Exam 1: A: Online Developments:

Under the rules of Pushtunwali,the members of the jirga make decisions based on

Lauren,a basketball coach at State University,schemes to fraudulently obtain scholarships for her team's players.This is most likely

Khalil and Jasmin sign a prenuptial agreement that provides for any dispute to be arbitrated according to Islamic law.When a dispute arises over the parties' marital property in Iowa,Jasmin files a suit in an Iowa state court to contest the arbitration provision.According to rulings in other states' courts in similar cases,the provision will most likely be

Paoli asserts against River City a claim based on allegedly conflicting rights and protections stemming from the U.S.Constitution.In this case,the role of the United States Supreme Court is to

According to the ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Gibbons v.Ogden,as used in the Constitution's commerce clause,commerce means

According to Marbury v.Madison,the United States Supreme Court did not have the power,as part of its original jurisdiction,to issue writs of

Delfino,an executive with Cartwright Corporation,orders corporate employees to unknowingly transfer corporate funds to Delfino's personal account.This use of the employees' services is most likely

In the mountainous area spaning the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan,for millenia the Pushtuns have relied on Pushtunwali to regualte social behavior.Pushtunwali is

Bly is a judge in a country that follows a common law system.In this system,Bly's application of a principle of law to a certain set of facts must be adhered to by

Jack initiates a sequence of events that results in an injury to Kay.According to the New York Court of Appeals in Palsgraf v.Long Island Railroad Co.,the question of whether Jack was negligent with respect to Kay depends on whether Kay's injury was reasonably foreseeable to

Clark appeals a decision in his suit against Dona,grounded on rights provided in the U.S.Constitution,to the United States Supreme Court.The task of the Court to interpret and give meaning to those rights is made more difficult because

California caps noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases at $250,000.California and other states hope that such limits will reduce health-care expenditures by reducing

Keisha is a state court judge.A statute of limitations limits

Arno is judge in a country that follows a civil law system.In Arno's court,the primary source of law consists of

One night,Izzy discovers Joe,an intruder,in Izzy's home.Izzy shoots and kills Joe.With respect to criminal prosecution for this use of deadly force,in a state that has a stand-your-ground law Izzy

In a brief filed in Lea's suit against Mica in a state court,Neil,Lea's attorney,cites,Ole! Cafe v.Pan Foods Corp.,an unpublished opinion.With respect to the persuasiveness of unpublished opinions,most states

Leilani,a high school student,gains unauthorized access to a plagiarism service's database to which she and other students had been asked to submit their assignments.A federal court is most likely to find that this access violates

World Investment & Trading,Inc.(WIT),encourages its employees to build trust with its customers and other companies.Unfounded complaints and exaggerated charges leveled against WIT online would most likely be regarded by a court as

Ahsan and Imani want to obtain a divorce and divide their marital property according to the principles of sharia.Officially recognized sharia courts with the full power of equivalent courts within a judicial system to rule on issues of divorce and financial disputes between couples have been sanctioned in

In terms of the power of Congress,John Marshall's decision in Gibbons v.Ogden