and made punishable by the government in a judicial proceeding brought by it,whereby proof must be beyond a reasonable doubt.

What is law? Discuss the various definitions of law by legal scholars.What is the relationship between law and morality and between law and justice?

The ____ to the U.S.Constitution makes it clear that the enumeration of rights found in the Constitution does not in any way deny or limit other rights that the people retain.

The law is pervasive,and it is in part prohibitory and in part mandatory.