Exam 1: Legal Heritage and the Digital Age

What school of jurisprudence bases its principles, for solving legal disputes, on broad notions of "fairness, " and subjective decision making by judges?

The doctrine of stare decisis provides that each court decision is independent and should stand on its own.

Businesses that are organized in the United States are subject to its laws, but not to the laws of other countries in which they do business.

Federal statutes take precedence over treaties.

How does the doctrine of stare decisis help in creating stability in a legal system?

What function of the law is being served when passing laws that protect the U.S.government from the risk of being forcefully overthrown?

Give an account of the Law Merchant in early English common law.

The Law and Economics School of jurisprudential thought holds that rights are not worth protecting if it is too costly from an economic viewpoint.

Explain the priority of law in the United States.

Executive orders are issued only by the executive branch of the federal government.

Administrative agencies are created by the judicial branch of government.

Powers not given to the federal government by the U.S.Constitution are reserved to the states.

________ is described as the theory or philosophy of law.

The Analytical School of jurisprudence lays emphasis on how the result of a case is reached rather than the logic of the result itself.

Ordinances are not codified into code books.

According to the priority of law in the United States, which of the following statements is true?

Legal precedence is a key feature of the Historical School of jurisprudence.

Natural Law School of jurisprudence emphasizes shaping laws based on morals and ethics.

Law is described as ________.

The law courts of the English common law emphasized legal procedure over the merits of the individual case.