LEG 100 WEEK 4 QUIZ 2 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
According to your text, the biggest change in litigation in the last decade has been -
Answers - an explosive rise of electronic discovery.
The majority of work done by legislative bodies is performed in committees. - Answers -
True
The amendments to the U.S. Constitution protect the people from the power of state
and federal governments. - Answers - True
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal statute, forbids discrimination on the basis of
national origin in employment. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
is the administrative agency that oversees the law. The EEOC issued Guidelines on
Discrimination because of National Origin. According to one of the guidelines, the
EEOC will presume a violation of the law if an employer sets a work requirement that
employees must speak only English in the workplace. This is an interpretive rule
because it interprets the Civil Rights Act. - Answers - True
The largest source of new law comes from court decisions. - Answers - False
The government has the right to take private property through the power of eminent
domain. - Answers - True
The government has the right to take private property through the power of eminent
domain. - Answers - False
In a civil case, the plaintiff must prove the case - Answers - by a preponderance of the
evidence.
A _______ is a ruling by the court that no trial is necessary because there are no
essential facts in dispute. - Answers - summary judgment
After being served with a summons and a copy of the complaint, a defendant usually
files a pleading known as an answer, briefly replying to each allegation in the complaint.
- Answers - True
Primary methods of alternative dispute resolution include litigation and mediation. -
Answers - False
In reaching their verdicts, appellate courts conduct trials and rehear all evidence. -
Answers - False
ANSWERS
According to your text, the biggest change in litigation in the last decade has been -
Answers - an explosive rise of electronic discovery.
The majority of work done by legislative bodies is performed in committees. - Answers -
True
The amendments to the U.S. Constitution protect the people from the power of state
and federal governments. - Answers - True
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal statute, forbids discrimination on the basis of
national origin in employment. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
is the administrative agency that oversees the law. The EEOC issued Guidelines on
Discrimination because of National Origin. According to one of the guidelines, the
EEOC will presume a violation of the law if an employer sets a work requirement that
employees must speak only English in the workplace. This is an interpretive rule
because it interprets the Civil Rights Act. - Answers - True
The largest source of new law comes from court decisions. - Answers - False
The government has the right to take private property through the power of eminent
domain. - Answers - True
The government has the right to take private property through the power of eminent
domain. - Answers - False
In a civil case, the plaintiff must prove the case - Answers - by a preponderance of the
evidence.
A _______ is a ruling by the court that no trial is necessary because there are no
essential facts in dispute. - Answers - summary judgment
After being served with a summons and a copy of the complaint, a defendant usually
files a pleading known as an answer, briefly replying to each allegation in the complaint.
- Answers - True
Primary methods of alternative dispute resolution include litigation and mediation. -
Answers - False
In reaching their verdicts, appellate courts conduct trials and rehear all evidence. -
Answers - False
