BLAW 2301 Betanzos Exam 1 (Ch. 1, 2 & 4-9) Key Terms Answered
Correctly
1. What is a Law? The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as
regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition
of penalties.
2. Is Everything in Nope. There is tension in the law, there is always the need for stability and/or
Law Black and change, and that is why there is a reason for the existence of judiciary entities.
White?
3. What is the role It establishes Congress, the Presidency, and Courts (branches of government), it
of the US Constitu- gives to states powers not given to Federal government, and it guarantees basic
tion? rights to all citizens.
4. What do State Con- They create state executive, legislative & judicial systems.
stitutions do?
5. What are statutes? A written law passed by a legislative body, either on a federal or state level.
6. What is Common A body of unwritten laws based on legal precedents established by the courts.
Law? Common law influences the decision-making process in unusual cases where
the outcome cannot be determined based on existing statutes or written rules
of law.
7. What is the Doc- a Latin term meaning "to stand by that which is decided. Basically, it is a legal
trine of Stare Deci- doctrine that obligates courts to follow historical cases when making a ruling
sis? on a similar case. Simply put, it binds courts to follow legal precedents set by
previous decisions.
8. What is Adminis- Law created by agencies; the body of law that regulates the operation and
trative Law? procedures of government agencies (usually in the executive branch).
9. What are court or- A direction issued by a court or a judge requiring a person to do or not do
ders? something.
10. What is equity?
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, BLAW 2301 Betanzos Exam 1 (Ch. 1, 2 & 4-9) Key Terms Answered
Correctly
The principle that courts may issue rulings such as injunctions to provide an
equitable remedy.
11. What is the dif- Criminal Law: Dangerous behavior outlawed by society, government prosecutes
ference between accused, guilt is determined, and punishment or fine is imposed. Civil Law:
Criminal Law and Regulates rights and duties between parties, victim, not government brings suit,
Civil Law? guilt not determined, compensation, or equitable relief, is ordered.
12. What is a plaintiff Plaintitt: a person who brings a case against another in a court of law. Defendant:
and what is a de- an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
fendant?
13. Why is the law im- We depend upon the law to give us a stable nation and economy, a fair society,
portant? a safe place to live and work.... But while law is a vital tool for crafting the society
we want, there are no easy answers about how to create it.
14. What are ethics? Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
15. Is it possible for an Yes! Ex of an ethical action being illegal: Assisted Suicide for someone in Terminal
ethical action to be Condition. Ex of a legal action that is unethical: Martin Shkreli raising prices on
illegal, and for a le- exclusive medicine.
gal action to be un-
ethical?
16. Why should we as Society as a whole benefits by encouraging economic competition; no one wants
a society be ethi- to compete with unfair competitors, people feel better when they behave ethi-
cal? cally, and unethical behavior can be costly. What is the cost of a lost reputation?
17. What are the four 1.) Utilitarian Ethics - Utilitarianism is a family of consequentialist ethical theories
theories of ethics? that promotes actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the majority
of a population.
2.) Deontological Ethics - a type of ethics that judges actions based on whether
they follow certain rules. It is sometimes described as "duty" or "obligation" or
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Correctly
1. What is a Law? The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as
regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition
of penalties.
2. Is Everything in Nope. There is tension in the law, there is always the need for stability and/or
Law Black and change, and that is why there is a reason for the existence of judiciary entities.
White?
3. What is the role It establishes Congress, the Presidency, and Courts (branches of government), it
of the US Constitu- gives to states powers not given to Federal government, and it guarantees basic
tion? rights to all citizens.
4. What do State Con- They create state executive, legislative & judicial systems.
stitutions do?
5. What are statutes? A written law passed by a legislative body, either on a federal or state level.
6. What is Common A body of unwritten laws based on legal precedents established by the courts.
Law? Common law influences the decision-making process in unusual cases where
the outcome cannot be determined based on existing statutes or written rules
of law.
7. What is the Doc- a Latin term meaning "to stand by that which is decided. Basically, it is a legal
trine of Stare Deci- doctrine that obligates courts to follow historical cases when making a ruling
sis? on a similar case. Simply put, it binds courts to follow legal precedents set by
previous decisions.
8. What is Adminis- Law created by agencies; the body of law that regulates the operation and
trative Law? procedures of government agencies (usually in the executive branch).
9. What are court or- A direction issued by a court or a judge requiring a person to do or not do
ders? something.
10. What is equity?
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, BLAW 2301 Betanzos Exam 1 (Ch. 1, 2 & 4-9) Key Terms Answered
Correctly
The principle that courts may issue rulings such as injunctions to provide an
equitable remedy.
11. What is the dif- Criminal Law: Dangerous behavior outlawed by society, government prosecutes
ference between accused, guilt is determined, and punishment or fine is imposed. Civil Law:
Criminal Law and Regulates rights and duties between parties, victim, not government brings suit,
Civil Law? guilt not determined, compensation, or equitable relief, is ordered.
12. What is a plaintiff Plaintitt: a person who brings a case against another in a court of law. Defendant:
and what is a de- an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
fendant?
13. Why is the law im- We depend upon the law to give us a stable nation and economy, a fair society,
portant? a safe place to live and work.... But while law is a vital tool for crafting the society
we want, there are no easy answers about how to create it.
14. What are ethics? Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
15. Is it possible for an Yes! Ex of an ethical action being illegal: Assisted Suicide for someone in Terminal
ethical action to be Condition. Ex of a legal action that is unethical: Martin Shkreli raising prices on
illegal, and for a le- exclusive medicine.
gal action to be un-
ethical?
16. Why should we as Society as a whole benefits by encouraging economic competition; no one wants
a society be ethi- to compete with unfair competitors, people feel better when they behave ethi-
cal? cally, and unethical behavior can be costly. What is the cost of a lost reputation?
17. What are the four 1.) Utilitarian Ethics - Utilitarianism is a family of consequentialist ethical theories
theories of ethics? that promotes actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the majority
of a population.
2.) Deontological Ethics - a type of ethics that judges actions based on whether
they follow certain rules. It is sometimes described as "duty" or "obligation" or
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