Chapter 1 Laws and Legal Systems

The laws, or enforceable rules of conduct in a society, do not reflect the culture and circumstances that create them.

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• False

Laws in this country are created at only the federal and state levels of government.

• True
• False

The Supreme Court of the United States is the final interpreter of the Federal Constitution.

• True
• False

The world’s two great systems of law are the English common law and the Napoleonic Code.

• True
• False

Ethical reasoning about right and wrong is based solely on consequences.

• True
• False

Administrative agencies are usually controlled by the judicial branch of the government.

• True
• False

The goal of civil disobedience is to advance the self-interest of one group over another.

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• False

The system of law in the United States is based on the English common law.

• True
• False

The doctrine of stare decisis requires lower courts to follow established case law in deciding similar cases.

• True
• False

In the United States today, law courts and equity courts generally are merged.

• True
• False