BUL 5810 FSU Woodyard
A law - answera rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state.
Which of the following is a function of the Law in the US: - answerMaintain stability while
simultaneously permitting change
Which of the following is a remedy that can only be obtained from a court acting in its
powers of equity: - answerAn Injunction
Which one of the following is true of a suit brought under civil law? - answerThe purpose
is to compensate the injured party
Sources of State Law include all but which of the following: - answerHearings before
Congress
Like the President of the United States, the governor of most states has the authority to
issue laws, which are called: - answerExecutive Orders
An example of criminal law is: - answerMurder Conviction
The remedies available to a judge of an equity court include all of the following except: -
answerStare Decisis
Type of law that is an agreement between or among independent nations is: -
answerTreaties
In general terms, the person who is sued in a civil lawsuit is the: - answerDefendant
Four Sources of Law In the US Legal system are: - answerConstitutional law, judicial
law, legislative law, and administrative law.
The party who appeals a case to a higher court is the: - answerAppellant
A decision of one of the US District courts would be recorded in: - answerthe Federal
Supplement
When applying substantiative law the court considers what sort of legal rights: -
answerThe rules that regulate legal rights, such as contract law under a binding
contract.
, If the Supreme Court of the US is examining state legislation under provisions of the US
Constitution, the Constitution would be paramount under what principle? - answerThe
status of the US Constitution being the supreme law of the land
After reviewing the chapter, how would you compare the business law topics governed
by the common law versus those that are governed largely by statue: - answerWhile
some business law topics are governed by common law, most areas of commercial law
have become largely statutory
When applying substantiative law the court considers what sort of legal rights? -
answerThe rules that regulate legal rights, such as contract law under a binding contract
Chapter 2 - answerChapter 2
If an African culture and an Eastern Asian culture differ as to the morality of a particular
action, under ethical relativism: - answerBoth actions would be viewed as ethical
Which of the following best describes the social egalitarian ethics theory? -
answerSocial egalitarians believe that society should provide each person with equal
amounts of good and services regardless of the contribution each makes to increase
society's wealth
The chief criticism of utilitarianism is that it: - answerIn some instances ignores justice
Which of the following is NOT a stage in Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development? -
answerIntuitionism
An ethical decision-making approach that asserts that actions must be judged by what
individuals feel is right or wrong for themselves, is: - answerEthical Relativism
How are fiduciary responsibilities defined? - answerUtmost loyalty and good faith
Kant's categorical imperative proposes that: - answermoral actions must potentially be a
universal law that could be applied consistently and must respect the autonomy of all
human beings and not treat them as an expedient.
What do Libertarians stress as the basis for distributing society's rewards? -
answerMarket Outcomes
A(n) __________ would support lying in a particular situation if doing so would produce
more overall pleasure than pain.- Act - answerUtilitarian
How does a person, in Kohlberg's preconventional level of moral development, make
ethical decisions? - answerHe reacts to the fear of punishment
A law - answera rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state.
Which of the following is a function of the Law in the US: - answerMaintain stability while
simultaneously permitting change
Which of the following is a remedy that can only be obtained from a court acting in its
powers of equity: - answerAn Injunction
Which one of the following is true of a suit brought under civil law? - answerThe purpose
is to compensate the injured party
Sources of State Law include all but which of the following: - answerHearings before
Congress
Like the President of the United States, the governor of most states has the authority to
issue laws, which are called: - answerExecutive Orders
An example of criminal law is: - answerMurder Conviction
The remedies available to a judge of an equity court include all of the following except: -
answerStare Decisis
Type of law that is an agreement between or among independent nations is: -
answerTreaties
In general terms, the person who is sued in a civil lawsuit is the: - answerDefendant
Four Sources of Law In the US Legal system are: - answerConstitutional law, judicial
law, legislative law, and administrative law.
The party who appeals a case to a higher court is the: - answerAppellant
A decision of one of the US District courts would be recorded in: - answerthe Federal
Supplement
When applying substantiative law the court considers what sort of legal rights: -
answerThe rules that regulate legal rights, such as contract law under a binding
contract.
, If the Supreme Court of the US is examining state legislation under provisions of the US
Constitution, the Constitution would be paramount under what principle? - answerThe
status of the US Constitution being the supreme law of the land
After reviewing the chapter, how would you compare the business law topics governed
by the common law versus those that are governed largely by statue: - answerWhile
some business law topics are governed by common law, most areas of commercial law
have become largely statutory
When applying substantiative law the court considers what sort of legal rights? -
answerThe rules that regulate legal rights, such as contract law under a binding contract
Chapter 2 - answerChapter 2
If an African culture and an Eastern Asian culture differ as to the morality of a particular
action, under ethical relativism: - answerBoth actions would be viewed as ethical
Which of the following best describes the social egalitarian ethics theory? -
answerSocial egalitarians believe that society should provide each person with equal
amounts of good and services regardless of the contribution each makes to increase
society's wealth
The chief criticism of utilitarianism is that it: - answerIn some instances ignores justice
Which of the following is NOT a stage in Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development? -
answerIntuitionism
An ethical decision-making approach that asserts that actions must be judged by what
individuals feel is right or wrong for themselves, is: - answerEthical Relativism
How are fiduciary responsibilities defined? - answerUtmost loyalty and good faith
Kant's categorical imperative proposes that: - answermoral actions must potentially be a
universal law that could be applied consistently and must respect the autonomy of all
human beings and not treat them as an expedient.
What do Libertarians stress as the basis for distributing society's rewards? -
answerMarket Outcomes
A(n) __________ would support lying in a particular situation if doing so would produce
more overall pleasure than pain.- Act - answerUtilitarian
How does a person, in Kohlberg's preconventional level of moral development, make
ethical decisions? - answerHe reacts to the fear of punishment
