All of the following are origins of law except:
A. Constitutional law
B. Statutory law
C. Case law
D. Presidential law correct answers D. Presidential law
Where did the constitutional law originate from?
A. Legislative body
B. Federal/state constitutions
C. Appellate court correct answers B. Federal/state constitutions
Where did the statutory law originate from?
A. Legislative body
B. Appellate court
C. Federal/state constitutions correct answers A. Legislative body
Where did the case law originate from?
A. Legislative body
B. Appellate court
Cd. Federal/state constitutions correct answers B. Appellate court
, True or false: Letter of the law is strictly applied in accordance with literal meaning of statute
and no room for interpretation, and Spirit of the Law is applies in accordance with intent of
legislation and promotes fairness/justice. correct answers True
True or false: Crime is not an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or
commanding it. correct answers False
Which of the following are elements of a crime?
A. Commission of a prohibited act, or an omission of a required act.
B. Presence of a designated state of mind (intent)
C. A & B
D. Neither A or B correct answers C. A & B
True or false: Intent is the mental state of mind that person knowingly committed a crime. correct
answers True
Which best describes general intent?
A. A person's intent to do some further act or achieve some additional consequence.
B. Person intentionally did that which the law declared to be a crime.
C. When an unlawful act affects a person other than, or in addition to, the person it was intended
to affect. correct answers B. Person intentionally did that which the law declared to be a crime.
Which best describes transferred intent?
A. Person intentionally did that which the law declared to be a crime.
B. A person's intent to do some further act or achieve some additional consequence.