Business Law - Chapter 1 Review - Legal Concepts

The two systems of law in use today are the English common law and

• Roman Civil Law
• Irish Common Law
• Chinese Parliment
• British Civil Law

Mississippi is the only one of our 50 states whose legal system was not originally based on the English common law system.

• True
• False

Most American law courts can use either damages or an injunction or both as remedies in civil cases.

• True
• False

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as the

• Bill of Wrongs
• Bill of Rights
• Preamble
• Constitution Prelude

An offense that violates the right of citizens to live in peace is governed by

• civil law
• criminal law
• procedural law
• statutory law

Legislative enactments at the local level are known as

• codes
• ordinances
• torts
• procedures

Stare decisis is the doctrine that requires lower courts to adhere to existing case law in their decisions.

• True
• False

Torts are private wrongs committed against individuals or organizations.

• True
• False

As long as they are constitutionally valid, the law of the various states 

• do have to be alike
• do not have to be alike

Business activities are at times governed by the criminal law.

• True
• False