Question 1

"We the people" is a very important part of the preamble to the U.S.Constitution.Why?

Accepted Answer

A) It is a government of laws and not of men. 
B) It focuses purely on individual rights. 
C) It allows unlimited government action. 
D) It confers power on the people as well as on the states. 
E) It confers all legislative powers in the Congress of the United States. 
A) It is a government of laws and not of men. 
B) It focuses purely on individual rights. 
C) It allows unlimited government action. 
D) It confers power on the people as well as on the states. 
E) It confers all legislative powers in the Congress of the United States.

Question 2

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination related to protected characteristics in hiring and employment practices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A state law passed in 2011 would override a federal law pertaining to the same issue in 2006.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Natural law differs from legal positivism in:

Accepted Answer

A) belief that humans possess inalienable rights that are not the products of human making. 
B) total rejection of human-made law. 
C) belief that human-made law is superior to all other forms of law. 
D) that humans are unable to discover moral truths on their own. 
E) that humans require a sovereign power to tell them right from wrong. 
A) belief that humans possess inalienable rights that are not the products of human making. 
B) total rejection of human-made law. 
C) belief that human-made law is superior to all other forms of law. 
D) that humans are unable to discover moral truths on their own. 
E) that humans require a sovereign power to tell them right from wrong.

Question 5

Natural law is the idea that humans possess certain inalienable rights that are the products of human-made law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Legal realists believe that the:

Accepted Answer

A) Outcome of any issue that arises under law is not dependent on the person who is in the position to exercise power. 
B) Law is not the product of human making. 
C) Law is wholly separate from any consideration of ethics. 
D) Social and economic considerations of a case should be brought to bear in legal disputes. 
E) Law itself is more important than the consideration of who is in the position to enforce the law. 
A) Outcome of any issue that arises under law is not dependent on the person who is in the position to exercise power. 
B) Law is not the product of human making. 
C) Law is wholly separate from any consideration of ethics. 
D) Social and economic considerations of a case should be brought to bear in legal disputes. 
E) Law itself is more important than the consideration of who is in the position to enforce the law.

Question 7

Legal positivism argues that

Accepted Answer

A) The law itself is less important than who is in the position to enforce it. 
B) The law is whatever the sovereign says it is. 
C) Humans possess certain inalienable rights that are not the products of human-made law. 
D) Legal actions are only those which are taken under the law. 
E) Courts should follow precedents. 
A) The law itself is less important than who is in the position to enforce it. 
B) The law is whatever the sovereign says it is. 
C) Humans possess certain inalienable rights that are not the products of human-made law. 
D) Legal actions are only those which are taken under the law. 
E) Courts should follow precedents.

Question 8

Legal positivists believe in the power of civil disobedience when a law is unjust.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Secondary sources of law are created by:

Accepted Answer

A) Senators 
B) Representatives 
C) Judges 
D) State legislatures 
E) Legal scholars 
A) Senators 
B) Representatives 
C) Judges 
D) State legislatures 
E) Legal scholars

Question 10

Since everyone is subject to the rule of law,this means that government itself cannot overextend its reach when regulating or investigating businesses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Legal positivists do not believe that law is simply power,because they believe that valid law must be created pursuant to the existing rules that allow the law to be created.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A Ponzi scheme is also known as a pyramid scheme.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Legal realism is like legal positivism in the belief that the:

Accepted Answer

A) Law is the product of human making. 
B) Outcome of any legal dispute depends upon who is in the position to exercise power under law. 
C) Social and economic considerations of a case should be brought to bear in legal decision making. 
D) Judges do not use any factors other than the written law when rendering decisions. 
E) Judicial interpretation is necessary and was contemplated by our Founding Fathers as a built-in check and balance to the other branches of government. 
A) Law is the product of human making. 
B) Outcome of any legal dispute depends upon who is in the position to exercise power under law. 
C) Social and economic considerations of a case should be brought to bear in legal decision making. 
D) Judges do not use any factors other than the written law when rendering decisions. 
E) Judicial interpretation is necessary and was contemplated by our Founding Fathers as a built-in check and balance to the other branches of government.

Question 14

Differentiate between procedural law and substantive law.

Accepted Answer

Some law is procedural and some law is s

Question 15

Which of the following is most likely to be true of legal positivists?

Accepted Answer

A) They believe that law is simply power. 
B) They would consider any law created by an illegitimate ruler as valid law. 
C) They do not believe that the law is what the law says. 
D) They believe that people have intrinsic human rights other than those created by the law. 
E) They would most certainly comply with a law that required compulsory conscription. 
A) They believe that law is simply power. 
B) They would consider any law created by an illegitimate ruler as valid law. 
C) They do not believe that the law is what the law says. 
D) They believe that people have intrinsic human rights other than those created by the law. 
E) They would most certainly comply with a law that required compulsory conscription.

"We the people" is a very important part of the preamble to the U.S.Constitution.Why?

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination related to protected characteristics in hiring and employment practices.

A state law passed in 2011 would override a federal law pertaining to the same issue in 2006.

Natural law differs from legal positivism in:

Natural law is the idea that humans possess certain inalienable rights that are the products of human-made law.

Legal realists believe that the:

Legal positivism argues that

Legal positivists believe in the power of civil disobedience when a law is unjust.

Secondary sources of law are created by:

Since everyone is subject to the rule of law,this means that government itself cannot overextend its reach when regulating or investigating businesses.

Legal positivists do not believe that law is simply power,because they believe that valid law must be created pursuant to the existing rules that allow the law to be created.

A Ponzi scheme is also known as a pyramid scheme.

Legal realism is like legal positivism in the belief that the:

Differentiate between procedural law and substantive law.

Which of the following is most likely to be true of legal positivists?

The Court System

Litigation

Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Constitution

Contracts

Torts

The Property System

Intellectual Property

Criminal Law

Business Organizations

Employment Discrimination

Business in the Global Legal Environment

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Exam 1: Introduction to Law

"We the people" is a very important part of the preamble to the U.S.Constitution.Why?

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination related to protected characteristics in hiring and employment practices.

A state law passed in 2011 would override a federal law pertaining to the same issue in 2006.

Natural law differs from legal positivism in:

Natural law is the idea that humans possess certain inalienable rights that are the products of human-made law.

Legal realists believe that the:

Legal positivism argues that

Legal positivists believe in the power of civil disobedience when a law is unjust.

Secondary sources of law are created by:

Since everyone is subject to the rule of law,this means that government itself cannot overextend its reach when regulating or investigating businesses.

Legal positivists do not believe that law is simply power,because they believe that valid law must be created pursuant to the existing rules that allow the law to be created.

A Ponzi scheme is also known as a pyramid scheme.

Legal realism is like legal positivism in the belief that the:

Differentiate between procedural law and substantive law.

Which of the following is most likely to be true of legal positivists?

The Court System

Litigation

Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Constitution

Contracts

Torts

The Property System

Intellectual Property

Criminal Law

Business Organizations

Employment Discrimination

Business in the Global Legal Environment

Filters