Chapter 1-1 Laws and Legal Systems

True

Most American law courts can use either damages or an injunction or both as remedies in civil cases. True/False

English common law and Roman civil law

what are the world's two greatest systems of law?

English Common Law

what is the origin of the US legal system?

Laws

enforceable rules of conduct in a society, typically reflect the culture and circumstances that create them.

Equity

fairness (alternate to common law)

Injunction

stops something from being done

Jurisdiction

the power to decide a case

True

An organized group of laws is referred to as a code. True/False

d.) None of these

The two systems of law in use today are the English common law and the (a) American Constitution (b) French legal code (c) Roman common law (d) none of these

King Henry appointed a number of judges who had the power to order that wrongdoers pay with money or goods the parties they injured.

What is the King's bench?

Jury

a panel of citizens

Common Law

law based on current standards or customs of the people

Positive Law

law dictated from above in this fashion

1.) Individuals are free to take revenge for wrongs done to them. 2.) A leader acquires enough power to be able to force revenge-minded individuals to accept an award of goods or money instead. 3.) The leader gives this power to a system of courts. 4.)The leader or central authority acts ti prevent and punish wrongs that provoke individuals to seek revenge.

What are the stages in the growth of Law?

False, the first stage is that individuals are free to take revenge for wrongs done to them.

Substitution of damages for revenge is the first stage in the evolution of law. True/False

Code

laws that have been grouped into an organized form.

True

Louisiana is the only one of the 50 states whose legal system was not originally based on the English common law system. True/False