BUS 404 QUIZ #1 (all solved 100%
accurately)
Where does the Federal Gov't get its authority from? - ANSWER-Constitution
What tool did Congress create to come up with details on how to regulate
securities (a way of delegating legislative authority) - ANSWER-Administrative
Agencies
Who are the creators of the law? - ANSWER-Legislators
To govern your land - ANSWER-sovereign
Laws passed by legislatures become ____________ - ANSWER-statutes
Laws passed in less formal way (no senate or congress) - ANSWER-regulations
Court decisions that get published; judicial decisions or "common law" -
ANSWER-Cases
Highest law of land
Sets the structure of Government - ANSWER-Constitution
Adopted by the Legislature (US Congress)
Codes, ordinances
Cant conflict with federal law/ constitution - ANSWER-Statutes
Adopted by administrative agencies
Expertise in particular field
Provide the details to implement the law set forth in the statutes passed by the
legislature - ANSWER-Regulations
How we have been allowed to evolve
Created by judges
, Follow prior decisions
Stability and predictability in the law - ANSWER-Common Law (or Case Law)
Lowest Court
Cases aren't published
ex. traffic ticket - ANSWER-Trial Court
__________ court opinions are usually published - ANSWER-Appellate
Courts that can award compensation (money, land, property) - ANSWER-Courts
of Law
Courts that can award remedies other than compensation (injunctions, specific
performance) - ANSWER-Courts of Equity
What kind of laws?
Gov't and the people (criminal, constitutional, administrative) - ANSWER-Public
Laws
What kind of laws?
Personal relationships (contract disputes, torts) - ANSWER-Private Laws
Everything that is not criminal law is considered ______ law - ANSWER-civil
3 kinds of crimes - ANSWER-felonies
misdemeanors
treason
What Court?
-Trial Courts (Superior Court)
-Courts of Appeal
-State Supreme Court - ANSWER-State Courts
What Court?
-Trial Courts (94 District Court)
-Courts of Appeal (11th District Court)
-US Supreme Court - ANSWER-Federal Courts
accurately)
Where does the Federal Gov't get its authority from? - ANSWER-Constitution
What tool did Congress create to come up with details on how to regulate
securities (a way of delegating legislative authority) - ANSWER-Administrative
Agencies
Who are the creators of the law? - ANSWER-Legislators
To govern your land - ANSWER-sovereign
Laws passed by legislatures become ____________ - ANSWER-statutes
Laws passed in less formal way (no senate or congress) - ANSWER-regulations
Court decisions that get published; judicial decisions or "common law" -
ANSWER-Cases
Highest law of land
Sets the structure of Government - ANSWER-Constitution
Adopted by the Legislature (US Congress)
Codes, ordinances
Cant conflict with federal law/ constitution - ANSWER-Statutes
Adopted by administrative agencies
Expertise in particular field
Provide the details to implement the law set forth in the statutes passed by the
legislature - ANSWER-Regulations
How we have been allowed to evolve
Created by judges
, Follow prior decisions
Stability and predictability in the law - ANSWER-Common Law (or Case Law)
Lowest Court
Cases aren't published
ex. traffic ticket - ANSWER-Trial Court
__________ court opinions are usually published - ANSWER-Appellate
Courts that can award compensation (money, land, property) - ANSWER-Courts
of Law
Courts that can award remedies other than compensation (injunctions, specific
performance) - ANSWER-Courts of Equity
What kind of laws?
Gov't and the people (criminal, constitutional, administrative) - ANSWER-Public
Laws
What kind of laws?
Personal relationships (contract disputes, torts) - ANSWER-Private Laws
Everything that is not criminal law is considered ______ law - ANSWER-civil
3 kinds of crimes - ANSWER-felonies
misdemeanors
treason
What Court?
-Trial Courts (Superior Court)
-Courts of Appeal
-State Supreme Court - ANSWER-State Courts
What Court?
-Trial Courts (94 District Court)
-Courts of Appeal (11th District Court)
-US Supreme Court - ANSWER-Federal Courts
