Test Bank for The Legal Environment Today, 8th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

,1. InlalbrieflfiledlinlLea'slsuitlagainstlMicalinlalstatelcourt,lNeil,lLea'slattorney,lcites,lOle!lCafelv.lPanlFoodslCorp.,lanlunpubl
ishedlopinion.lWithlrespectltolthelpersuasivenessloflunpublishedlopinions,lmostlstates
a. allowltheirlcourtsltolconsiderlsuchlopinions.
b. dolnotlallowltheirlcourtsltolconsiderlsuchlopinions.
c. imposelcertainlhierarchicallrankings.
d. requireltheirlcourtsltolconsiderlsuchlopinions.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: ThelCommonlLawlTradition
LEARNINGlOBJECTIVEl LO-3l-lLOl-l3
S:
NATIONALlSTANDARDSUnitedlStatesl-lAACSBlReflective
:
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lAICPAlLegal
TOPICS: CHAPTERl1--- ONLINElDEVELOPMENTS:lHOWlTHElINTERNETlHASlEXPANDED
PRECEDENT
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lApplication

2. InlalbrieflfiledlinlGene'slsuitlagainstlHoytlinlalfederallcourt,lIlsa,lGene'slattorney,lcites,lJonlv.lKlint,lanlunpublishedlopinio
n.lAccordingltolalrulingloflthelUnitedlStateslSupremelCourt,ltheljudgelinlGene'slsuit
a. maylconsiderlthelunpublishedlopinionlpersuasive.
b. mustlapplylthelunpublishedlopinionlaslbinding.
c. mustlignorelthelunpublishedlopinion.
d. mustlissuelaljudgmentlinlHoyt'slfavor.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: ThelCommonlLawlTradition
LEARNINGlOBJECTIVEl LO-3l-lLOl-l3
S:
NATIONALlSTANDARDSUnitedlStatesl-lAACSBlReflective
:
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lAICPAlLegal
TOPICS: CHAPTERl1--- ONLINElDEVELOPMENTS:lHOWlTHElINTERNETlHASlEXPANDED
PRECEDENT
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lApplication

3. Iralislaljudgelinlalcourtloflequity.lInlthislcourt,lIralmaylbarlalsuitliflitlislnotlfiledlwithinlalproperltimelunderltheldoctrinelknownla
s
a. equitablellimitations.
b. equitablelmaxims.
c. laches.
d. limitationldelbaris.
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: ThelCommonlLawlTradition

,LEARNINGlOBJECTIVl LO-4
ES:
NATIONALlSTANDARl UnitedlStatesl-lAACSBlAnalytic
DS:
LOCALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lAICPAlLegal
TOPICS: CHAPTERl1---
LANDMARKlINlTHElLEGALlENVIRONMENT:lEQUITABLElPRINCIPLESlANDlMAXIMS
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lApplication

4. Keishalislalstatelcourtljudge.lAlstatutelofllimitationsllimits
a. thelamountloflaljudgmentlthatlKeishalcanlissuelinlanylonelcase.
b. thellengthloflaltriallinlKeisha'slcourt.
c. thelnumberloflcaseslthatlKeishalislpermittedltolhear.
d. theltimelduringlwhichlalcertainlsuitlcanlbelbroughtlinlKeisha'slcourt.
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: ThelCommonlLawlTradition
LEARNINGlOBJECTIVl LO-4
ES:
NATIONALlSTANDARl UnitedlStatesl-lAACSBlReflective
DS:
LOCALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lAICPAlLegal
TOPICS: CHAPTERl1---
LANDMARKlINlTHElLEGALlENVIRONMENT:lEQUITABLElPRINCIPLESlANDlMAXIMS
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lApplication

5. Blylislaljudgelinlalcountrylthatlfollowslalcommonllawlsystem.lInlthislsystem,lBly'slapplicationloflalprinciplelofllawltolalcertainl
setloflfactslmustlbeladheredltolby
a. allljudgeslinlcourtsloflinferiorlrank.
b. alllotherljudges.
c. nolotherljudges.
d. onlylthoseljudgeslwholelectltolapplylit.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: ClassificationsloflLaw
LEARNINGlOBJECTIVES: LO-5
NATIONALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lAACSBlReflective
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lAICPAlCriticallThinking
TOPICS: CHAPTERl1 -- BEYONDlOURlBORDERS:lNATIONALlLAWlSYSTEMS
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lApplication

6. Arnolisljudgelinlalcountrylthatlfollowslalcivilllawlsystem.lInlArno'slcourt,lthelprimarylsourcelofllawlconsistslof
a. administrativeldecisions.
b. alstatutorylcode.
c. caselprecedents.

, d.thellawsloflotherlnations.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: ClassificationsloflLaw
LEARNINGlOBJECTIVES: LO-5
NATIONALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lAACSBlReflective
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lAICPAlCriticallThinking
TOPICS: CHAPTERl1 -- BEYONDlOURlBORDERS:lNATIONALlLAWlSYSTEMS
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lApplication

7. GloballEnterpriseslCorporationl(GEC)lengageslinlwhatlsomelunhappylex-
employeeslandldisgruntledlconsumerslconsiderltolbelbadlcorporatelbehavior.lTheselindividualslpostl"horrorlstories"lab
outlGEClonlroguelWeblsites.lBylprovidinglalforumlforlcomplaints,lthelpotentiallforldamageltolthelreputationloflanylcorp
orationlvialthelInternetlhas
a. decreased.
b. increased.
c. neitherldecreasedlnorlincreased.
d. bothldecreasedlandlincreased.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: GloballBusinesslEthics
LEARNINGlOBJECTIVES:LO-5

NATIONALlSTANDARDS:lUnitedlStatesl-lAACSBlEthics

LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lAICPAlCriticallThinking
TOPICS: CHAPTERl2 ---ONLINElDEVELOPMENTS:lCORPORATElREPUTATIONSlUNDER
ATTACK
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lApplication

8. WorldlInvestmentl&lTrading,lInc.l(WIT),lencourageslitslemployeesltolbuildltrustlwithlitslcustomerslandlotherlcompanies.lU
nfoundedlcomplaintslandlexaggeratedlchargeslleveledlagainstlWITlonlinelwouldlmostllikelylbelregardedlbylalcourtlas
a. anlexpressionloflfact.
b. alformloflspeechlprotectedlbylthelFirstlAmendment.
c. anlinappropriatelonlineldisclosure.
d. libelous.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: GloballBusinesslEthics
LEARNINGlOBJECTIVES:LO-5

NATIONALlSTANDARDS:lUnitedlStatesl-lAACSBlEthics

LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lAICPAlCriticallThinking