University of Iowa- Intro to Law Midterm 2025/2026 ACTUAL
COMPREHENSIVE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS |FREQUENTLY
TESTED QUESTIONS |RECENTLY TESTING REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS|VERIFIED SOLUTIONS (100% CORRECT)
ALREADY GRADED A+!!
What role does predictability play in the transaction of business.
- ANSWER-the
people involved must recognize a predictable linkage between
their actions and
receiving something they value from the
transaction.
-legal system helps to
maintain
what are the 5 questions that underlie legal approach to solving
problems - ANSWER-1. What is the problem?
2. Who is affected by this problem?
3. What are the important facts in the problem?
4. What rules apply to this problem?
5. What is the conclusion
,Principles of Natural law - ANSWER-based on the belief that all
human beings posses inherent natural rights that cannot be
limited or taken away by "manmade" laws
ex that reflects nat. law
- declaration of
independence
- bill of rights
Constitutional Law - ANSWER--(federal and state)
-"supreme sources of law"
- estab. branches of govt (exec., legislative, and judicial)
- "federalist" form of govt
Statutory Law - ANSWER--(federal state
and local)
- statutes (federal and
state)
-ordinances
(local)
Administrative Law - ANSWER--(federal and state)
- combine functions normally divided among 3 branches of govt
into single govt entity
-admin law - admin regulations and decisions
, Case Law - ANSWER--(federal
and state)
-courts decision in criminal trial or a non-
criminal lawsuit
- judges use case law- decisions of others(judges)
to make theirs
precedents - ANSWER-past case decisions (with case law)
Common Law - ANSWER--
(state)
- "judges-made law" decisions made by state court
judges in civil cases
Stare Decisis - ANSWER-deciding new cases w references to
former decisions
or
precedents
with common
law
Does stare decisis prevent a state court form changing the
common law in that
state? (Y/N) - ANSWER-No, because courts need to
explain decisions
COMPREHENSIVE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS |FREQUENTLY
TESTED QUESTIONS |RECENTLY TESTING REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS|VERIFIED SOLUTIONS (100% CORRECT)
ALREADY GRADED A+!!
What role does predictability play in the transaction of business.
- ANSWER-the
people involved must recognize a predictable linkage between
their actions and
receiving something they value from the
transaction.
-legal system helps to
maintain
what are the 5 questions that underlie legal approach to solving
problems - ANSWER-1. What is the problem?
2. Who is affected by this problem?
3. What are the important facts in the problem?
4. What rules apply to this problem?
5. What is the conclusion
,Principles of Natural law - ANSWER-based on the belief that all
human beings posses inherent natural rights that cannot be
limited or taken away by "manmade" laws
ex that reflects nat. law
- declaration of
independence
- bill of rights
Constitutional Law - ANSWER--(federal and state)
-"supreme sources of law"
- estab. branches of govt (exec., legislative, and judicial)
- "federalist" form of govt
Statutory Law - ANSWER--(federal state
and local)
- statutes (federal and
state)
-ordinances
(local)
Administrative Law - ANSWER--(federal and state)
- combine functions normally divided among 3 branches of govt
into single govt entity
-admin law - admin regulations and decisions
, Case Law - ANSWER--(federal
and state)
-courts decision in criminal trial or a non-
criminal lawsuit
- judges use case law- decisions of others(judges)
to make theirs
precedents - ANSWER-past case decisions (with case law)
Common Law - ANSWER--
(state)
- "judges-made law" decisions made by state court
judges in civil cases
Stare Decisis - ANSWER-deciding new cases w references to
former decisions
or
precedents
with common
law
Does stare decisis prevent a state court form changing the
common law in that
state? (Y/N) - ANSWER-No, because courts need to
explain decisions
