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Course Introduction
Legal Studies is an interdisciplinary course that explores the nature, functions, and impact of law within society. Students examine key legal concepts, institutions, and processes, including constitutional law, criminal and civil law, and dispute resolution. The course also considers the historical and philosophical foundations of legal systems, the role of law in shaping social and political outcomes, and contemporary legal issues such as justice, rights, and equality. Through analysis of case studies and legal texts, students develop critical thinking, argumentation, and research skills essential for understanding and navigating the legal landscape.
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Introduction to Law 4th Edition by Joanne
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Law
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Q1) A law that gives a person who is accused of burglary the right to a trial by jury is an example of:
A) civil substantive law
B) civil procedural law
C) criminal substantive law
D) criminal procedural law
E) none of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Substantive criminal laws for states are usually found in
A) state rules of court
B) case law
C) statutory law
D) constitutional law
E) local rules of court
Answer: C
Q3) A right to a court appointed attorney for indigent defendants applies only in criminal cases.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Us Legal System
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Q1) Administrative regulations come from
A) federal boards, departments, commissions, and agencies
B) state boards, departments, commission, and agencies
C) federal courts
D) state courts
E) both a and b
Answer: E
Q2) The Statutes at Large
A) are a topical organization of statutory law
B) are a chronological organization of statutory law
C) is another name for code
D) are easily used by legal researchers
E) both b and c
Answer: D
Q3) Administrative regulations are laws passed by various governmental boards, departments, commissions, and agencies.
Multiple Choice
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Courts and Legal Personnel
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Q1) Paralegals are bound by rules of confidentiality in dealing with clients of the law firm in which they work.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Federal trial courts are known as district courts.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) All paralegals work in law offices.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) All federal judges are appointed by the president, subject to approval by the House of Representatives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Finding the Law: Legal Research
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Q1) Some secondary sources are referred to as:
A) annotations
B) dictionaries
C) finding tools
D) research manuals
E) indexes
Q2) Primary sources include case law, statutes, constitutions, and dictionaries.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following are not secondary sources?
A) treatises
B) ordinances
C) digests
D) periodicals
E) form books
Q4) Form books are filled with sample forms and explanations on how and when to use the forms.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Using the Law: Analysis and Legal Writing
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Q1) A case brief compares a client's facts with facts of a reported case.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Legal documents should be written with complex sentence structure to reflect the complexity of the law.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In preparing a first draft of a legal document, you should:
A) reread the directions
B) begin in a logical fashion
C) complete one section before moving on to another section
D) periodically go back and reread directions
E) all of the above
Q4) Which of the following is not an element of a case brief?
A) facts
B) analysis
C) issues
D) judicial history
E) precedent
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Chapter 6: Constitutional Law
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Q1) Constitutional law is found both in the Constitution itself and in Supreme Court case law interpreting the Constitution.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Supreme Court ruled in Baker v. Carr that when apportionment of voting districts is disproportionate, the Equal Protect Clause is violated. This became known as
A) the doctrine of checks and balances
B) disproportionate voting
C) one man-one vote rule
D) none of the above
Q3) The Free Exercise Clause requires states to allow individual to use peyote during religious ceremonies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment limits the government's power to interfere with a person's practice of his or her religion.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Tort Law, Workers Compensation, and Environmental Law
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Q1) Activities that give rise to strict liability are:
A) driving a dangerous car
B) engaging in an ultrahazardous activity
C) fighting
D) battery
E) selling pharmaceuticals
Q2) Strict liability is liability without fault.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Defamation involves the unprivileged publication of a factual statement that is untrue and injurious or defamatory to a person's reputation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In general, injured workers cannot sue employers under:
A) workers' compensation law
B) tort law
C) negligence
D) peculiar risk doctrine
E) assumption of the risk
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Chapter 8: Family Law
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Q1) Not all family law matters concern married persons. Multiple Choice
A)True
B)False
Q2) Spousal support is awarded when people end their marriage.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The discovery process in family law will not involve:
A) depositions
B) interrogatories
C) request for production and inspection of documents
D) a "complaint"
E) experts
Q4) The petition is the pleading used to initiate a family law action.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A divorce is a total dissolving of a marriage.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Wills, Trusts, and Probate
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Q1) A living trust becomes effective
A) during the life of the settlor
B) upon death of the settlor
C) upon death of the beneficiary
D) when an express trust is created
E) during the probate process
Q2) The attestation clause is used to open the will.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A fiduciary owes a duty of trust to:
A) the estate
B) the guardian
C) the trustee
D) the executor
E) the heirs
Q4) A will may not be changed.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Contract Law, Real Property Law, Intellectual
Property, and Employment Law
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Q1) Patent and copyright laws are federal rather than state. Multiple Choice
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is a void contract?
