Type:
Test Bank
Resource:
Contemporary Business and Online Commerce Law
Edition:
7th Edition
Author(s):
Henry R. Cheeseman
Contemporary Business & Online Commerce Law, 7e (Cheeseman) Chapter 1 Legal Heritage and the Information Age 1) The law consists of rules that regulate the conduct of individuals, businesses, and other organizations within society. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 1 Difficulty: Easy 2) Law is intended to protect persons, but not their property, from unwanted interference from others. Answer: FALSE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 1 Difficulty: Easy 3) According to White's Law Dictionary, "Law, in its generic sense, is a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority, and having binding legal force. That which must be obeyed and followed by citizens subject to sanctions or legal consequences is a law." Answer: FALSE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 3 Difficulty: Moderate 4) The concept of law is narrowly defined, with the same definition applicable in all contexts. Answer: FALSE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 1 Difficulty: Easy 5) Promoting social justice is a function of the law. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Moderate 6) Laws that prohibit discrimination in employment are examples of the "promoting social justice" function of the law. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Easy
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7) Keeping the peace is a function of the law. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Easy 8) Laws that make certain activities crimes are examples of the "keeping the peace" function of the law. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Easy 9) Shaping moral standards is not a function of the law. Answer: FALSE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Moderate 10) Laws that discourage drug and alcohol abuse are examples of the "shaping moral standards" function of the law. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Easy 11) Facilitating planning is a function of the law. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Moderate 12) Providing a basis for compromise is a function of the law. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Easy 13) Allowing for the settlement of cases prior to trial is an example of the "providing a basis for compromise" function of the law. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Easy
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14) Approximately fifty (50) percent of all lawsuits are settled prior to trial. Answer: FALSE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Easy 15) Maximizing individual freedom is a function of the law. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Moderate 16) The rights of freedom of speech, religion, and association, granted by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, is an example of the "maximizing individual freedom" function of the law. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Easy 17) United States law evolves and changes along with the norms of society, technology, and the growth and expansion of commerce in the United States and the world. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Moderate 18) Law serves the functions both to facilitate orderly change and to maintain the status quo. Answer: TRUE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Moderate 19) The United States Supreme Court decided in Brown v. Board of Education that under the doctrine of stare decisis, courts cannot overrule or change a prior court's decision. Answer: FALSE Topic: What Is Law? Objective: LO 2 Difficulty: Moderate 20) The Natural Law School of jurisprudence believes that the law should be based on what is moral and ethical, and that this natural law is discovered by man through the use of reason and choosing between good and bad. Answer: TRUE Topic: Schools of Jurisprudential Thought Objective: LO 1 Difficulty: Easy 3 .
21) Documents such as the United States Constitution, the Magna Carta, and the United Nations Charter reflect the Natural Law School of Jurisprudence. Answer: TRUE Topic: Schools of Jurisprudential Thought Objective: LO 1 Difficulty: Moderate 22) The Historical School of jurisprudence believes that the law should not change and that what has historically been the law should remain the law. Answer: FALSE Topic: Schools of Jurisprudential Thought Objective: LO 1 Difficulty: Moderate 23) Legal scholars following the Historical School of jurisprudence look to past legal decisions (precedent) to solve contemporary problems. Answer: TRUE Topic: Schools of Jurisprudential Thought Objective: LO 1 Difficulty: Moderate 24) The Analytical School of jurisprudence maintains that the law is shaped by logic. Answer: TRUE Topic: Schools of Jurisprudential Thought Objective: LO 1 Difficulty: Easy 25) The Sociological School of jurisprudence emphasizes the following of precedent. Answer: FALSE Topic: Schools of Jurisprudential Thought Objective: LO 1 Difficulty: Moderate 26) Laws that impose penalties for drunk driving reflect the Sociological School of jurisprudence. Answer: TRUE Topic: Schools of Jurisprudential Thought Objective: LO 1 Difficulty: Moderate 27) The Command School of jurisprudence believes that the law commands the ruling class, thus the law should not change when there is a change in the ruling class. Answer: FALSE Topic: Schools of Jurisprudential Thought Objective: LO 1 Difficulty: Moderate 4 .