Rule of Law - correct answer general and equal application of laws, even to lawmakers
Supreme Law of the Land vs. Highest Court - correct answer
... [Show More] Supreme Law of the Land- U.S. Constitution
Highest Court- U.S. Supreme Court
Civil vs. Criminal Law - correct answer Civil Law- law governing the rights and duties between private parties
Criminal Law- area of the law dealing with wrongs against the state as representative of the community at large
Statutes vs. Regulations - correct answer Statute- legislative body makes law; collectively statutes
Regulation- expert agencies come up with regulations
Case law - correct answer the legal principles that are developed by appellate judges through their written opinions
Precendent - correct answer a prior judicial decision relied upon as an example of a rule of law
Stare decisis - correct answer the doctrine that traditionally indicates that a court should follow prior decisions in all cases based on substantially similar facts
Types of Damages - correct answer Compensatory, Punitive, and Liquidated
McDonald's case - correct answer Name- Stella Liebeck
Supreme Court case that limits punitive damages - correct answer BMW vs. Gore
Corporate Governance - correct answer what officers and directors owe to shareholders
Conflict of Interest - correct answer can't have two masters
Overbreadth Doctrine - correct answer congress went too far with a law
Libel vs. Slander - correct answer Libel- a defamatory written statement communicated to a third party (lIbel- wrItten)
Slander- an oral defamatory statement communicated to a third person (Slander- Spoken)
Commerce Clause - correct answer grants Congress the power to regulate any activity impacting interstate commerce
Police Powers - correct answer left to the state- local police
Due Process - correct answer fundamental fairness. as applied to judicial proceedings, adequate notice of a hearing and an opportunity to appear and defend in an orderly tribunal
Equal Protection - correct answer a provision in the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that requires all citizens to be treated in a similar manner by the government unless there is a sufficient justification for the unequal treatment
Litigation parties - correct answer Plaintiff and Defendent
Standing - correct answer the doctrine that requires the plaintiff in a lawsuit to have a sufficient legal interest in the subject matter of the case
Pleadings - correct answer legal documents that begin court proceedings
Discovery - correct answer information gathering [Show Less]