CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL PRINCIPLES AND AUTHORITIES

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL PRINCIPLES AND AUTHORITIES

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• A constitution is not an example of enacted law.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

RATIONALE: See "Sources of Law"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-1 - Identify the main sources and types of law.OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

• Administrative law is usually more specific than statutory law.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

RATIONALE: See "Sources of Law"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-1 - Identify the main sources and types of law.OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

• Decisions of the highest court in a state are examples of common law.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

RATIONALE: See "Sources of Law"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-1 - Identify the main sources and types of law.OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

• The term case law does not encompass a broader range of law than the term common law.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

RATIONALE: See "Sources of Law"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-1 - Identify the main sources and types of law.OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

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• Personal jurisdiction is the extent of a court’s authority to hear and resolve specific disputes.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

RATIONALE: See "Sources of Law"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-1 - Identify the main sources and types of law.OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

• The United States District Courts are the main trial courts in the federal system.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

RATIONALE: See "Sources of Law"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-2 - Describe the basic structures of the state and federal court systems.OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

• A court of appeals may review new evidence when considering a matter on appeal.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

RATIONALE: See "Sources of Law"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-2 - Describe the basic structures of the state and federal court systems.OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

• The doctrine of stare decisis requires lower courts to follow the decision of a higher court in a jurisdiction in cases

involving similar issues and facts.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

RATIONALE: See "Sources of Law"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-2 - Describe the basic structures of the state and federal court systems.OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

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• If times have changed and there is good reason not to follow a prior decision of a higher court, then a lower court may

choose not to follow the precedent of a higher court in the same jurisdiction.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

RATIONALE: See "Sources of Law"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-2 - Describe the basic structures of the state and federal court systems.OTHER: Bloom's: Understanding

• Because of the doctrines of stare decisis and precedent, courts can be relied on to reach the same decision on an issue

as earlier courts did when the cases are sufficiently similar.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

RATIONALE: See "Sources of Law"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-2 - Describe the basic structure of the state and federal court systems.OTHER: Bloom's: Understanding

• The United States Supreme Court may declare laws enacted by state legislatures unconstitutional.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

RATIONALE: See "Hierarchy of the Law"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Medium

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-3 - Arrange the various sources of law according to the hierarchy of laws.OTHER: Bloom's: Understanding

• Mandatory authority is a nonlaw source that a court may rely on when reaching a decision.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

RATIONALE: See "Authority"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-4 - Identify types of legal authority

OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

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• There is no uniform method for citations.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

RATIONALE: See "Introduction to Legal Citation"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-4 - Identify types of legal authority

OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

• The Restatements of Law is restricted to discussion of a single legal topic.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

RATIONALE: See "Authority"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-4 - Identify types of legal authority.

OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

• The American Law Reports (ALR) is a series of books that contain the text of selected court opinions, along with

scholarly commentaries on the opinions.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

RATIONALE: See "Authority"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-4 - Identify types of legal authority.

OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

• Legal dictionaries include definitions of legal terms and commentaries on the definitions.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

RATIONALE: See "Authority"

POINTS: 1

DIFFICULTY: Easy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: LRAW.PUTM.24.1-4 - Identify types of legal authority.

OTHER: Bloom's: Remembering

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