Exam 1: The Nature and Sources of Law

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

The private life of an ordinary citizen is subject to strict scrutiny.

Law is:

The law could best be described as:

Procedural law specifies the steps that must be followed in enforcing those rights and liabilities.

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

Law is often defined as the body of principles that courts or administrative agencies will enforce.

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

The right of privacy consists of:

Within each state in the United States, only the U.S. Constitution is in force.

The right to privacy applies to protect you from unreasonable searches in all of the following scenarios except:

Rights always stand alone, without any duties.

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the right of privacy does not apply to intrusions into our privacy by means of new technology.

Equity provides justice when the law is inadequate.

The right to privacy means that individuals

The Securities Exchange Commission creates

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

Substantive law:

Statutory law includes U.S. Supreme Court opinions.

Individuals can create their own private law when they contract among themselves.