LEGL 2700 ROESSING TEST 1 2026 LEGAL
PRINCIPLES ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ procedural law. Answer: methods and means by which
substantive law is made and administered
- tells you what happens when a law is broken, sanctions
◉ federal law. Answer: constitution > legislation(acts,statutes,codes)
> administrative law(EPA, protect business) > state law
◉ state laws. Answer: below federal law,
-state constitutions
-state statutes
-state administrative regulation
-local ordinances in cities
-case law
◉ case law. Answer: judicial decisions
◉ stare decisis. Answer: follow precedent
,◉ disadvantages of case law. Answer: 1. volume of cases
2. conflicting precedents- no confidence in certainty of law
3. dicta
4. rejection of precedent
5.conflicts of law (different state laws)
◉ dicta. Answer: whatever extra was said in court but not influential
to the decision
◉ 2nd ammendment. Answer: right to bear arms shall not be
infringed
◉ legal SANCTIONS. Answer: methods to encourage or force
compliance and obedience in the law
preventive function
◉ remedy. Answer: the right of an individual to take another
person's resources (especially money) because that person has
failed to meet the requirements of law (breach of contract)
◉ sanctions for criminal conduct. Answer: death
imprisonment
fine
, removal from office
disqualification from holding office/voting
◉ compensatory damages. Answer: remedy for a breach in contract
is a suit for dollar damages
◉ specific performance. Answer: an order by the court commanding
the other party actually to perform a bargain as agreed
◉ intentional torts. Answer: all require the plaintiff (initiator) to
prove the defendant intended to cross the boundaries protecting the
plaintiff.
-assault, battery, conversion (depriving someone of goods owned),
trespassing
◉ negligence. Answer: this tort requires the plaintiff to show that
the defendant injured what was proper to the plaintiff through
unreasonable behavior
◉ strict liability. Answer: tort that usually requires the plaintiff to
prove only that the defendant has injured something proper to the
plaintiff.. injury caused by ultrahazardous activity like blasting
PRINCIPLES ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ procedural law. Answer: methods and means by which
substantive law is made and administered
- tells you what happens when a law is broken, sanctions
◉ federal law. Answer: constitution > legislation(acts,statutes,codes)
> administrative law(EPA, protect business) > state law
◉ state laws. Answer: below federal law,
-state constitutions
-state statutes
-state administrative regulation
-local ordinances in cities
-case law
◉ case law. Answer: judicial decisions
◉ stare decisis. Answer: follow precedent
,◉ disadvantages of case law. Answer: 1. volume of cases
2. conflicting precedents- no confidence in certainty of law
3. dicta
4. rejection of precedent
5.conflicts of law (different state laws)
◉ dicta. Answer: whatever extra was said in court but not influential
to the decision
◉ 2nd ammendment. Answer: right to bear arms shall not be
infringed
◉ legal SANCTIONS. Answer: methods to encourage or force
compliance and obedience in the law
preventive function
◉ remedy. Answer: the right of an individual to take another
person's resources (especially money) because that person has
failed to meet the requirements of law (breach of contract)
◉ sanctions for criminal conduct. Answer: death
imprisonment
fine
, removal from office
disqualification from holding office/voting
◉ compensatory damages. Answer: remedy for a breach in contract
is a suit for dollar damages
◉ specific performance. Answer: an order by the court commanding
the other party actually to perform a bargain as agreed
◉ intentional torts. Answer: all require the plaintiff (initiator) to
prove the defendant intended to cross the boundaries protecting the
plaintiff.
-assault, battery, conversion (depriving someone of goods owned),
trespassing
◉ negligence. Answer: this tort requires the plaintiff to show that
the defendant injured what was proper to the plaintiff through
unreasonable behavior
◉ strict liability. Answer: tort that usually requires the plaintiff to
prove only that the defendant has injured something proper to the
plaintiff.. injury caused by ultrahazardous activity like blasting
