Exam 1: The Nature and Sources of Law

Statutory law is created by:

Uniform State Laws are used as a basis for laws by which of the following entities?

Statutes are the only source of law.

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

Legal principles expressed for the first time in court decisions are called:

Several layers of law are enacted at different levels of government to provide the framework for business and personal rights and duties. At the base of this framework of laws is constitutional law.

Your private life is protected from intrusions by other people by:

The United States Constitution provides that we have a right to be free from intrusions by others.

A right can exist:

Interpretations of aspects of the right to privacy are often found in:

Administrative regulations generally do not have the force of a statute.

Statutes which are drafted from Uniform State Laws are often used to regulate:

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

Administrative regulations:

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

In the United States today, we generally have one law court and one equity court.