A) contract entered into by a minor
B) contract entered into by someone who is drunk
C) contract entered into by someone who suffers a mental incapacity but who had not been adjudicated by a court to be incapable
D) contract entered into by someone who has been adjudicated by a court to be incapacitated or insane
E) all of the above are void
Q3) A contract entered into by a minor
A) is usually void
B) is usually voidable
C) is usually enforceable against the minor
D) becomes enforceable if not rescinded within 60 days
E) none of the above
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Chapter 11: The Law of Business Organizations and Bankruptcy
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Q1) Blue Sky laws refer to:
A) federal securities laws
B) state securities laws
C) federal bankruptcy laws
D) state bankruptcy laws
E) none of the above
Q2) In a partnership, each of the partners is liable to third parties for debts of the partnership in proportion to his or her ownership interest in the partnership.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a limited liability partnership, partners have limited liability as long as they do not participate in the management of the business.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Each partner in a partnership is the agent of the other partners and is responsible for the torts of the other partners if committed in the course and scope of the partnership.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Civil Procedure Before Trial
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Q1) The sole power or authority to act in a certain situation is known as:
A) exclusive jurisdiction
B) concurrent jurisdiction
C) pendant jurisdiction
D) original jurisdiction
E) diversity jurisdiction
Q2) Disclosure requires that each party disclose the following information to the other after filing a lawsuit
A) identity of persons who have relevant information
B) description of relevant documents
C) computation of damages
D) identity and qualifications of potential expert witnesses
E) all of the above
Q3) Written questions sent by one party to another party that must be answered under oath are known as:
A) interrogatories
B) depositions
C) requests to produce
D) disclosure
E) none of the above
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Chapter 13: Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Q1) Which of the following is generally not a type of court-related ADR?
A) early neutral evaluation
B) binding arbitration
C) nonbinding arbitration
D) summary trial
E) none of the above; they are all common types of court-related ADR
Q2) A special master is a person usually appointed by a court to resolve disputed pretrial matters in civil actions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If parties use any form of ADR they give up their right to trial.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following frequently offer arbitration services?
A) private judges
B) the court
C) the American Arbitration Association
D) none of the above
E) all of the above
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Chapter 14: Criminal Practice: Criminal Law and Juvenile Law
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Q1) In simplistic terms, juveniles are delinquent when they commit a violation of the law.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The presumption</KT><SIDEIND NUM="3" ID="MN1.14.003"/> that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty is :
A) not really based on the Constitution
B) a rebuttal presumption
C) a conclusive presumption
D) not applicable in felony cases
E) none of the above
Q3) Most crimes have two basic elements.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Crimes are generally categorized into felonies, misdemeanors, and petty offenses.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Criminal Procedure Before Trial
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Q1) Hot pursuit is an exception to the warrant requirement.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The exclusionary rule is a rule of criminal procedure stating that evidence obtained illegally
A) cannot be used at the arraignment
B) cannot be used at trial
C) never really existed
D) cannot be seized
E) must be returned to the person from whom it was seized
Q3) The warrant is intended to protect persons from:
A) overeager law enforcement behavior
B) bad informants
C) exigent circumstances
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
Q4) The Fifth Amendment contains the due process clause.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Rules of Evidence
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Q1) Which of the following are types of exhibits?
A) documentary evidence
B) actual evidence
C) demonstrative evidence
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
Q2) Impeachment is the tool used to attack a witness's credibility.
A)True
B)False
Q3) To impeach a witness means
A) to strike all his testimony
B) to remove him from the witness box
C) to hold him in contempt
D) to call into question his credibility
E) nonel of the above
Q4) Hearsay is admissible as long as the truth of the statement can be determined.
Multiple Choice
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: The Trial
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Q1) A motion for summary judgment requests that the judge decide the case on the legal issues without consideration of the factual issues.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The deliberation of the jury takes place in private.
Multiple Choice
A)True
B)False
Q3) A trial will always involve a jury.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a criminal case the burden of proof falls upon the prosecutor.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Jury questionnaires may contain questions on A) age
B) race
C) employment
D) education
E) all of the above
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Chapter 18: Sample Video Worksheets
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Q1) What was the jury verdict in the retrial of Gideon?
Q2) What was the name of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when this case was decided?
Q3) What did the judge rule regarding Gideon's motion for change of venue?
Q4) What was the name of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when this case was first brought to the court?
Q5) Why did Gideon think that a retrial after the Supreme Court decision was illegal?
Q6) Did Gideon have an attorney in his second trial? If so, what was his name, and who paid for him?
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To the extent possible from watching the film, answer the following questions.
Q7) What was the offense with which Gideon was originally charged with?
Q8) Give a brief factual description of what led to this lawsuit.
Q9) What is the name of the attorney who represented Briggs?
Q10) Describe the judicial history of the case (i.e., in what court did it begin and in what appellate courts was it heard?).
Q11) What was the name of the chief witness against Gideon at the trial?
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