BUL 5810 - Woodyard - FSU - Exam 1
What is a Law? - answer A rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a
state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong.
What are the functions of law? - answer To maintain stability in the social, political, and
economic system through dispute resolution, protection of property, and the
preservation of the state, while simultaneously permitting ordered change.
What are legal sanctions? - answer Means by which the law enforces the decisions of
the courts.
What is the difference between law and morals? - answer They are different but
overlapping; Law provides sanctions, while morals do not.
What is the difference between Law and Justice? - answer They are separate and
distinct concepts; Justice is the fair, equitable, and impartial treatment of competing
interests with due regard for the common good.
What is substantive law? - answer Law creating rights and duties.
What is procedural law? - answer Rules for enforcing substantive law.
What is civil law? - answerLaw dealing with rights and duties the violation of which
constitutes a wrong against an individual or other legal entity.
What is criminal law? - answerLaw establishing duties which, if violated, constitute a
wrong against the entire community.
What are the four sources of law? - answerConstitutional law, Judicial law, Legislative
law, and Administrative law.
What is Constitutional law? - answerFundamental law of government establishing its
powers and limitations.
Into how many parts is Judicial law divided? - answer2 parts: Common law and Equity
What is Common Law? - answerThe branch of Judicial Law that is developed by the
courts ans serves as precedent for determination of later controversies.
What is Equity? - answerThe branch of Judicial law that is based upon principles distinct
from common law and providing remedies not available at law.
, Into how many parts is Legislative law divided? - answer2 parts: Treaties and Executive
Orders
What is a Treaty? - answerAgreements between or among independent nations.
What is an Executive Order? - answerLaws issued by the President or by the Governor
of a state.
What is Administrative law? - answerBody of law created by Administrative agencies to
carry out their regulatory powers and duties.
What is the supreme law of the land? - answerThe U.S. Constitution
Administrative agencies are powerful because they have 3 powers of government: -
answer1. Power to make rules
2. Power to investigate or enforce
3. Power to decide if you violated rules
What is Stare Decisis? - answerThe legal principle of determining points in litigation
according to precedent.
What is ethics? - answerStudy of what is good or right for human beings.
What is Business Ethics? - answerStudy of what is right and good in a business setting
What is Ethical Fundamentalism? - answerThe ethical theory in which individuals look to
a central authority or set of rules to guide them in ethical decision making.
What is Ethical Relativism? - answerThe ethical theory in which actions must be judged
by what individuals subjectively feel is right or wrong for themselves.
What is Situational Ethics? - answerThe ethical theory in which one must judge a
person's actions by first putting oneself in the actor's situation.
What is Utilitarianism? - answerThe ethical theory in which moral actions are those that
produce the greatest net pleasure compared with net pain.
What are the 3 different kinds of Utilitarianism? - answer1. Act Utilitarianism
2. Rule Utilitarianism
3. Cost-Benefit Analysis
What us Act Utilitarianism? - answerThe assessment of each separate act according to
whether it maximizes pleasure over pain.
What is Rule Utilitarianism? - answerThe support of rules that on balance produce the
greatest pleasure for society.
What is a Law? - answer A rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a
state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong.
What are the functions of law? - answer To maintain stability in the social, political, and
economic system through dispute resolution, protection of property, and the
preservation of the state, while simultaneously permitting ordered change.
What are legal sanctions? - answer Means by which the law enforces the decisions of
the courts.
What is the difference between law and morals? - answer They are different but
overlapping; Law provides sanctions, while morals do not.
What is the difference between Law and Justice? - answer They are separate and
distinct concepts; Justice is the fair, equitable, and impartial treatment of competing
interests with due regard for the common good.
What is substantive law? - answer Law creating rights and duties.
What is procedural law? - answer Rules for enforcing substantive law.
What is civil law? - answerLaw dealing with rights and duties the violation of which
constitutes a wrong against an individual or other legal entity.
What is criminal law? - answerLaw establishing duties which, if violated, constitute a
wrong against the entire community.
What are the four sources of law? - answerConstitutional law, Judicial law, Legislative
law, and Administrative law.
What is Constitutional law? - answerFundamental law of government establishing its
powers and limitations.
Into how many parts is Judicial law divided? - answer2 parts: Common law and Equity
What is Common Law? - answerThe branch of Judicial Law that is developed by the
courts ans serves as precedent for determination of later controversies.
What is Equity? - answerThe branch of Judicial law that is based upon principles distinct
from common law and providing remedies not available at law.
, Into how many parts is Legislative law divided? - answer2 parts: Treaties and Executive
Orders
What is a Treaty? - answerAgreements between or among independent nations.
What is an Executive Order? - answerLaws issued by the President or by the Governor
of a state.
What is Administrative law? - answerBody of law created by Administrative agencies to
carry out their regulatory powers and duties.
What is the supreme law of the land? - answerThe U.S. Constitution
Administrative agencies are powerful because they have 3 powers of government: -
answer1. Power to make rules
2. Power to investigate or enforce
3. Power to decide if you violated rules
What is Stare Decisis? - answerThe legal principle of determining points in litigation
according to precedent.
What is ethics? - answerStudy of what is good or right for human beings.
What is Business Ethics? - answerStudy of what is right and good in a business setting
What is Ethical Fundamentalism? - answerThe ethical theory in which individuals look to
a central authority or set of rules to guide them in ethical decision making.
What is Ethical Relativism? - answerThe ethical theory in which actions must be judged
by what individuals subjectively feel is right or wrong for themselves.
What is Situational Ethics? - answerThe ethical theory in which one must judge a
person's actions by first putting oneself in the actor's situation.
What is Utilitarianism? - answerThe ethical theory in which moral actions are those that
produce the greatest net pleasure compared with net pain.
What are the 3 different kinds of Utilitarianism? - answer1. Act Utilitarianism
2. Rule Utilitarianism
3. Cost-Benefit Analysis
What us Act Utilitarianism? - answerThe assessment of each separate act according to
whether it maximizes pleasure over pain.
What is Rule Utilitarianism? - answerThe support of rules that on balance produce the
greatest pleasure for society.
