BLAW 3310 EXAM 1 UTA LEE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS- GRADED A
/. Definition of Law - Answer-✅rules, standards, and principles that define the
behavioral boundaries for people and business activities.
/.What 3 branches have the ability to create law? - Answer-✅1. Judicial Branch - courts
create legal precedents thru their decisions and by ruling on constitutionality of actions
of Congress or the executive branch
2. Congress Legislative Branch - passes statutes
3. Executive Branch - President/Admin agencies
/.Where does the law come from? - Answer-✅The Constitution
NOTE: The U.S. Constitution allocates the powers of government between states and
the federal government powers not granted to the Fed Govt are retained by states or
are left to the ppl.
/.Laws and the Legal System serve what key roles in society? - Answer-✅1. influencing
the behavior of the members of a society.
2. resolving disputes within society
3. maintaining important social values
4. providing a method for assisting social change
/.Stare Decisis - Answer-✅is the principle that courts are often influenced by and have
the choice to follow what other courts have done.
deciding of new cases by referencing previous decisions is the foundation of the
Angelo-American judicial process
"TO STAND ON DECIDED CASES"; judges expected to stand by established rules of
law.
/.Examples of Societal Changes Resulting in Diff. Stare Decisis outcome - Answer-✅-
Gay Marriage / Gay Rights in Employers
- Paternity tests and marriages
, **Change in law due to societal changes
/.Davis v. Wall Industrial Contractor Case (Change in law) - Answer-✅
/.Judicial Review - Answer-✅is the doctrine under which legislative and executive
actions are subject to review by the judiciary. A court with judicial review power may
invalidate laws and decisions that are incompatible with a higher authority, such as the
terms of a written constitution.
- Judiciary also reviews actions taken by the executive branch and admin agencies to
make sure they comply w/ the constitution
/.Laws created by federal and state legislatures are known as: - Answer-✅Statutory
Law or Written Laws
/.Ethics - Answer-✅in context of business practitioners has to do with rules or standards
governing the conduct of members of a profession and how standards are put into
action within an org
/.Integrity - Answer-✅living by a moral code and standards of ethics
/.Morality - Answer-✅concerns conformity to rules of correct conduct within the context
of society, religion, or other institutions.
/.Ethics, Integrity, and Morality are - Answer-✅voluntarily adopted standards of conduct
/.Federal Judges - Answer-✅nominated by the president and confirmed by a majority
vote in the US Senate.
- Constitution guarantees federal judges the right to serve "during good behavior" so
they enjoy a LIFETIME appointment
/.State Judges - Answer-✅elected, appointed, or chosen by a method that mixes the
election and appointment processes. judges selected serves until the next election.
/.Doctrine of Judicial Immunity - Answer-✅an official or judge is absolutely immune from
suit for damages for judicial acts.
ex: Judge determines someone loses a lawsuit and they owe someone else money and
they send a court official out to collect the money out of someone's bank acct to give to
plaintiff; the official is following judge's orders and cannot be sued.
/.State and Federal court systems have lower courts of ____ - Answer-✅Original
Jurisdiction where disputes are first brought and tried
ANSWERS- GRADED A
/. Definition of Law - Answer-✅rules, standards, and principles that define the
behavioral boundaries for people and business activities.
/.What 3 branches have the ability to create law? - Answer-✅1. Judicial Branch - courts
create legal precedents thru their decisions and by ruling on constitutionality of actions
of Congress or the executive branch
2. Congress Legislative Branch - passes statutes
3. Executive Branch - President/Admin agencies
/.Where does the law come from? - Answer-✅The Constitution
NOTE: The U.S. Constitution allocates the powers of government between states and
the federal government powers not granted to the Fed Govt are retained by states or
are left to the ppl.
/.Laws and the Legal System serve what key roles in society? - Answer-✅1. influencing
the behavior of the members of a society.
2. resolving disputes within society
3. maintaining important social values
4. providing a method for assisting social change
/.Stare Decisis - Answer-✅is the principle that courts are often influenced by and have
the choice to follow what other courts have done.
deciding of new cases by referencing previous decisions is the foundation of the
Angelo-American judicial process
"TO STAND ON DECIDED CASES"; judges expected to stand by established rules of
law.
/.Examples of Societal Changes Resulting in Diff. Stare Decisis outcome - Answer-✅-
Gay Marriage / Gay Rights in Employers
- Paternity tests and marriages
, **Change in law due to societal changes
/.Davis v. Wall Industrial Contractor Case (Change in law) - Answer-✅
/.Judicial Review - Answer-✅is the doctrine under which legislative and executive
actions are subject to review by the judiciary. A court with judicial review power may
invalidate laws and decisions that are incompatible with a higher authority, such as the
terms of a written constitution.
- Judiciary also reviews actions taken by the executive branch and admin agencies to
make sure they comply w/ the constitution
/.Laws created by federal and state legislatures are known as: - Answer-✅Statutory
Law or Written Laws
/.Ethics - Answer-✅in context of business practitioners has to do with rules or standards
governing the conduct of members of a profession and how standards are put into
action within an org
/.Integrity - Answer-✅living by a moral code and standards of ethics
/.Morality - Answer-✅concerns conformity to rules of correct conduct within the context
of society, religion, or other institutions.
/.Ethics, Integrity, and Morality are - Answer-✅voluntarily adopted standards of conduct
/.Federal Judges - Answer-✅nominated by the president and confirmed by a majority
vote in the US Senate.
- Constitution guarantees federal judges the right to serve "during good behavior" so
they enjoy a LIFETIME appointment
/.State Judges - Answer-✅elected, appointed, or chosen by a method that mixes the
election and appointment processes. judges selected serves until the next election.
/.Doctrine of Judicial Immunity - Answer-✅an official or judge is absolutely immune from
suit for damages for judicial acts.
ex: Judge determines someone loses a lawsuit and they owe someone else money and
they send a court official out to collect the money out of someone's bank acct to give to
plaintiff; the official is following judge's orders and cannot be sued.
/.State and Federal court systems have lower courts of ____ - Answer-✅Original
Jurisdiction where disputes are first brought and tried
