Exam 4: How to Find, Understand and Use the Law

Maurice slipped on a lettuce leaf left on the supermarket floor.He injured his ankle.He intends to bring a claim for damages against the owner of the supermarket.Which of the following facts will be least relevant to Maurice proving his claim?

The date appearing after the title of an Act of Parliament is the:

Which of the following would not be a generally recognised way of determining the purpose or object underlying an Act?

Which of the following is not one of the steps in the process of solving a legal problem?

Which of the following does not describe obiter dicta?

Tigers are in danger of extinction; lions are in danger of extinction; leopards are in danger of extinction; therefore all wild felines are in danger of extinction.This is an example of:

Obiter dicta of a higher court can become a binding precedent if:

Why does the law need to be interpreted?

Deductive reasoning is the process of using:

According to the 'class rule' of statutory interpretation:

The ratio decidendi in a case can be identified by:

The 'enacting words' to an Act of Parliament are:

Which of the following is not true of case law?

The 'Date of Assent' of a Federal statute is:

If a statute was passed by the Federal Parliament, the letters in the parentheses at the end of the citation will be:

Consider the title of decisions on civil matters, for example Donoghue v Stevenson 1932 AC 562.The v as it appears in the case name is pronounced as:

Good legal writing is:

The phrase statutory interpretation refers to:

Primary legal materials include (i) law textbooks, (ii) case reports, (iii) legal dictionaries, (iv) statutes.

According to the 'earlier and later' rule of common law presumptions to statutory interpretation: