Exam 1: Introduction to Law

If the title of an appellate court case appears as Jones v.Smith:

Henry David Thoreau felt that war was unjust and therefore refused to pay his taxes when the United States declared war on Mexico.If Henry David Thoreau's neighbor agreed that war was unjust but paid his taxes because the law required him to pay the tax,the neighbor would be applying the jurisprudence theory of:

In the case of Panavision Int'l v.Toeppen,the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's decision.This means that the Ninth Circuit approved the district court's decision and upheld the outcome in the case.

Congress enacted legislation in 1933 to regulate the securities industry and prohibit various forms of fraud with securities.The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 was passed a year later.This law created the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)as an independent regulatory entity whose function is to administer the two laws.The SEC has generated rules and regulations to administer these acts.These rules and regulations are:

Mark,Leslie,and Dave 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,Mark and Leslie killed Dave,the weakest survivor.Mark and Leslie ate Dave.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 the three schools of jurisprudence and how each would influence a finding of guilt or innocence for the three charged.