LGS Exam 1

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___ courts were allowed to give equitable remedies under the English common law

Chancery

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

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

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

Whats true about the early development of English common law?

Equitable orders and remedies of the Court of Chancery took precedence over the legal decisions and remedies of the law courts

Which is NOT a primary function of law in the United States?

Establishing uniform principles of individual morality

Laws that are enacted only after considerable study, debate, and public input are an example of which function of the law?

Facilitating orderly change

The securities and exchange commission is an example of a ___

Federal administrative agency

What legal scholars look to past legal decisions (precedent) to solve contemporary problems, it is an example of which school of jurisprudence?

Historical School

Laws that make certain activities crimes are an example of which function of the law?

Keeping the peace

___ 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 governments policy of subsidized housing provides incentives resulting in too many homes being built?

Law and Economics

Which of the following are categories of courts that established English common law?

Law, equity, and merchant

The US law evolves and changes along with everything except

Misuses and oversights of our legal system

The ___ School of Jurisprudence asserts that the law should be based on morality and ethics

Natural Law

An ___ is a law enacted by local government bodies, such as cities and municipalities, counties, school districts, and water districts

Ordinance

Laws that allow for the settlement of cases prior to trial are an example of which function of the law?

Providing a basis for compromise

The ___ School of Jurisprudence asserts that the law is a means of achieving and advancing certain sociological goals

Sociological

A ___ 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

___ the supreme law of the US

The US Constitution

What was the main reason for the creation of law courts by William the Conqueror during the early development of the English common law?

To administer the law in a uniform manner

What was the main reason for the establishment of chancery courts during the development of the English common law?

To eliminate unfair results and limited remedies of law courts

which of the following is an example fo the socratic method of teaching?

asking students questions about a case or legal issue

which of the following is an incorrect statement regarding law and ethics?

businesses organized in the US are not subject to the laws of other countries in which they operate

the universal rules of kantian ethics are based on which of the following 2 important principles?

consistency and reversibility

___ improves a persons problem solving skills and helps him or her to make clear, logical, rational, and well reasoned conclusions and judgements

critical legal thinking

if a person looks to the bible or koran for ethical rules or commands, this is an example of

ethical fundamentalism

if a person looks to the karl marx for ethical rules or commands, this is an example of

ethical fundamentalism

under ___, a person looks to an outside source for ethical rules or commands

ethical fundamentalism

ethics and law are

intertwined

which of the following is an incorrect statement regarding Kantian ethics?

kant believed that people owe moral duties that are based on conditional rules

___ is also called duty ethics

kantian ethics

according to ___, people owe moral duties that are based on universal rules

kantian ethics

the US has addressed the environment that resulted from the information age in all of the following except

limiting the use of digital technologies by the government

___ means "to stand by the decision"

stare decisis

The Texas natural resources code is an example of a

state statute

which of the following is an incorrect statement regarding ethical fundamentalism?

under ethical fundamentalism, the people must choose the action or follow the rule that provides the greatest good to society

___ dictates that people must choose the action or follow the rule that provides the greatest good to society

utilitarianism

___ is a moral theory with origins in the works of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill

utilitarianism

a company is trying to determine whether it should close an unprofitable plant located in a small community. ___ would require that the benefits to shareholders from closing plant be compared with the benefits to employees, their families, and others in the community from keeping it open

utilitarianism

if an action would increase the good of 25 people by one unit each and an alternative would increase the good of one person taken by 26 units, then, according to ___, the latter action should be taken

utilitarianism

which of the following is an incorrect statement regarding utilitarianism?

utilitarianism dictates that people must choose the action or follow the rule that provides the greatest good to society. this means the greatest good for the greatest number of people

which of the following is not a relevant question according to the IRAC method of critical thinking?

which executive nominated the judge presiding over the case?


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