KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - L201
CHAPTER 1{LATEST 2026 -2027 update}
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
The Supreme Court is mainly an ____ court. - correct answer Appellate (meaning it only
questions the law of the federal court of appeals and the highest state courts).
Separation of Powers - correct answer The U.S. Constitution established Congress and
allows it to make laws in certain areas, the president to enforce the laws, and a
federal judiciary to interpret them.
Federalism - correct answer Gives states power to make laws in certain areas
Statutes - correct answer laws created by elected representatives in Congress or a
state legislation, their interpretation and application are often difficult.
,Uniform Acts - correct answer model statutes drafted by private bodies of scholars
and lawyers.
Common Law - correct answer 1) law made and applied by judges (precedents)
2) typically only used at state level, although sometimes federal courts apply it
3) "Stare Decisis" or "let the decision stand"
Administrative Agencies... - correct answer obtain the ability to make law through a
delegation of power from legislature. Their decisions are legally binding but appeals to
the legislation are sometimes allowed
treaties - correct answer "supreme law of the land" made by president and other
governments and must be approved by 2/3 of senate
Rules of Supremacy? - correct answer 1) U.S Constitution > State Constitution
,2) Constitutions > Other Laws
3) Statutes > Legislative Delegation
4) Statutes > Common Law
4) Federal Statute > State Statute (This is known as the SUPREMACY CLAUSE)
Substantive Law - correct answer sets the rights and duties of people as they act in
society.
Procedural Law - correct answer controls the behavior of government bodies as they
establish and enforce rules of substantive law
4 schools of jurisprudence and description of each - correct answer 1) Legal
Positivism- sees legal validity and moral validity as separate... laws should be
enforced and obeyed, just or not
2) Natural Law- good law=just, bad law=not just
, 3) American Legal Realism- what really affects peoples lives is true law
4) Sociological (Public Policy)- what would people want to happen?
Judicial Review - correct answer questions constitutionality of laws (established
during Marbury vs Madison)
How do judges determine the plain meaning of statutes? - correct answer They use the
dictionary
6 functions of law? - correct answer 1) peacekeeping
2) checking gmt. power and promoting personal freedom
3) facilitating planning and the realization of reasonable expectations
4) promoting economic growth via free comp.
5) promoting social justice
6) protecting the environment
CHAPTER 1{LATEST 2026 -2027 update}
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
The Supreme Court is mainly an ____ court. - correct answer Appellate (meaning it only
questions the law of the federal court of appeals and the highest state courts).
Separation of Powers - correct answer The U.S. Constitution established Congress and
allows it to make laws in certain areas, the president to enforce the laws, and a
federal judiciary to interpret them.
Federalism - correct answer Gives states power to make laws in certain areas
Statutes - correct answer laws created by elected representatives in Congress or a
state legislation, their interpretation and application are often difficult.
,Uniform Acts - correct answer model statutes drafted by private bodies of scholars
and lawyers.
Common Law - correct answer 1) law made and applied by judges (precedents)
2) typically only used at state level, although sometimes federal courts apply it
3) "Stare Decisis" or "let the decision stand"
Administrative Agencies... - correct answer obtain the ability to make law through a
delegation of power from legislature. Their decisions are legally binding but appeals to
the legislation are sometimes allowed
treaties - correct answer "supreme law of the land" made by president and other
governments and must be approved by 2/3 of senate
Rules of Supremacy? - correct answer 1) U.S Constitution > State Constitution
,2) Constitutions > Other Laws
3) Statutes > Legislative Delegation
4) Statutes > Common Law
4) Federal Statute > State Statute (This is known as the SUPREMACY CLAUSE)
Substantive Law - correct answer sets the rights and duties of people as they act in
society.
Procedural Law - correct answer controls the behavior of government bodies as they
establish and enforce rules of substantive law
4 schools of jurisprudence and description of each - correct answer 1) Legal
Positivism- sees legal validity and moral validity as separate... laws should be
enforced and obeyed, just or not
2) Natural Law- good law=just, bad law=not just
, 3) American Legal Realism- what really affects peoples lives is true law
4) Sociological (Public Policy)- what would people want to happen?
Judicial Review - correct answer questions constitutionality of laws (established
during Marbury vs Madison)
How do judges determine the plain meaning of statutes? - correct answer They use the
dictionary
6 functions of law? - correct answer 1) peacekeeping
2) checking gmt. power and promoting personal freedom
3) facilitating planning and the realization of reasonable expectations
4) promoting economic growth via free comp.
5) promoting social justice
6) protecting the environment
