Exam 1: The Nature and Sources of Law

The group of time-honored rules that courts have used to solve similar problems for decades is called precedent.

A ______ is a legal principle expressed for the first time in court decision.

A right can exist:

Our rights flow from all the following sources except:

When a court decides a new question or problem,the decision is called a stare decisis.

_______ law creates,defines,and regulates rights and liabilities.

One of our most important rights is the right of privacy.

The law often works to cause our society to operate in a very inefficient manner.

Criminal laws carry damage penalties for a wronged individual.

Administrative regulations generally do not have the force of law.

The common law are court-enforced unwritten principles originally based on the usages and customs of the community.

The Uniform Commercial Code is a good example of uniform state laws.

Treaties made by the United States are not deemed part of the law.

One advantage of our current legal system is that the growth of technology has not created many new laws.

A right is defined as:

Criminal laws:

Those uniform state laws that have been adopted by individual states were first written by Congress.

______ is a body of law that provides justice when the law does not offer an adequate remedy.

A good example of a uniform state law would be:

Law is: