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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Previously decided cases that are as similar as possible to the one under consideration
Sociological school
Cases on point
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
positivist school
2. The First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
Administrative agency
establishment clause
Hearsay
Probate courts
3. Wrongs
Counterclaim
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Torts(Wrongs)
tilitarinism
4. A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
Syllogism
Administrative agency
Natural law
Reporters
5. A motion made by a party - during trial - claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case
Respondent Superior
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
Pretrial motions
6. Handle only bankruptcy proceedings - which are governed by federal bankruptcy law
Summary jury trials
American Arbitration Association
Bankruptcy courts
Slander of title
7. A federal - state - or local government unit established to perform a specific function. Administrative agencies are created and authorized by legislative bodies to administer and enforce specific laws.
diversity of citizenship
Administrative agency
Small Claims courts
Contributory negligence
8. Torts committed via the internet
Cyber torts
Free exercise clause
due proccess clause
Case Precedents and the doctrine of stare decisis
9. An informal term used to refer to all laws governing electronic communications and transactions - particularly those conducted via the Internet.
Arbitrability
abnormally dangerous
Checks and balances
Cyberlaw
10. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
Privileges and and immunities clause
Fifth Amendment
Cyberlaw
Cost-benefit analysis
11. The rules governing the manner in which civil cases are brough in and progress through the federal courts
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Arbitration
Checks and balances
law
12. Highest official of a monarch. Granted new an unique remedies.
Trade libel
Chancellor
law
Cost-benefit analysis
13. The power to speak the law.
Jurisdiction
Direct examination
Constitutional Law
Historical school
14. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
Syllogism
Contributory negligence
Ninth Amendment
Negligence
15. The reasoning process used by judges in deciding what law applies to a given dispute and then applying that law to the specific facts or circumstances of the case
Arbitration
Legal reasoning
Rebuttal
Commerce clause
16. A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the plaintiff's facts but attacks the plaintiff's legal right to bring an action. An example is the running of the statute of limitations.
Causation in fact
Affirmative defense
Long arm statue
First Amendment
17. Right to bear arms
Probable cause
Second Amendment
Cases on point
Independent regulatory agencies
18. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Precedent
Alternative dispute resolution
Appellant
abnormally dangerous
19. An ethical principle that holds that you should never take any action that infringes on others; agreed-upon rights
Principle of rights
Direct examination
Cases on point
Closing argument
20. The enumeration in the Constitution - of certain rights - shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Ninth Amendment
Federal form of government
Res ipsa loquitur
Ethical reasoning
21. A system of government in which the states form a union and the sovereign power is divided between the central government and the member states
Civil Law
importance of common law
Service of process
Federal form of government
22. Automotic appeal based on procedure/law. appeal cannot be made on a error of fact. Car accident example. procedure - wrong court date. law - issue of law is wrong. U.S. Supreme Court appeal is still possible with permission(write of certerori)
Legal and Equitable Remedies
State level appeal eligibility
Corporate social responsibility
Default judgement
23. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Case law
Sociological school
Answer
uniform laws
24. Contracts - Sales - Negotiable instruments - creditos rights - intellectual property - e-commerce - product liability - torts - agency - business organizations - professional liability - courts and court procedures.
Ninth Amendment
Defenses to negligence
Areas of Law that may affect business decision making
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
25. The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Rules of evidence
Tenth Amendment
jurisprudence
Probate courts
26. A school of legal thought centered on the assumption that there is no law higher then the laws created by the government. Laws must be obeyed - even if they are unjust - to prevent anarchy.
Alleges
Question of fact
positivist school
Stare Decisis and legal Reasoning
27. Questioning of a witness during a trial or during the taking of a deposition - by the party opposed to the one who produced the witness.
Defenses to negligence
Cross-examination
Strict liability
Mini-trial
28. Law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
Closing argument
Arbitrability
uniform laws
Constitutional Law
29. The preponderance of evidence which means more likely then not.
Good samaritan statues
Compensatory damages
Burden of proof
Analogy
30. Occurs when one party to a contract is not given full or accurate information by the other party about the contract subject matter - Intentional misrepresentation of material fact - reasonably relied on by plaintiff resulting in damages
positive law
Remedies of Law
fradulent Misrepresentation
Federal question
31. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect the public health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
Police powers
Courts of law
Administrative agency
Closing argument
32. A basis for federal court jurisdiction over a lawsuit between (1) citizens of different states (2) a foreign country and citizens of a state of of different states - or (3) citizens of a state and citizens or subjects of a foreign country. The amount
diversity of citizenship
Direct examination
Concurrent Jurisdiction
Question of law
33. Precedents are determined under stare decisis. Courts of law and courts or equity have been combined.
Probate courts
importance of common law
Contributory negligence
Criminal law
34. The resolution of disputes wit hthe assitance of organizations that offer disputesresolution services via the internet.
Default judgement
Seventh Amendment
Online dispute resolution
Police powers
35. To be on the land of another without right or permission of the owner
Bill of Rights
Statues of limitation
Trespass to land
Appellee
36. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
Complaint
Symbolic speech
Motion for judgement as a matter of law
Comparative negligence
37. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
voir dire
Ethical reasoning
Probate courts
Tenth Amendment
38. Law concerned with private wrongs against individuals
Civil Law
Statues of limitation
Categorical imperative
State level appeal eligibility
39. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
law
Privileges and and immunities clause
Jurisdiction
Cost-benefit analysis
40. Doctrine under which a person cannot recover for injuries received from a dangerous activity to which she voluntarily exposed herself
Filtering software
Categorical imperative
Assumption of risk
Malpractice
41. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Opening statements
Punitive damages
Courts of law
Burden of proof
42. A computer program that is designed to block access to certain Web sites based on their content. The software blocks the retrieval of a site whose URL or key words are on a list within the program.
Question of fact
Filtering software
Rebuttal
In rem jurisdiction
43. Federal regulatory agencies that are independent - thus not fully under the power of the president. Ex. Federal Trade Commission - Securities and Exchange Commission.
Remedies
Long arm statue
Independent regulatory agencies
Opinions
44. A court will award money or other relief to a party injured by a breach of contract
Federal question
Remedies
Affirmative defense
Absolute bar
45. Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and thier society.
Rebuttal
law
Writ of certiorari
Alleges
46. (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
In rem jurisdiction
Direct examination
Seventh Amendment
Historical school
47. The act of changing location from one place to another
Alleges
Defenses to negligence
Motion
Rules of evidence
48. A brief outline of what the defendant and the plaintiff will try to prove.
Pleadings
Opening statements
due proccess clause
Trade libel
49. Everyone in the commercial chain will be liable for the defect. (manafacturer - distrubutor - retailer) *end user is not in the commercial chain.
Remedies of Law
Direct examination
Strict product liability
Precedent
50. Need a set of laws so that commerce is possible; can't have different laws in every state for business. Uniform Commercial Code. Uniform Partnernship Act. Most states adopt them but not in the exact same form
voir dire
Strict product liability
uniform laws
Trespass to personal property
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