Chapter 1 - Business Law - The Legal System

Business law is a form of protection and salvation.

• True
• False

Which of the following is not a source of law?

• constitutions
• statutes and regulations
• common law
• checks and balances

He/she determines what the law is that applies to a case.

• Judge
• Jury
• defendant
• plaintiff

Statutes are NOT always written by legislatures BUT by other folks who wish to propose laws to legislatures.  The proposed laws are known as

• Uniform Acts
• A balancing act
• constitutions
• frameworks

Do all Uniform Acts become laws?

• Yes
• No

Another name for common law is

• statutes
• case law
• ordinances
• values

Rules made by federal government agencies are known as

• regulations
• files
• precedents
• ordinances

Common law is determined by

• agencies
• courts
• the President
• parties

The one who files the suit against another is known as the

• defendent
• filer
• plaintiff
• judge

In criminal cases, the plaintiff is always the

• people
• government
• defendent
• private party