Business Law quiz 1,3
_____ is a form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties choose an impartial third party to hear and decide the dispute.
Arbitration
The Law and Economics School of jurisprudence is also called the _____ School.
Chicago
The _____ School of jurisprudence believes that the law is a set of rules developed, communicated, and enforced by the ruling party rather than a reflection of the society's morality, history, logic, or sociology.
Command
_____ is the act of a court to combine two or more separate lawsuits into one lawsuit.
Consolidation
The _____ School of jurisprudence proposes that legal rules are unnecessary and are used as an obstacle by the powerful to maintain the status quo
Critical Legal Studies
_____ improves a person's problem-solving skills and helps him or her to make clear, logical, rational, and well-reasoned conclusions and judgments.
Critical legal thinking
_____ are written questions submitted by one party to a lawsuit to another party.
Interrogatories
is a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority and having binding legal force.
Law
The _____ School of jurisprudence believes that promoting market efficiency should be the central goal of legal decision making.
Law and Economics
Which of the following schools of jurisprudential thought might suggest that the federal government's policy of subsidized housing provides incentives resulting in too many homes being built?
Law and Economics
_____ is a form of negotiation in which a neutral third party assists (without making a decision or an award) the disputing parties in reaching a settlement of their dispute.
Mediation
The _____ School of jurisprudence asserts that the law is a means of achieving and advancing certain sociological goals.
Sociological
_____ means "to stand by the decision."
Stare decisis
_____ the supreme law of the United States.
The United States Constitution is
A(n) _____ is a compact made between two or more nations.
Treaty
_____ is the process whereby the judge and attorneys ask prospective jurors questions to determine whether they would be biased in their decisions.
Voir dire
Which of the following is not a relevant question according to the IRAC method of critical legal thinking?
Which executive nominated the judge presiding over the case?
An appeal is the act of asking a(n) _____ to overturn a decision after the trial court's final judgment has been entered.
appellate court
To maintain a class action, a class must be _____ by the appropriate federal or state court.
certified
Jury instructions are also known as _____.
charges
A _____ is a lawsuit where a group of plaintiffs with common claims collectively bring a lawsuit against a defendant.
class action
Federal statutes are organized by topic into code books. This is often referred to as _____ law.
codified
English _____ law was developed by judges, who issued their opinions when deciding cases. The principles in these cases became precedent for later judges deciding similar cases.
common
If the defendant does not answer the complaint, a _____ is entered against him or her.
default judgment
The person giving a deposition is called the _____
deponent
Which of the following is not a primary function of law in the United States?
establishing uniform principles of individual morality.
The president of the United States is empowered to issue _____ orders.
executive
The Securities and Exchange Commission is an example of a _____.
federal administrative agency
Which of the following is NOT a major pleading in a lawsuit?
interrogatory
Once the closing arguments are completed, the _____ reads jury instructions to the jury. These instructions inform the jury about what law to apply when they decide the case
judge
The court may overturn the verdict if it finds bias or jury misconduct. This is called a _____.
judgment n.o.v.
Which of the following are categories of courts that established English common law?
law, equity, and merchant
The bringing, maintaining, and defending of a lawsuit is generally referred to as _____.
litigation
The simplest form of alternative dispute resolution is _____.
negotiation
A(n) _____ is a law enacted by local government bodies, such as cities and municipalities, counties, school districts, and water districts.
ordinance
A motion for summary judgment is supported by evidence _____
outside the pleadings
Based on the common law tradition, past court decisions become _____ for deciding future cases.
precedent
Which of the following is NOT a major form of discovery?
pretrial conference
When the complaint and summons are served on the defendant, this is called service of _____.
process
After the defendant's attorney has finished calling witnesses, the plaintiff's attorney can call witnesses and put forth evidence to rebut the defendant's case. This is called a _____.
rebuttal
The defendant's attorney can call additional witnesses and introduce other evidence to counter the plaintiff's rebuttal. What is this called?
rejoinder
In a civil case, the judge may reduce the amount of monetary damages awarded by the jury if he or she finds the jury to have been biased, emotional, or inflamed. This is called _____.
remittitur
A(n) _____ is a written law enacted by the legislative branch of the federal and state governments that establishes certain courses of conduct to which covered parties must adhere.
statute
A _____ establishes the period during which a plaintiff must bring a lawsuit against a defendant.
statute of limitations
A(n) _____ is a court order that directs the defendant to appear in court and answer the complaint.
summons
An electronic court is also called a _____ courthouse.
virtual