Law correct answers enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between
individuals and their society
Legal Remedy correct answers Money
Equitable Remedy correct answers A court order
Types of Equitable Remedies correct answers injunction, restraining order, specific performance,
rescission
Sources of Law correct answers Us Constitution, State Constitutions, Federal and State Statutory
Law, Local Statutes, Administrative Law, Treaties, Case Law
Federal Statuates correct answers Laws enacted by a legislative body that dictate the conduct of
persons or organizations subject to the law.
___ U.S.C § ____
State Statutes correct answers Statutes enacted by state legislatures N.Y ____ Law § _____
Local Statutes correct answers county, city, town or village. Also limited geographicaly
Administrative Law correct answers In charge of...
-Rules and Regulations
-executive and independent agencies
-enforcement
- ___C.F.R § ____
,Treaties correct answers Agreements between 2 or more countries
-passed by executive branch with advisory + consent of the senate
Case Law correct answers court decisions that have the status of law and serve as precedents for
later decisions
Stare Decisis correct answers Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from
previous cases
IRAC format correct answers -Issue
-Rule
-Application
-Conclusion
Legal Reasoning correct answers The process of reasoning by which a judge harmonizes his or
her decision of this particular case with the judicial decisions of previous cases.
Plaintiff correct answers A person who brings a case
Defendant correct answers A person being sued or accused of a crime
Civil Law correct answers Plaintiff and Defendant both represented by attorneys that are paid by
the respective parties. No free lawyers. Purpose is for remedy (usually legal)
Criminal Law correct answers A law that defines crimes against the public order. DA office
represents state. Focus on punishment equity
Other Classifications of Law correct answers -Primary vs. Secondary Law
, -Substantive Law vs Procedural Law
-Public Law vs Private Law
-Law vs Equity
-Cyberlaw
Private Law correct answers Contracts
Substantive Law correct answers Rules governing behavior and action of individuals
Jurisprudence correct answers The study of law and its theories, and philosophy
Natural Law correct answers Theory that some principles are law regardless of what the
government says
Legal Positivism correct answers School of thought that believes that law is law regardless. If
you disagree work within the system to change it
Historical School correct answers A school of legal thought that looks to the past to determine
what the principles of contemporary law should be.
Legal Realism correct answers A school of legal thought that holds that the law is only one factor
to be considered when deciding cases and that social and economic circumstances should also be
taken into account. There are biases
Sociological School correct answers Equality and search for justice
Ethics correct answers Unwritten standards of behavior