Exam 1: Introduction to Law

All powers not granted to the federal government by the U.S.Constitution are retained by:

Under the natural law theory of jurisprudence,even laws considered unjust must be obeyed.

Congress passed a law imposing penalties for displaying "indecent" material online where children could see it.If the U.S.Supreme Court subsequently rules that the law conflicts with the First Amendment of the U.S.Constitution,the statute is void.

If Milan asks a court to order Pamela to stop reprinting his copyrighted material,he is seeking a legal,rather than an equitable,remedy.

Explain the origins of equity and its place in contemporary American law.

The U.S.Constitution became one of the most important documents ever written by:

Wilfred was driving too fast for the icy road conditions and hit Sally's car.Sally can sue Wilfred in criminal court.

In 1992,the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in a case entitled Goodman v.Wenco Foods,Inc.,that when a substance in food causes injury to a consumer of the food,it is not a bar to recovery against the seller that the substance was natural to the food.If,in a 2010 case involving a consumer's injury caused by a fish bone in a bowl of fish chowder,the court followed the decision in Goodman v.Wenco Foods,Inc.,the court's action in the second case is an example of:

The federal judicial branch of the U.S.government:

Hasbro,Inc.,the trademark owner of "Candy Land," sought a court injunction to prevent Internet Entertainment Group,LTD from using the domain name,"candyland.com." A jury will decide whether Hasbro is entitled to this remedy.

Contemporary law's principle of collective responsibility,such as all partners being personally responsible for the debts of the partnership,had its roots in:

The primary sources of contemporary law are constitutions,statutes,common law,and administrative law.

The notion of civil disobedience is founded on what principle?

The Minnesota legislature passed a law requiring that employers allow each employee adequate time within each four consecutive hours of work to utilize the nearest convenient restroom.This law is:

State constitutions allow governors to:

Common law is a body of cases decided by legislatures.

Peggy Lou filed a lawsuit against "We Fix 'Em Rite," an auto body shop,for the sloppy paint job it did on her car.Once the lawsuit was filed with the appropriate clerk of court,Peggy Lou personally dropped a copy of the lawsuit in the mail."We Fix 'Em" says it never received notice of the lawsuit.Local court rules require that a lawsuit be served by an independent process server or by the sheriff's department.Is this an example of substantive law or procedural law? Explain the difference.

Misha,Gretchen,and Sam were stranded on a mountainside after their plane went down in a snow storm.They had no means of radio communication and virtually no food or other supplies.After 18 days,Misha and Gretchen killed Sam,the weakest survivor.Misha and Gretchen ate Sam.This allowed them to survive until they were rescued.After they were rescued,they were charged with premeditated first degree murder under the relevant state statute.Discuss three schools of jurisprudence and how each would influence a finding of guilt or innocence for the three charged.

In 1250,Henry de Bracton wrote a legal treatise that still influences us by helping to establish the concept of:

A case citation that reads: State of South Dakota v.Morse,753 N.W.2d 915 (2008)indicates that the case may be found in the 753rd volume of the second set of the North Western Reporter at page 915.