©BRIGHTSTARS EXAM STUDY SOLUTIONS 8/13/2024 12:27 PM
Assignment #1 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers.
You learned that that are two types of law. One type, Civil Law, governs the relationship
between private parties or entities. Is this statement...T/F - answer✔✔True
Criminal Law, however, concerns the government's decision to prohibit and punish conduct or
behavior. Is this statement...T/F - answer✔✔True
Generally, felonies are thought of as serious crimes that are punishable by less than one year in
prison. This statement is...T/F - answer✔✔False
Generally, misdemeanors are less serious offenses and usually are punishable by less than one
year incarceration. This statement is...T/F - answer✔✔True
Which one of these is an example of a Mala in se crime? - answer✔✔Murder
Which one of these is an example of a Mala prohibita crime? - answer✔✔drug use
Although crimes can be classifies as Mala in se and Mala prohibita, most modern state penal
codes classify offenses into four main groups. What are these four types? - answer✔✔Property
crime
Personal crime
Public-order offenses
Moral offenses
This type of law is defines as the body of previous decisions, or precedents, that has accumulated
over time and to which attorneys refer when arguing cases and that judges use in deciding the
merits of new cases. - answer✔✔Case law
This type of law is defines as law in the form of statues or formals written codes made by a
legislature or governing body with the power to make law. - answer✔✔Statutory law
This type of law is defined as the legal principle that requires courts to be bound by their own
earlier decisions and by those of higher courts having jurisdiction over them regarding
subsequent cases on similar issues of law and fact. - answer✔✔Stare Decisis
Assignment #1 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers.
You learned that that are two types of law. One type, Civil Law, governs the relationship
between private parties or entities. Is this statement...T/F - answer✔✔True
Criminal Law, however, concerns the government's decision to prohibit and punish conduct or
behavior. Is this statement...T/F - answer✔✔True
Generally, felonies are thought of as serious crimes that are punishable by less than one year in
prison. This statement is...T/F - answer✔✔False
Generally, misdemeanors are less serious offenses and usually are punishable by less than one
year incarceration. This statement is...T/F - answer✔✔True
Which one of these is an example of a Mala in se crime? - answer✔✔Murder
Which one of these is an example of a Mala prohibita crime? - answer✔✔drug use
Although crimes can be classifies as Mala in se and Mala prohibita, most modern state penal
codes classify offenses into four main groups. What are these four types? - answer✔✔Property
crime
Personal crime
Public-order offenses
Moral offenses
This type of law is defines as the body of previous decisions, or precedents, that has accumulated
over time and to which attorneys refer when arguing cases and that judges use in deciding the
merits of new cases. - answer✔✔Case law
This type of law is defines as law in the form of statues or formals written codes made by a
legislature or governing body with the power to make law. - answer✔✔Statutory law
This type of law is defined as the legal principle that requires courts to be bound by their own
earlier decisions and by those of higher courts having jurisdiction over them regarding
subsequent cases on similar issues of law and fact. - answer✔✔Stare Decisis
